Biography of Joseph R. Wiley, page 253 / 254. History of Northeast Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. McIntosh. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920. Joseph R. Wiley, is a former trustee of Troy Township, DeKalb County, has been a successful farmer in that locality for many years, and both he and his wife are people of culture and influence and leaders in the community affairs. Mr. Wiley was born in Crawford County, Ohio, December 25, 1865, a son of James and Harriet (White) Wiley, the former a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and the latter of Bangor, Maine. The mother was a well educated woman and on coming west to Crawford County, Ohio, was a teacher until her marriage. She and her husband then settled in Harrison County, Ohio, where James Wiley and brother owned and operated a foundry. During the Civil war this foundry’s chief output was cannon balls for the Government. After selling out his interest in that business he moved to Crawford County, Ohio, locating on a farm near Leesville, subsequently bought another place near Galion, Ohio, and in 1869 left the Buckeye state and came to DeKalb County, settling on a farm in Troy Township, where he spent the rest of his life. He was a Presbyterian and his wife a Lutheran, and politically he was a republican and served as a township trustee in Ohio. Of their nine children six are still living: William, of Los Angeles, California; Charles, of Fort Benton, Montana; James C., a farmer in Troy Township; Joseph R.; Stella, wife of Ambrose McGlaughlin; and Harriet, who is a graduate of the Woman’s Medial College of Chicago and a practicing physician at Portland, Indiana. Joseph R. Wiley was past four years old when brought to DeKalb County and he grew up here, attending the common schools and taking a special course in Valparaiso College for one year. He married Nellie Wertz, a daughter of D.W. Wertz, of Troy Township. They have one daughter, Harriet M., who was born June 13, 1900, is a graduate of the Butler High School, taught a term or two and is now attending the James Milliken University at Decatur, Illinois. Mrs. Wiley is a graduate of the high school at Edgerton, Ohio, and received the Bachelor of Science degree from the Tri-State College at Angola. Before her marriage she taught school for eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley are members of the Lutheran Church and he is one of the trustees and is superintendent of its Sunday school. He is a republican and is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of American. He served four years as trustee of Troy Township. His farm in that locality comprises 196 acres. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com