Anness (Lea) Wiley (1815 - 1862)

Born 6 Jun 1815 in Guilford County North Carolina, USA

Wife of Yancy Wiley — married 1 May 1855 (to 1 Jul 1862) in Tennessee

Died 1 Jul 1862 at age 47 in Tennessee

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Biography

Her father is William Lea, but there are several William Leas. See the link under source that explains all the confusion. If you figure it out, then you have done something special. lol

When Yancy's first wife died he had 7 little children. He married Anniss three years later, on May 1, 1855, when Yancy was 50 years old. She was another North Carolinian, (b. 6 June 1815), who for the next seven years was a mother to his children.

On the first of July, 1862, Anniss Lea Wiley died. Oxford was occupied by Union troops only a month after his wife's death and Yancy Wiley, crippled with arthritis and blind in one eye, did his best to hold things together. He set up slaves, spinning and weaving in his cellar to try to clothe the servants. The Yankee soldiers ravaged his corn, cotton and vegetables and the family buried their silver to save it.

"William Lea's only daughter Anness, after declining a number of offers, married when 40 years old Mr. Yancey Wiley of Oxford, Miss., a widower with several children. She died during the Civil war after a short married life.

"Aunt Anness was a very superior woman, cultured and refined. She was a lover of flowers, and the garden at Grandpa's was beautiful with its numerous roses and other flowers. She also raised a good many potted plants."

North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: Anniss Lea Gender: Female Spouse: Yancey Wiley Spouse Gender: Male Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1855 Marriage County: Caswell Marriage State: North Carolina Source: Record of this marriage may be found at the Family

Yancey Wiley was married at least three times and fathered at least seven children. The wife preceding Anness Lea was Elizabeth Anne Thompson (1812-1850), daughter of Nicholas Thompson and Lucretia Van Hook. She may have been the mother of all the children.

After Anness Lea Wiley died, Yancey Wiley married Mary M. Tankersly 21 November 1867 in Mississippi.

Sources

• See documents on Yancy's profile

http://ncccha.blogspot.com/2012/07/reminiscences-of-miss-willie-lea.html