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From History of North Washington, published 1903, now in public domain. 
Submitted by Candy L. Grubb March 13, 1997. Both above notices must remain 
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JAMES G. WILEY

	James G. Wiley, engaged in diversified farming and stock breeding, 
six and one-half miles northeast of Bossburg, Stevens county, was born in
Meigs county, Ohio, in January 1845.  His parents were Hugh and Huldah
(Fellows) Wiley, the father a native of Pennsylvania, the mother of Vermont.
The family removed to Minnesota in 1856, locating on Rum river, where they
died.  They were both of Scotch descent, and the parents of eight children,
six of whom survive: Thomas J.; Henry H.; Samaria, wife of Benjamin Barret,
of Minnesota; J.H., in Ballard, Washington; James G., our subject; and Mary 
E wife of O.S. Miller, a member of the Minnesota legislature.
	The education of our subject was obtained in Ohio and Minnesota, and
at the age of twenty he began the world on his own account, going to 
Champlin, Minnesota, and engaging in lumbering. Here he remained three years
and lost his sawmill by fire.  He them removed to Fredonia, Kansas, staying
three years, thence to Arizona, in the lumber business, and at the 
expiration of ten years he sold out and came to Palouse City, Washington, 
and was identified with the mercantile business.  Ten years later he went to 
Rossland, British Columbia, and in 1895 secured a contract from the Leroi
Mining Company to haul ore, remaining there until the railroad was built,
when he opened a feed and grain store.  Two years subsequently he came to
Stevens county, it being 1898, and purchased a farm in Echo valley, where he
at present resides.  he has sixty-five acres under cultivation, and fenced,
and raises considerable stock.
	In 1878 our subject was married to Ida M. Reeves.  She died at
Palouse City in 1890.  He was married the second time, in 1892, to Margaret
E. McCleod, of Anoka, Minnesota. The children by his first wife are: 
Chester R., of Colfax; Guy, in Stevens county; Floyd E. and Ida J., witch
their father.  The three children by his present wife are, Irving, Bernice 
M. and Richard, residing at home.
	Mr. Wiley enlisted during the Civil war, in 1864, in the Second
Minnesota Light Artillery, serving until the close of the war.  His battery
was in several engagements and was mustered out at Fort Snelling, Minnesota,
in the fall of 1865.  Following the close of the war, he engaged, associated
with his brother, in the lumber business.  Mr. Wiley is a Republican, and
assisted in the organization of Palouse City and served in the city council.
He is a member of Palouse City Lodge A.O.U.W.