The 1870 United States census showed the Foley family living in Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio. The head of the household was Ann (age 40, born in Ireland, house keeper). Children were Mary (age 17, born in Ohio), Michael (age 17, born in Ohio), James (age 15, born in Ohio), Henry (age 13, born in Ohio), July (age 11, born in Ohio), John (age 9, born in Ohio), Eliza (age 6, born Ohio), and Kate (age 3, born in Ohio).
Henry Foley of Arlington, Minn., was in town the first of the week looking up a location to put in a brick yard. Mr. Foley thinks quite favorably of Bemidji as a location for his business, and says he will bring a colony of southern Minnesota people with him when he comes to stay. (The Bemidji Pioneer, Thursday, March 20, 1902, Volume VII, Number 3, Page 3)
The 1905 Minnesota census showed Henry Foley (age 48, born in Ohio, day laborer) living in Bemidji, Minnesota.
The 1910 United States census showed Henry W. Foley (age 54, born in Ohio, farmer) living with his brother Michael G. in Grant Valley Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota.
M. G. and Henry Foley left yesterday over the M. & I. for Plainsville, Ohio. They will stop off at Minneapolis and also go to Hot Springs before returning. (The Bemidji Daily Pioneer, Saturday Evening, December 23, 1916, Volume XIV, Number 307, Page 5)