The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 345

JOHN WILEY.

John Wiley, who is engaged in ranching near Wiley City, was born in Wabasha
county, Minnesota, November 11, 1866, a son of Hugh Wiley, mentioned elsewhere
in this work. He acquired a public school education and spent his youthful clays
under the parental roof, remaining with his father until the latter's death. In
1884, when a youth of eighteen years, he began working for wages and in 1892 he
purchased twenty acres of land on the Ahtanum, upon which he built a house and
barns, he has since devoted his attention to the further development and
improvement of this property and he now devotes his land to the raising of hay,
potatoes, grain and other crops. He has brought the land under a high state of
cultivation and has a well improved property that is indicative of his careful
supervision and progressive methods.

On the 16th of March, 1903, Mr. Wiley was united in marriage to Miss Lavina C.
Sherman, who was born in Washington, a daughter of Arthur and Mary Sherman, who
were pioneer settlers of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley have become parents of
five children: Mary Constance, John Arthur, Annie Irene, Helen Isabelle and Jean
Margaret.

The religious faith of the parents is that of the Congregational church and in
his political views Mr. Wiley is a republican. His study of the questions and
issues of the day has led him to give earnest support to the party. At the same
time he is interested in the material and moral progress of the community as
well as its political advancement and as a pioneer farmer he contributed in no
small measure to the early development of the region in which he lived. He has
resided in this state from early days and is familiar with every phase of the
development and upbuilding of the district in which he makes his home.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.