RUFUS NETZLEY FAMILY

Jacob and Mary (nee DE Mentzer) came to Naperville by ship by way of Fort Dearborn in 1849. He built his first farm house just west of Lisle on Ogden Avenue. The house burned down a few years later and was replaced by a 14 room house, that in later years was occupied by the Yender family. Jacob and Mary moved into the house with ten children: Urias, Henry, Susan, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Jacob, John, Daniel and Samuel. Four more children were born to then: Lineas, Franklin, Lydia, and Lucy.

Henry was the second resident farmer. His children were Delia, Rufus, Mary, Laura, Ida, Jerad, Horace, Ira, Marius and Lillie.

Rufus, the third resident farmer, and his wife, Lizzie (Correll) had nine children: Etta, Arthur, Laura, Ida, Pearl, Stella, LeRoy, Clyde and Lualle.

Arthur farmed the homestead for a number of years before he gave up farming and was the last Netzley on the farm.