Gunnison County CO Archives Biographies.....Wylie, John Edward August 27, 1861 - ? ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Crook jlcrook@rof.net March 24, 2006, 2:22 pm Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado A resident of Colorado since 1880, and during the last ten years of the time living on the ranch which is now his home, John Edward Wylie has seen much of the great development of the Western slope in its progress and has used to good purpose his opportunities to aid the movement. He was born on August 27, 1861, in Fairfield county, Ohio, where his parents, George W. and Charlotte (Griffith) Wylie, were also native. The father was a farmer and a contractor in railroad construction work. In 1871 the family moved to Anderson county, Kansas, where they were among the early settlers, and where the father died in 1875. The mother is now living in Ohio. Of their three children two are living, John Edward being the older of them. He was about ten years old when the move to Kansas occurred, and in the common schools of that state he completed the education, so far as he had opportunity to go, which he had begun in those of his native place. He was but little over fourteen when his father died, but even at that early age he assumed charge of the farm and conducted its operations, continuing to do this until 1880, when he came to Colorado and located at Conejos. Here he worked on a ranch and drove freight teams until August, 1881, when he moved to Gunnison, just before the railroad through the town reached it. He was employed on this road about one year, and then entered into partnership with S.J. Miller to carry on a livery business, under the firm name of Miller & Wylie. This they conducted successfully thirteen years. In the meantime they bought a ranch, the one on which Mr. Wylie now lives, and which he took in his part of the property of the firm when the partnership was dissolved. It comprises two hundred and eighty acres and is well improved and all under irrigation. Here he has a flourishing cattle industry in which he makes a specialty of thoroughbred Shorthorns, handling on an average about two hundred and fifty. He manages his business with close attention to every detail and the results justify his care. His cattle have a high grade in the markets and this is due to the fact that they are always in good condition and bred with due regard to the largest returns for the outlay involved. In politics Mr. Wylie is a pronounced Republican, and fraternally a Woodman of the World in the camp of the order at Gunnison, of which he is a charter member. On November 3, 1887, he was united in marriage with Miss Lucinda Cooper, a native of Clinton county, Illinois, a daughter of Stephen D. and Hannah E. (Stiles) Cooper, who were born, reared, and married in Ohio, and were early settlers in the county of her birth. The father died in Washington county, Illinois, in 1875, and the mother in Indiana in 1901. Mrs. Wylie came to Colorado in 1882, and since then has lived in Gunnison county. Additional Comments: From Progressive Men of Western Colorado. Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/gunnison/bios/wylie387gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cofiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb