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J. L. WYLIE, physician, Ripley. This family inherit the true blood of the Scotch. Dr. Adam Wylie, the grandparent of our subject, was a native of Washington County, Penn. He was a practicing physician, and settled in Ripley in 1817, where he followed his profession with success until his death in 1839. Dr. Thomas Wylie, his son, was a graduate of Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., in 1836, and began the practice of his profession soon after in New Orleans, La. Thence he moved to Natchez, Miss., and in 1838 moved to the southern part of Kentucky, and in the same year was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Seth Cook. He (Seth) was a pioneer, whose boyhood witnessed important events in the settlement of that State. The family of Dr. Thomas Wylie was raised in that State, near Lexington. In 1844, he moved to Brown County, and located in Decatur, Byrd Township, and in 1858 removed to Ripley, and continued his practice until his death in 1864. His estimable widow survives, and is in the sixty-third year of her age. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of the four children born to his parents, and was born in Melburn, Ballard Co., Ky., February 7, 1844. Completing his educational studies in the high school of this city, he entered the Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, finishing his course after two terms and graduated with honors in 1862. Immediately after, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the Ninetieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the field four months. Returning home he followed his practice in this city until 1870, when he entered the Bellevue Hospital at New York City, completing a second degree, from which he graduated the following year. Same year, he returned to his home in Ripley, where he has been diligently at work in his professional calling. His marriage to Miss Eliza, daughter of A. B. Martin, occurred in 1865. She was a native of Brown County, and has borne him five children, four of whom are living, viz.: Maud, Alexander, Thomas and Frank. The Doctor has a large and successful practice, and as a physician and a citizen is highly esteemed. He has been connected with the educational interest of the county many years, and was elected to the board April 3, 1882. He is also a Royal Arch Mason, and a popular and respected citizen.