The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 165 

CHARLES WILEY.

Agricultural interests of more than ordinary importance were for years
represented by Charles Wiley, a member of the famous pioneer family which has
been most helpfully and intimately connected with the history of development in
Yakima county. Mr. Wiley was born March 7, 1873. He was a native of Yakima
county and a son of Hugh and Mary Ann (Tufft) Wiley, natives of Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, and Quebec, Canada, respectively, who are mentioned more
extensively in connection with the sketch of James J. Wiley, a brother of our
subject. Charles Wiley was carefully reared by his parents for life's arduous
duties. In his youth he became thoroughly acquainted with pioneer conditions,
which then maintained in Yakima county, and thus his life's work was closely
connected with the early history of the county to its present state of wonderful
development. In the acquirement of his education he attended Woodcock Academy
and subsequently ranched in the Ahtanum district until his death. In 1904 he
acquired one hundred and forty-five and a half acres on the Ahtanum which were
partially improved and to the cultivation of which he gave his further
attention, becoming prominent in the stock and dairy business. He closely
studied along this line and became in fact a leader of dairy interests in his
section of the state, also being very progressive in general farming. He
instituted many new methods which set an example to other agriculturists and
thus not only attained individual prosperity but greatly contributed toward
making this one of the richest sections of the state.

On the 22d of February, 1905, Mr. Wiley was united in marriage to Miss Ellen M.
Fear, a native of England, who with her parents came to the United States in
1889 when she was but a child. The family located on the Ahtanum, in Yakima
county, and Mrs. Fear passed away in Yakima on December 4, 1890. Mr. Fear has
successfully followed agricultural lines and is now a resident of Yakima. To Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley were born two children: Cecil Albert, whose birth occurred on the
20th of February, 1906; and Stanley Charles, born March 7, 1908.

Mrs. Wiley is a member of the Congregational church and interested not only in
church work but also in all movements undertaken on behalf of the uplift of the
human race. She is charitably inclined and ever ready to extend a helping hand
to those whose life's course is not made easy and thus she is greatly beloved
because of her qualities of heart and mind.

Mr. Wiley was a republican and ever stood up for the principles of that party,
steadfastly supporting its candidates. In his passing on November 15, 1916, when
but forty-three years of age, Yakima county lost one of its most enterprising
agriculturists and a man who was ready to give his aid to every movement that
was worth while. His death was not only a great blow to his immediate family,
who lost in him a devoted husband and father, but also to many friends, all of
whom had come to appreciate his high-mindedness and loyal character. His memory
will live as a benediction to all who knew him and his work along agricultural
lines stands as a monument to his enterprise and industry, being a part of the
prosperity creating development in Yakima county that in turn makes for better
and higher and more perfect conditions for the enjoyment of life here.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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