Excerpt: Caleb Farley, grandson of Caleb and Rebecca (Hill) Farley, was born about 1757. When the Colonies gathered their scattered forces for defense against England Caleb Farley, then a young man, united with the Revolutionary patriots and proved a gallant fighter in the service of his country He remained in the service until the end of the struggle and earned for himself a commission as first lieutenant. After the war he married Charity Pickle, of New Jersey, and they moved to Pennsylvania, settling in Union county. He cleared several tracts of land, but some years later, through litigation concerning the title because of prior entries, though no improvements had been made on those entries, he lost his first tract. He then purchased 120 acres along the foot of the White Deer mountain, which he cleared and improved with buildings. There in 1789 he erected the first gristmill built on the White Deer Hole creek, and he remained on this farm to the close of his long life. To Caleb and Charity (Pickle) Farley were born eight children: John, Charity, Jacob, Barbara, Catherine, Elizabeth, Abraham and Sara.
