BIO:  E. Howard Wiley, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Peach Bottom Township, Pg 169

E. HOWARD WILEY was born in Peach Bottom Township, September 13, 1859.  His parents, David E. 
and Margaretta (McConkey) Wiley, were both natives of this township, the former the son of 
Joseph D. Wiley, for many years the leading business man in the community, and the latter is a 
daughter of the late Andrew McConkey.  The subject of this sketch is an enterprising farmer, 
occupying a farm of 140 acres of fine land, near Slate Hill.  He married, April 14, 1881, Miss 
Anna M. Jenness, a native of Cecil County, Md., who has borne two children:  Paul C. and 
Margetaretta.  The family are members of the Slateville Presbyterian Church.