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In 1836, with the establishment of the preparatory or the Lower College, as it was called which was connected with Marion College, the village or hamlet of West Ely was established. Rev. Dr. Stiles Ely was its founder and in his honor it was named. The village at first was called Ely. How the prefix came to be attached cannot here be stated. It was called West Ely according to the county records, as early as 1839. The village stands on the east side of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 27. Among the first settlers in and about West Ely, including some who were connected with the college were Rev. W. P. Cochrane; Rev. Dr. Ely from Pennsylvania, and Rev. Allan Gallaher, from Tennessee.
In 1884 West Ely was little else than a trading point with two stores, churches, etc.
MARION CO., 663., 664. See also, CAMPBELL, 357.
It is situated on Sec. 27, Twp. 57 N, R. 6 W north from 24/36.
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