History of White County, Illinois
Interstate Publishing Co., 1883
Page 578

Albert S. Felty

Albert S. Felty was born in White County, Ill., May 11, 1827. His father, Michael Felty, a native of Pennsylvania, removed to Kentucky and lived a short time, and in 1817 came to this county, where he resided until his death in 1866. His mother, Mrs. Alpha Newman Felty, was also a native of Pennsylvania, and moved to Kentucky, thence to Illinois, where she married Mr. Felty. She died in 1868, leaving five children, Albert L. being the fourth. He was married in 1849 to Sarah Jane Hosic, also a native of White County, born June 27, 1832. They have ten children - Thomas L., Alpha A., Sylvester, James S., Mary, Margaret, Albert C., George H., Clara and Dora. Mr. and Mrs. Felty are members of the Christian church. Politically he is a Republican. He owns eighty acres of fine land on section 17, Carmi Township.