Matthew Henry was born about 1817 at Flower Hill near Newton Limavady, County Derry, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, and married Catherine Nations in 1844, settling near Kingston, Adams Co., Illinois. In 1868 they moved to Wapello Co., Iowa and he died in 1887 at Martingsburg, Iowa.
Michael Wesley Hackley (1834-1922) was born in Columbiana, Ohio and was the son of Michael Henry and Susannah Lewis. He married Nancy Jane Hackley 28 February 1861. They had eight children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ireland, Scotland, Virginia and Ohio.
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