WILEY

H. FRED WILEY, Cashier Buffalo County Bank, with Henry G.Wiley,
President, and F. L. Gibbs, Assistant Cashier. The bank is owned by H.
G. & H. F. Wiley, and was organized and opened to the business public in
June, 1879. The deposits equal from $30,000 to $60,000 annually. They do
a general banking business. H. Fred Wiley located in Kearney in June,
1879, and immediately opened the banking business. He was born in
Rockingham, Vt., in September, 1853, was raised on a farm; removed to
Galva, Henry Co., Ill.,and engaged as clerk in a bank about two years;
then went to Woodhull ,Ill, and engaged in the banking business, in
company with his father, H.I. Wiley, until he came to Nebraska. They
kept and owned what was known as the Farmers" Bank, in the latter place.
He was married, in Galva, Ill., 1879 to Miss Lillie S. Clark, of the
latter place. They have a son--Henry C. Mr. W. is a member of the
Masonic Order of Kearney.

Source: Andreas' History of Nebraska 1883, Buffalo County, Kearney.
Contributed by:  Susie Martin-Rott
rootbound2@geocities.com


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