Oliver Cicero Wiley (1851 - 1917)

Born 30 Jan 1851 in Troy Alabama

Ancestors

Husband of Augusta (Murphree) Wiley — married 25 Jun 1874 in Troy, Pike County, Alabama, USA

Died 18 Oct 1917 at age 66 in Troy, pike County, Alabama USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Katt Rambo [send private message]

Biography

Born in Troy, Alabama, Wiley attended the common schools. He served as member of the town council for five years. He served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Pike County 1884-1886. He served as member of the Democratic State executive committee in 1888. He was president of the Alabama Midland Railway during its construction, from 1887 to 1892. He served as president of the board of directors of the State normal college at Troy, Alabama. He served as director of the Farmers & Merchants' National Bank at Troy. He served as vice president and general manager of the Standard Chemical & Oil Co. at Troy.

Wiley was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, Ariosto Appling Wiley, and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1909. He died in Troy, Alabama, October 18, 1917. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

Oliver Cicero Wiley, born at Troy, Alabama, January 30th, 1851. died Troy, Alabama, October 1 8 th , 1917; married at Troy, June 25th, 1874, Augusta Murphy, and had issue: Oliver Lee Wiley, married Mary Graham McKellar. James McCaleb Wiley, married Mary Adelaide Bailey. Lois Wiley, married Marshall Bibb Fohner, Julia Lamar Wiley, married James T. Brantley.

OLIVER CICERO WILEY is a native of Troy, Ala., and has lived there all his life. He is the youngest son of James McCaleb and Cornelia (Appling) Wiley. Judge James McCaleb Wiley was in his day one of the most prominent men in Alabama. He was born in Cabarrus county, N. C., March 12, 1806. In 1823 he came to Alabama to his parents who had settled in Lawrence county in 1818, leaving him at school in North Carolina when they removed to the Territory of Alabama.

Sources

• Notable Men of Alabama -

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=9CXMvfjLgEoC&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA278

Father Source: https://archive.org/stream/mackillopmccaleb02head/mackillopmccaleb02head_djvu.txt

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5847844

https://books.google.com/books?id=H9YUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA307&lpg=PA307&dq=Oliver+Lee+Wiley+married+Mary+Graham+McKellar&source=bl&ots=9Fd6k3Dveu&sig=BbN1Sw-qU27K9MLIONsmcfUJ1Uw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVhPLejpbbAhVQKawKHVcGAbkQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=Oliver%20Lee%20Wiley%20married%20Mary%20Graham%20McKellar&f=false