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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Judge Alfred Wiley, a prominent citizen and learned attorney of Star City, was born in Springfield, Ill., in 1848, and is a son of Edmund R. Wiley, a native of the city of New York, who was born in 1808, dying there in 1864. He was reared and educated in that city, and in 1837 followed merchandising at Springfield, Ill. The mother of the subject of this sketch was Miss Katherine Beach, previous to her marriage with his father, and she passed from earthly joys and sorrows in 1887, at the age of seventy-four. To them were born nine children, of whom the subject is the youngest. He received his education in Springfield, afterward attending Illinois College, at Jacksonville, Ill., and when twenty years old commenced life for himself. He moved to Dewitt, Arkansas County, Ark., in 1868, where he held several public offices, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. Judge Wiley was among the principal movers in establishing Lincoln County, of which he was the first clerk, being appointed both in 1871, and elected the following year. He has been judge of this county, and is generally regarded with highest esteem and admiration by all the citizens. He owns the Lincoln Ledger, the only paper published in the county. In 1876 Judge Wiley married Miss Pattie M. Hubbard, daughter of Dr. B. C. Hubbard, of Jefferson County, Ark. To this union were born three children, two of whom are dead, and only Alfred, Jr., survives. His wife died in 1884, and Judge Wiley married Miss Laura Carleton, daughter of John Carelton, and to them have been born two daughters, viz.: Patty H. and Katie Ki. Judge Wiley is an elder of the Presbyterian Church.

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This family biography is one of 44 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Lincoln County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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