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John Wesley WILEY, obit 1926

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John Wesley WILEY, obit 1926

TimeBender  (View posts) Posted: 8 Dec 2007 1:00AM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: WILEY, ESTILL, BROWN, RABB
Tuesday, April 13, 1926 San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Express
AGED VETERAN DIES.
(Special Correspondence)
FREDERICKSBURG, Tex., April 12.—John Wesley Wiley, 86, a pioneer of Gillespie County, died at his home in La Feria Sunday afternoon after a brief illness, and will be buried in Kingsland, Llano County, Tuesday afternoon. Deceased was born in Louisiana, but came to Texas when he was but a small boy, living almost all his life in Gillespie County. He served all through the Civil War on the Confederate side. Surviving him are four daughters, Mrs. J. T. Estill of Fredericksburg; Mrs. W. F. Brown of San Antonio; Mrs. W. E. Rabb of Carlsbad; Miss Mattie C. Wiley of La Feria; one son, M. T. Wiley of La Feria; 19 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

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