James Wiley (1823 - 1889)

WILEY, POLLY, WILT, BARNARD, POUSH, HOSIER, EDGE, LUCE, CARSON

Posted By: Barry Mateer (email)
Date: 11/9/2024 at 10:37:33

January 24, 1889
Osceola Weekly Sentinel
Osceola, Iowa

James Wiley died of rheumatism and paralysis as his home in Naponee, Nebraska, last Saturday, at eight p.m. He has been failing from these diseases for a year or more, and his end was expected. Had he lived until the 23rd of this month, he would have been sixty six years old.

Much of that time was lived in this county. He with his family came here in 1853 and lived in Fremont township and remained until eight years ago, when he moved to Monona county, Iowa, and from there to Nebraska.

He had long been a consistent member of the Christian church, and was identified with it at the time of his death. His wife and five children survive to mourn him. His remains were brought to Clarke county for burial, the friends arriving with them on Monday night. The funereal occurred on Tuesday after which he was laid to rest by the old friends among whom he had lived so long.

October 1, 1925
Clarke County Sentinel,
Osceola, Iowa

A very delightful family reunion, noted for the number present from outside the state, was held in the city last Sunday. The festivities of the occasion began with a big dinner served in the dining hall of the Christian church following the noon hour and ended late in the evening in a social and musical function held at the Warren Barnard home on South Main street.

The Wiley family’s history is closely allied with the pioneer history of Clarke county. Mr. and Mrs. James M. Wiley came to this county from Indiana in 1853 and settled on the land now known as the Dave Smith place six miles northeast of Osceola. Hardin Wiley and wife came a year or so later and settled on what is now the Joe Wilson place two miles south of where his brother had settled.

Here the Wiley families shared all the hardships of the early settlers of this part of Iowa. They hauled from Eddyville with ox teams, flour and other necessities. Even these they could scarcely afford to buy. They lived principally on corn bread and meat secured by hunting wild game.

In the meantime, they built homes and subdued the rugged prairie soil and thus became permanent settlers. To them and their splendid neighbors of those early days, the present citizens of Clarke county are under obligations greater than we are able to recognize.

Among those present were the following: Geo. W. Wiley and wife of Topeka, Kansas; Mary Wiley Polly and Ann Wiley Wilt of Naponee, Nebraska; Silas H. Wiley of Tulsa, Oklahoma; Kate Wiley Barnard and husband, W.S. Barnard of Osceola; Fannie Wiley Poush and husband, M. L. Poush; Lula Wiley Hosier of Hale Center, Texas; Delia Wiley Edge and husband of Van Wert, Ia. Emma Wiley Luce and husband, E. A. Luce, of Osceola; John E. Wiley and wife; Ben H. Wiley, wife and daughter, Doris, and son, Billie; Bertha Wiley Warner of Hale Center, Texas; Mary Wiley Carson and husband, Will Carson, of Woodburn, Iowa; D.W. Doss and wife; George Reed and wife; Cora Hertz and daughter, Catherine; Anna Kimball, daughter, Geneva and son, Warren; Merle Luce; Marvel and Irene Carson; Olive Carson Weaklend, and daughter, Wilda; Dorothy Carson Waugh and husband, Lloyd Waugh.

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