James Clinton Wyley (1882 - 1950)

Born 20 May 1882 in Pipestone, MN USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel Hazel (Watson) Wyley — married 19 Jun 1907 in Del Norte, CO

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1950 at age 68 in Wagon Wheel Gap, CO

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Biography

Baptism record reports DOB as 27 Apr 1883, Rock Township, Pipestone, MN. However, this must be baptism date, as he self-reports 20 May 1882 on his draft registrations.

Marriage: from the San Juan Prospecctor (online), 22 June 1907:

A double wedding occurred at the Methodist parsonage in our city last Wednesday afternoon when Reverend Kendall United in the Holy bonds of matrimony Mr. Clinton J Wiley and Miss Ethel Watson and Mr. Glenn Watson and Miss Julia D Anderson. All these young people are from Monta Vista.

Various mentions in the Monte Vista Journal (via chroniclingamerica) as follows:

4 Dec 1909: "Donald Gove has bought out Clint Wyley in the Grand Union store and the new firm is Karr and Gove."

29 Jan 1910: "Clint Wyley and family returned from Kansas Wednesday morning, where they went some nine months ago with the intention of locating

15 Apr 1911: He placed a small ad for the sale of 100 sacks of seed potatoes, "russets and Brown Beauties". Interested parties were to see him at "the mill."

9 Aug 1913: "Clint Wyley and family have returned home from Villa Grove where Mr. Wyley has completed a big job of painting."

27 Sep 1913: See accompanying photo of the bear hunt.

23 May 1914: He placed a small ad in the MV Journal, a card of thanks for well-wishers on the death of his mother. It includes his name and also his sisters Gertrude B (Wyley) Thrasher (1870-1942) and Floss Pearl (Wyley) Roark (1890-1948), who was Mrs. Claud Loser at the time.

30 May 1914: "Clint Wyley has contracts for about six weeks of painting work at La Jara, to which place he went last week."

His WWII draft registration reports a slight limp on account of crippled foot.

His wife Ethel's diary records for 8 October 1939: "Bill [Barger] and Clint started for Kentucky this morning at 15 to 7. They are going to bring Leona and the children home." They returned to Monte Vista on 14 October 1939.

Sources

• Baptism

"Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDS2-6BN : 10 February 2018), Samuel Wyley in entry for James Clinton Wyley, 27 Apr 1883; citing Rock Township, Pipestone, Minnesota, reference v 1 p 47; FHL microfilm 1,403,124.

• Minnesota census

"Minnesota State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQF8-NPN : 18 November 2014), Malinda Hipes in household of W E Stewart, Rock, Pipestone, Minnesota; citing p. 3, volume Beltrami, Cook, Lake, Pipestone, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,733

• Draft Registrations

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKD-YN3 : 13 March 2018), Clinton James Wyley, 1917-1918; citing Rio Grande County, Colorado, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,561,790.

"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-8CC7 : 7 November 2017), Clinton James Wyley, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Burial

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98292791/clinton-j-wyley

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