Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Wylly, Albert 1859 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p. 564-565

   ALBERT WYLLY. One of the most conspicuous figures in the recent history of
Savannah is the well-known gentleman whose name introduces this review. An
enumeration of the men of the state who have won honor and public recognition
for themselves and at the same time have honored the community in which they
live would be incomplete without reference to him as a political leader and
director of opinion. Albert Wylly is active in the many-sided life of the city
as property owner and county commissioner, and he is the scion of one of the
oldest and most prominent families in all Chatham county. No name is more highly
regarded and in many generations bearers of the name of Wylly have given valiant
service to the country in times of both peace and war. The Wyllys are an
exceptionally strong race of men; each generation having retained and
transmitted the strength and virility of its predecessors. They have never
deteriorated and down to the present time each generation of the Wyllys has been
represented by strong, clean, high-minded citizens, upholding the traditional
honor and high ideals of the family's progenitors. Without exception they have
been highly educated and successful and prosperous in life. At the present time
in Savannah the descendants of the three original Wylly brothers are among the
most representative men of affairs in the city. Not only have they achieved
personal success, but their devotion to the public good is not questioned and
arises from a sincere interest in the welfare of their fellow men.

   Albert Wylly was born in Savannah on the 25th day of October, 1859, the son
of George W. and Sarah Anne (Revel) Wylly. George W. Wylly died at his home in
Savannah in 1906 at the age of ninety years, his birth having occurred in this
city in 1816. During the active period of his life he was one of the city's most
prominent and successful business men and for a long number of years a leading
figure in its affairs. He had held many positions of trust and responsibility at
the hands of the public, among which was that of mayor pro tern of Savannah
during the entire period of the war between the states, or until Sherman's army
came into Savannah, upon which occasion he turned the city over to General
Sherman. His eldest son, Col. William H. Wylly, commanded a regiment in the
Confederate army. Another son, Dr. King Wylly, although a very young physician,
acted in the capacity of surgeon for the Confederacy. Both of these sons have
since died. Dr. King Wylly went to France at the breaking out of the
Franco-Prussian war and became a surgeon in the French army. In testimonial of
his services he was presented with the medal of the Legion of Honor, having
distinguished himself in the siege of Paris. Two cousins of the subject's
father—Capt. Robert Habersham Wylly and William C. Wylly, were also in the
Confederate army and one of George W. Wylly's was a captain of the Jasper Irish
Greens, going out from Savannah in the Mexican war.

   George W. Wylly, father of the immediate subject of this brief review, was
the son of William C. Wylly, who in turn was the son of Thomas Wylly and the
latter was the son of William Wylly. Thomas Wylly was an officer in the American
Revolution and thus the present generation are in direct line for membership in
the Society of Cincinnati. William Wylly was a brother of Col. "Richard Wylly
and of Campbell Wylly and it was these who founded the Wylly family in America.
They were of an English family, but came from the North of Ireland early in the
eighteenth century to the West Indies and went thence to Savannah not long after
the founding of the city by Oglethorpe in 1733. Their descendants, as noted
above,- have resided here continuously ever since. Colonel Richard *Wylly was a
Continental officer in the Revolution. Mr. Wylly's paternal grandmother was
Naomi (Dasher) Wylly, a daughter of Martin Dasher, who was the son of Thomas
Dasher, all of Savannah and representative of another old family in the city.
Thomas Dasher was an Englishman by birth, but followed the beckoning finger of
opportunity from the shores of the new world. He located in Savannah and was
given a grant of two thousand acres in its vicinity by the king of England. The
subject's mother, whose demise occurred many years ago, was a member of the
noted Chitty family of South Carolina, of French Huguenot descent.

   Mr. Wylly and his brothers and sisters were all afforded the best of
educational facilities both in America and Europe. He, himself, received his
finishing education in Princeton University, where he was graduated in the class
of 1879, a classmate and intimate companion of Woodrow Wilson, who graduated in
the same class.

   Mr. Wylly has always taken an active part in the affairs of the city and
county and has large property and financial interests. He was elected a member
of the board of county commissioners of Chatham county in 1903 and has since
served in that capacity, with credit to himself and honor and profit to his
constituents.

   It is by no means difficult to understand Mr. Wylly's remarkable loyalty to
the city with which his honored forebears have so long been identified and upon
which his own interest and affection are centered. A glance at the careers of
the present-day Wyllies is indeed edifying, for the usual student of biography
confesses to an eager desire to trace the ancestral forces that are united in
every son and daughter of unusual force and ability. No fine soul appears
suddenly; the foothills slope upward, and mental and moral capital are treasures
invested for us by our forefathers.

   Mr. Wylly has three brothers and a sister, viz.: Fred C., Martin Dasher,
George W. and Miss Naomi A. Wylly.



Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME I
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913


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