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Samuel Marion WILEY

Male 1853 - 1931  (78 years)


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  • Name Samuel Marion WILEY  [1
    Born 13 Jan 1853  , Huntington County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Source of date: Lura Brockett
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1900-Farmer,  
    Buried Jul 1931  Cowden, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mound Cemetery
    Died 3 Jul 1931  , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Source: Lura Brockett Family Group Records:
      All children were born in the same home in Dry Point, Shelby County, Illinois.

      Samuel Marion Wiley:
      He settled in Shelby County, Illinois in 1871.
      1930 Census--Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois. Age 77, age at first marriage 27; Farmer; Father born in Ohio, Mother born in Indiana.
      He died of heart trouble.

      Mary Jane Hedrick
      1930 Census, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois. Age 69; age at first marriage 18; Father born in Virginia; Mother born in Indiana.
      She died from heart trouble.

      Child #2--Allen Thurman Wiley. He was a farmer.

      Child #3--John Joseph Wiley. Pana News, August 28, 1939

      Many Reunions in Park Sunday
      Wiley

      Mr. and Mrs. John Wiley came all the way from Owensboro, Kentucky to cover the longest distance to the Wiley family reunion. Other cities represented were: Peoria, Manlius, Decatur, Cowden and Assumption. Mrs. S.E. Morris of Cowden, 81, was the oldest present and Jack Harrison of Peoria, 2, was the youngest.

      It was agreed to have another reunion here next year, on the third Sunday in August.

      Mrs. S.E. Morris, Cowden; Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Wiley, Pana; Mr. and Mrs. John Wiley, and family, Owensboro, Kentucky; Misses Edith and Myrtle Hoover, Walter Hoover, Herman Hoover, Joe Kinsey, Pana; Roy Riggs, Hazel Riggs. Manlius; Mrs.Anna Hedrick and daughters, Ruth and Mary Ann, Pana; Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Wiley and Family, Cowden; Mrs. Doris Harrison and son, Jack, Peoria; Mrs. Hildreth and Bertha Rose Hildreth, Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. Elzy Florey and family, Peoria; Mary Isabell Truxall, Martha Marie Truxall, Fay Truxall, Mary Truxall, Kincaid.

      volume 34, certificate 1952, residence, Daviess.

      Steve Wiley has death date of May 16, 1958.

      Child #4--Arthur Cleveland Wiley
      He was an oil driller.

      Child #6--Ethel Ivy Wiley
      She worked as a servant for Charles and Nellie Richards in 1910, in Louden Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

      Child #7--Mary Ruth Wiley
      She was known as Ruth.

      Child #8--Marian Christena Wiley
      She was known as Christina
      Had throat cancer.
      She went by the name "Tena" when younger.
      She was married to Oscar A. Rieker sometime between 1919-1924.
      In February 1924 Oscar adopted Vera.
      In 1931, Christena sent for a birth certificate for Vera from Hamilton County, Iowa and her name was Hallingren at the time. the 1932 city Directory lists her husband as Dilver.
      In 1934--City Directory lists Christena and Dilver Hallingre and Vera and Frances McGuirk living at the same address.
      Her last marriage was to Walter Johnson.
      As per S. Wiley: name spelled Marion Christina Wiley. [2]
    Person ID I1826  Ronald Allen Snowden Family Tree
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2008 

    Father Joseph C. WILEY,   b. Abt 1831, , , Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary Jane RIGGS,   b. Abt 1835, , , Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Jan 1852  , Huntington County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Records 183701883; Book 8, Page 128. Jane is spelled Jain
    _UID 02D953307B7040B3B5EE27E73E461572F82D 
    Documents
    Record of marriage
    Record of marriage
    Indiana Marriage Collection
    Ancestry.com
    Family ID F1375  Group Sheet

    Married 1 Jan 1852  Huntington Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID A75591D5ADBC43DFBD8B92469FBEDDA2E960 
    Family ID F564  Group Sheet

    Family Mary Jane "Polly" HEDRICK,   b. 31 Oct 1860, , Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1936, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Ilinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1878  Shelby County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 4D2C9700791C410CBD64999090B1B6396C7E 
    Children 
     1. Bertha Luella WILEY,   b. 4 Sep 1879, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1949, , , Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. John Joseph WILEY,   b. 4 Feb 1882, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1958, Daviess, Owensboro County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. Arthur Cleveland WILEY,   b. 2 Oct 1884, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1957, , Effingham County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     4. William Ray WILEY,   b. 12 Oct 1886, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1970, Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Allen Thurman WILEY,   b. 18 Sep 1888, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1964, Cowden, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     6. Ethel Ivy WILEY,   b. 27 Jun 1891, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1977, Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     7. Mary Ruth WILEY,   b. 15 Mar 1895, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1965, , Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     8. Marian Christena WILEY,   b. 20 Jan 1897, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1959, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     9. Florence Angela WILEY,   b. 19 Feb 1899, Dry Point Township , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1924, , Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     10. Clinton Eugene WILEY,   b. 30 May 1902, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1963, , Peoria County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F563  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S283] 1880 Federal Census-Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.

    2. [S219] Lura Brockett letters (emails).