John J. Wiley ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Putnam, OH on June 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 32, Family 236
Putnam, Muskingum County, Ohio
John J. Wiley..29..MD

(Living with wife and three sons.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Belle Plaine, IA on 9 July 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 26, Family 225
Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa
John J. Wiley..38..MD..RR Laborer

(Living with wife and 7 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Belle Plaine, IA on June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 226B, Roll 0327
Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa
John Wiley..Self..49..MD..R.R. Employee

(Living with wife and 8 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1885 Iowa State Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on January 1885. ⁴

1885 Iowa State Census
Page 92, Line 3, Family 1
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
91 2nd Street
John J. Wiley..54..MD..RR Switchman

(Living with wife and 9 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on January 1895. ⁵

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 381, Family 176
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States
J. J. Wiley..64..Maryland..RR ???(unreadable)

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in Jan 1831, then his age should have been 63 instead of 64.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Kansas City, KS on 15 June 1900. ⁸

1900 US Census
Sheet 18B, District 162, Family 415
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
828 Dixon Street, house rented
Married 44 years
John J. Wily..Father,,Jan 1831..69..Maryland..Day Laborer

(Living with wife at home of widowed son, John.)
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• He was buried after 2 April 1901 in the Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Find A Grave Memorial #25728118
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• His obituary was published in the Cedar Rapids Republican on 3 April 1901 in Cedar Rapids, IA.

⁹ Word was received here Tuesday of the death of J. J. Wiley at his home in Kansas City, Kansas, Tuesday morning. The remains will be brought to Cedar Rapids for interment. Upon their arrival here the remains will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. W. Shafer, 916 B avenue west. The funeral announcements will be made later. Mr. Wiley was a former resident of Cedar Rapids, having lived here for eighteen years.

(Source: Cedar Rapids Republican, 3 Apr 1901)
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John married Tamar Ruth Darner, daughter of Andrew John Darner and Hannah Yost, on 24 August 1854 in , Muskingum County, OH.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Tamar Ruth Darner was born on 31 March 1834 in Perry Township, Muskingum County, OH,^{2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13} died on 13 February 1917 in Davenport, IA ^{2 13} and was buried on 14 February 1917 in Cedar Rapids, IA ¹³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Putnam, OH on June 1860. ⁶

1860 US Census
Page 32, Family 236
Putnam, Muskingum County, Ohio
John J. Wiley..29..MD
Tamer R. Wiley..25..OH
William O. Wiley..4..OH
James A. Wiley..2..OH
No Name Wiley..0..OH (later named John A. Wiley)
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Belle Plaine, IA on 9 July 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 26, Family 225
Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa
John J. Wiley..38..MD..RR Laborer
Tamar R. Wiley..34..OH..Keeping House
William O. Wiley..15..OH
James A. Wiley..13..OH
John A. Wiley..10..OH
Charles H. Wiley..8..OH
George W. Wiley..6..IN
Alice B. Wiley..3..IN
Rosa M. Wiley..10m..IA..Aug
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Belle Plaine, IA on June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 226B, Roll 0327
Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa
John Wiley..Self..49..MD..R.R. Employee
Tamer Wiley..Wife..46..OH..Keeping House
Albert Wiley..Son..22..OH..Brakeman
John Wiley..Son..20..OH..Brakeman
Charles Wiley..Son..17..OH..Foundryman
George Wiley..Son..15..IN
Belle Wiley..Daughter..13..IN
May Wiley..Daughter..10..IA
Emma Wiley..Daughter..9..IA
Arthur Wiley..Son..6..IA
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• They appeared on the 1885 Iowa State Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on January 1885. ⁴

1885 Iowa State Census
Page 92, Line 3, Family 1
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa
91 2nd Street
John J. Wiley..54..MD..RR Switchman
Tamer R. Wiley..50..OH
Wm O. Wiley..29..OH..RR Brakeman
James A. Wiley..27..OH..RR Brakeman
John A. Wiley..24..OH..RR Brakeman
Chas Wiley..22..OH..RR Brakeman
George Wiley..20..IN..RR Brakeman
Belle Wiley..17..IN
May Wiley..15..IA
Emma Wiley..13..IA
Arthur Wiley..10..IA
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• They appeared on the 1895 Iowa State Census in Cedar Rapids, IA on January 1895. ⁵

1895 Iowa State Census
Page 381, Family 176
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States
J. J. Wiley..64..Maryland..RR ???
Tama R. Wiley..60..Ohio..Keeping House
Emma Wiley..23..Benton County, Iowa..???
Arthur Morris Wiley..20..Benton County, Iowa..Cooper
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  Marriage Notes:

They moved to Indiana around 1863 then to Belle Plaine, Benton County, Iowa around 1869. This is from Karen Forbes as told to her by Nancy Rice Kiddoo, her data from 1880 US Census records from Benton County, Iowa and from probate records for Andrew Darner. Tamar's name is listed as Tamer Ruth Wyly in the will and Tamer Wylie in a suit brought by John Soragg in 1887 against the heirs of Andrew Darner. Nancy does not show where she found the marriage records for Tamer although she does state that all marriages for the children of Andrew and Hannah were found in the Muskingum County Courthouse in Zanesville, Ohio.

(per Dannell Hopkins, http://www.geocities.com/danni_7493 2/)
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There is a great deal of confusion about two of their children and the grandchildren from these two. James Albert Wiley, born in 1857, and John Alonzo Wiley, born in 1860 are often confused with one another and some researchers believe that they might be the same person. But the 1870 and 1880 US Census records clearly show that they were two different persons.

James A. Wiley, who sometimes went by his middle name of Albert, was married to Mary R. Ortscheid in 1881 at Belle Plaine, Iowa. There are no birth records of any of his supposed children which would definitively show him as the father or Mary as the mother so the parentage of at least 4 children come into question. These include Frank Wiley, born 1883, Orin Henry Wiley, also born 1883, May Wiley, born 1884, and John J. Wiley, born 1890.

The mystery starts immediately after the 1881 marriage with the 1885 Iowa State Census in which James Albert Wiley is shown as still living at home with his parents. He and all his siblings are noted as still single and not married. Does this mean the marriage to Mary R. Ortscheid might have been to a different James Albert Wiley? Perhaps.

However, in the 1900 US Census, the then married Mary Wiley is found living with her brother-in-law, Edgar Howland in Anamosa, Jones County, Iowa. But living with her is Orin Wiley who was designated as a nephew to Edgar Howland which makes him a son to Mary. In addition, Mary was noted as married, having given birth to 2 children but only 1 survived at the time. There is no mention about her husband, James Albert Wiley, and he is not found elsewhere in the 1900 US Census.

What this means is that James and Mary could not be the parents to all three of the other grandchildren, Frank, May, and John J. Wiley. But since she gave birth to a total of 2, perhaps one of these names was her child also and must have died before 1900 (remember, she indicfated on the 1900 US Census that she had 2 children and only 1 survived).







John A WilyHeadMale40Ohio
John J WilyFatherMale69Maryland
Ruth WilyMotherFemale65Ohio
May WilyDaughterFemale15Missouri
John J WilySonMale10Kansas