Samuel Wylie and Flored Hutchison
The rolling hills of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania located along the Monongahelia River, has been the home to many generations of the Wylie family. The story of these leaves of the Wylie family tree began with Samuel Wylie, a man born in Ireland in 1754. By 1779 he had come to reside in Pennsylvania. Samuel came to own a farm, and married Flored Hutchison. He settled in Mifflin Township, and owned approximately 500 acres. He was a member of the Covenanter Church.1 He served in the Revolutionary War. According to the great-granddaughter of Samuel Wylie, Kathryn Wylie Hutchinson, an injury prevented him from extended service during the war. Hutchinson states:
When a baby, Samuel's mother had gone out of the house, leaving him lying on the floor near an open fireplace. He had rolled over and got his foot in the fire, so it was badly burned, and the rest of his life he walked with a limp. When the war against England came, he volunteered for the infantry. But on long marches, his foot would bleed, and the officers told him he could not serve in the infantry. They gave him an honorable discharge. He asked if he could serve in the supply department. They said no, they could not use him. He then asked, if he should bring his own team and wagon, could they use him. They said yes, they could. So he went home, got his best team and wagon, and served in the supply department all through the seven years of the war. The record of his service is in the Pennsylvania Archives, pages 349, 832, and 851; Fifth Series, Vol. 7 by Montgomery. (Captain Joseph Sherer's Company, A., First Lieutenant James Collier, Second Lieutenant Samuel Rutherford, Ensign Samuel Wylie; Sergeants Laure Henry, Samuel McClure and Henry McJenny. 2
Other records of his war service state:
Wylie was born in 1754 and died 6 Mar 1814. He was a Private in Captain Joseph Sherer's Company of the 4th Battalion under Colonel James Burd of the Lancaster County PA Militia, beginning on 25 Mar 1776; a Private in Captain James Collier's Company of the 4th Battalion in Lancaster County PA Militia in 1778; and a Private in Captain Henry McKinney's Company of the 4th battalion of Lancaster County PA Militia in 1779. His wife was Flora Hutchinson. On 22 Sept 1788 Wylie (spelled Willie) acquired from Samuel Sinclair an original land patent of 215 acres which he called "Bruce" and which was located along the Monongahela River just south of Benjamin Kuykendall's land. Wylie is buried in Round Hill Cemetery, Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, PA. 3
Samuel Wylie was also a family man. He and his wife, Flored Hutchison, had twelve children: Elizabeth (1777-1818), John (1778-1861), James (1780-1780), Margaret (1782-1834), Samuel (1783-1846), Sarah (1786-), Mary (1787-1856), Moses (1790-1852), Oliver (1790-1814), James (1795-1869), Florence (1795-), and Rebecca (1797-1891). Listed in Samuel's will is property in Ohio. Many of the children and their spouses relocated to Ohio.
Elizabeth married Matthew Mitchell (1744-1835). They had Samuel (1799 - ), Mary (1800 -), Flora (1802 - ), Matthew (1804-), John (1806-), William (1808-1814), James (1810 -), David (1812-), Ann (1814-), Rebecca (1816-), and Jane (1818-1838). 4 Samuel, Mary, Flora, Matthew, and John were born in Pennsylvania. William, James, David, Ann, Rebecca, and Jane were all born in Ohio.
John (1778) may have married Mary Ferguson. Presumably, John was sent to Ohio to purchase land for his father.
Margaret married John Jamison. The family moved to Ohio, year unknown, as their child Sarah was born in Muskingum County. Matthew Mitchell, a Covenanter, came to Muskegum County, Ohio and his brother-in-law John followed some years later.5 John Jamison became a religious elder in the community.6
Moses married Eleanor Young. They had ten children: Samuel, Moses, Oliver, Thomas, John, Mary, Flora, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Sarah Jane. Moses had come to Ohio in the early 1800s following his brother John, whom Samuel had sent to purchase land in Ohio - the same land mentioned in Samuel's will. Thomas married Ann Starrett and raised their family on a farm that had once been owned by Moses. Moses settled 255 acres and was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church in the area. Thomas married and moved to a rented farm, which he improved. He became a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. He and his wife, Ann Starrett, had fifteen children. Thomas' son, Charles, volunteered in Company A Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry during the Civil War and was in several battles including the siege of Atlanta until he was discharged from service for an illness.7
Samuel Wylie stayed in Pennsylvania and had at least two children: J.P. and Rebecca. His wife is currently unknown.
Sarah Wylie married Thomas Drennen.
Mary married Nathaniel Kirkpatrick and they had seven children: Flora, Nancy, Samuel (1813-1816), Samuel Oliver, Sarah, Robert, and James. Although the family first lived in Pennsylvania they did move to Ohio.
Oliver Wylie, twin of Moses Wylie, died in Pennsylvania when he was in his early twenties.
Rebecca Wylie married William Elliott.
John (1778) may have married Mary Ferguson. Presumably, John was sent to Ohio to purchase land for his father.
Margaret married John Jamison. The family moved to Ohio, year unknown, as their child Sarah was born in Muskingum County. Matthew Mitchell, a Covenanter, came to Muskegum County, Ohio and his brother-in-law John followed some years later.5 John Jamison became a religious elder in the community.6
Moses married Eleanor Young. They had ten children: Samuel, Moses, Oliver, Thomas, John, Mary, Flora, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Sarah Jane. Moses had come to Ohio in the early 1800s following his brother John, whom Samuel had sent to purchase land in Ohio - the same land mentioned in Samuel's will. Thomas married Ann Starrett and raised their family on a farm that had once been owned by Moses. Moses settled 255 acres and was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church in the area. Thomas married and moved to a rented farm, which he improved. He became a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. He and his wife, Ann Starrett, had fifteen children. Thomas' son, Charles, volunteered in Company A Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry during the Civil War and was in several battles including the siege of Atlanta until he was discharged from service for an illness.7
Samuel Wylie stayed in Pennsylvania and had at least two children: J.P. and Rebecca. His wife is currently unknown.
Sarah Wylie married Thomas Drennen.
Mary married Nathaniel Kirkpatrick and they had seven children: Flora, Nancy, Samuel (1813-1816), Samuel Oliver, Sarah, Robert, and James. Although the family first lived in Pennsylvania they did move to Ohio.
Oliver Wylie, twin of Moses Wylie, died in Pennsylvania when he was in his early twenties.
Rebecca Wylie married William Elliott.
James Wylie and Mary "Martha" Parkhill & James Wylie and Elizabeth Easton
James Wylie, born in 1792, was the son of Samuel and Flored Wylie. During his life, James was a land-owner:
About 1818 he purchased a farm of one hundred and ten acres in Elizabeth township, cleared this and lived on it many years, in an old frame house. With this as a foundation he built, in the early sixties, a substantial brick house, still occupied by his widow, near Wylie Station. Mr. Wylie married (first) Mary Jane Parkhill and had one daughter; Mary Jane, who married Charles Orr, has one son and lives in Peoria, Illinois. He married (second) October 24, 1859 Elizabeth Calderhead easton, born in Scotland, February 6, 1832, who came to this country with her parents in 1852. She is the daughter of John and Margaret (Lindsay) Easton, both natives of Lanarkshire, Scotland, the former born in 1800, died about 1875, settling in Elizabeth, now Forward township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, where he was a shoemaker and minder, as he had been in his native land. Both were Covenanters, and both are buried in the Elizabeth Cemetery. Children: James, born August 8, 1924, died in March 1890, at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, was a coal miner; and had been an invalid may years; Thomas, born January 4, 1826, died December 26 of the same year; Thomas, born February 24, 1828 died May 18, 1860, in Elizabeth township, was a coal miner; Mary, born September 18, 1830, married John Russell, died in Elizabeth township, in December, 1888' Elizabeth Calderhead, mentioned above as having married Mr. Wylie; Margaret, born December 20, 1833, widow of William Kidney, lives in McKeesport; Jean, born December 8, 1836, died August 13, 1838; William, born March 15, 1838 died in Elizabeth, was in active service three years during the Civil War; John, born April 21, 1841, died September 27, 1844; Bryce, born August 23, 1843, enlisted during the Civil War, in August 1862, and died of fever, October 6, 1852, at Sharpsburg, Maryland; Jean, born September 5, 1845, died August 9, 1847; Marion, born March 4, 1847, died March 21 --, in Elizabeth township. 8
He married twice. The first to Mary or "Martha" Parkhill. The couple had one child: Mary Jane Wylie before Mary died. James was sixty-four years old at the birth of his first child. After the death of his first wife, James married Elizabeth Calderhead Easton, who had been born in Carluke, Scotland. They had five children: Samuel John (1860), James Renwick (1861), Margaret Lindsay (1863), Bryce Easton (1865), and William Parkhill (1868).
A descendent of James Wylie and Elizabeth Easton Wylie, Helen Wylie Morrison, recalled her family history:
A descendent of James Wylie and Elizabeth Easton Wylie, Helen Wylie Morrison, recalled her family history:
They lived in a frame house, which was replaced by a brick house built in the 1860s. I remember seeing it, but was never inside. It was demolished in the 1950s (I think) and the barn was still standing at least until 1985. According to family lore, when James’ 1st wife died 2 months after giving birth, he hired Elizabeth Easton as a housekeeper, then married her 3 years later. He was 40 years older and in their 10 years of marriage, they had 5 children. So she was left a widow with 6 children and a farm to run! 9
Helen Wylie Morrison describes a picturesque farmhouse scene in the Pennsylvania countryside. One can imagine a structure large enough to hold the large Wylie family, various cousins, and laborers. James and Elizabeth had a short marriage - one of less than ten years before his death in 1869. James left specific instructions for his widow and their young family in his will:
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Wylie the sum of one thousand dollars to have and to hold the same to her and her heirs...I also bequeath to her, my said wife, my household furniture, buggy, and harness, I also give devise and bequeath to my said wife the use and improvement and income of my farm with its...rents and advantages. Together with the horses, cows, sheep, hogs, wagons...harrows, harnesses &c to have and to hold the said several messages above described and apparatuses for and during this time she remain my widow for the purpose of maintaining and educating my children. I also direct that my executors shall see that my children shall get a good English Education. I also direct that each of my sons shall learn a trade or profession...In the case of the death of any of my children before they come of age I direct that the remaining children shall share and share alike of their portion of the estate. I also direct that my daughter Mary Jane Wylie shall have one bedstead, 1 bureau, one half dozen chairs (of new furniture) also the following property belonging to her mother, namely two feather beds, four blankets, three quilts, one counterpane, one coverlid, one linen table cloth, one pair of linen sheets, and her china tea ware over and above her share of my estate...10
Elizabeth was given one thousand dollars, the equivalent to over $17,000 in 2015 (based on the inflation calculator located here). He left his children five hundred dollars each, which should be given to them when they came of age. One may find it interesting that James was so invested in the education of his children - he wanted them to have an English Education and he wanted them, in their adult life, to dedicate themselves to a trade or profession. He also expressed a desire that his daughter from his first marriage not only receive her share of his estate, but also the items that had been her mothers: blankets, quilts, sheets, and china. Much of what was left for Elizabeth came with the stipulation "as long as she remain my widow."
James Wylie was a man who, in his lifetime, lived in a new nation and saw the same nation torn apart by civil war and the beginning of Reconstruction.
James Wylie was a man who, in his lifetime, lived in a new nation and saw the same nation torn apart by civil war and the beginning of Reconstruction.
The continued growth of the Wylie family is best described in the words of Samuel John Wylie, III:
The Wylie’s lived in Pennsylvania only a short time, when they, with the help of their friends, established Wylie Pennsylvania, a farming community. The Wylie’s lived on their farm called “The Wylie Farm” where they produced vegetables. During the years of growth and development of Wylie, my grandfather, Samuel John Wylie, married a girl of Dutch descent. They lived on the farm where they reared four children: two boys, Jim and John, and two girls, Mary and Katherine. In 1928, the railroad came to Wylie. Yards were established for the Carnegie Steel Company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company. The Wylie community continued to prosper.11
Mary Parkhill Wylie
The only child of James Wylie and Mary Parkhill Wylie, Mary Jane was born about 1856. Her mother died shortly after her birth. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Mary did not stay in that area for her adult life. She met and married Charles Orr on October 26, 1887.13 They had a child, Roy, who was born in Peoria, Illinois. Roy married Helene Pitsch, from Germany, and they had three children: Richard (1921-2001), Alice (1925-), and Julia (1927-).
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James Renwick Wylie
James Renwick Wylie was the second son born to James Wylie and Elizabeth Easton. He was born on December, 14, 1861 in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. On November 18, 1896 he married Laura Alfaretta Steele, born November 26, 1871. They had four children: James Renwick Wylie, Jr (1897-1974), Margaret Elizabeth Wylie (1899-1983), John Hunter Wylie (1901-1981), and Mary Steele Wylie (1902-1983). In his lifetime, James was a professional baseball player. He stood five feet and eleven inches tall. He weight about 155 pounds. His first and final game was August 11, 1882. He batted and threw to the right. He played for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys. 12
James Renwick was also a representative for the state of Pennsylvania. In his lifetime he was a law student, real estate businessman, a member of the Wilkinsburg Board of Education, a Trustee of the Second United Presbyterian Church, and a member of the State Legislature. His goal, when he was running for the Senate, was to work toward ratifying the Prohibition Amendment.13 |
Margaret Wylie
Margaret, the second daughter of James Wylie, was born on March 6, 1963 in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. She also bore the name "Lindsay" after her mother's, Elizabeth Easton, family. She died January 18, 1889. She never married.
Bryce Easton Wylie
Bryce Easton Wylie was the third son born to James Wylie and Elizabeth Easton. According to
Bryce Easton Wylie, son of James and Elizabeth Calderhead (Easton) Wylie, was born in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1864. He acquired his education in the public schools and at the Elizabeth Academy, and in 1887, in association with James Whitlatch, established the hardware the hardware business of Wylie & Whitlach, the partnership lasting two years, and then Mr. Wylie bought out the interest of his partner. The business had been located on Market street, and Mr. Wylie then associated himself with his brother, William P., the firm name becoming Wylie Brothers. In September, 1889, they moved to their present location, and in 1901, they erected a three-story brick building, which now houses their business. They deal in stoves, farming implements, and in hardware and everything pertaining to it. Mr. Wylie is also vice-president of the State Bank of Elizabeth. He is Independent in local politics, and gives his allegiance to the Republican party in national affairs. As a member of the common council of the borough, he has served two terms. He and his wife are members of the United Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Wylie serviced as trustee for a number of years, and is now ruling elder; his fraternal connection is with the Improved Order of Heptasophs. |
William Parkhill Wylie was the last child born to James and Elizabeth Wylie. He married Margaret Alma Tupman (1883-1958). They had one son, William Wylie, in 1913. William P. Wylie died in 1955 in Arizona.
Samuel John Wylie and Clara Heil
Samuel John Wylie married Clara Emma Heil – they had four children, which they raised on their farm in Wylie, Pennsylvania: James (1901-1962), Anna Kathryn (1907-2009), Mary Heil (1909-2004), and Samuel John (1914-2004). Samuel spent most of his life on the Wylie farm. His children helped him with his crops and produce. The railroad station that came to the farm was originally called "Vankirk Station" and was located between Church Avenue and Locust Street; the name changed to "Wylie Station." 15
Samuel John Wylie, Jr. and Josephine FrantzKathleen White Wylie, the daughter-in-law of Samuel John Wylie Jr., recalled this story he had told her of his youth:
The family had spent all day cleaning vegetables by hand so that they could sell them at the market. In those days, they would clean what they grew and taken them into town to sell them. The Wylie's loaded their produce into the truck and went into town. John and his brother had stopped at a store. They went in, and when they came back outside they found their truck and their produce missing! Someone had stolen it all. John was more angry that he had spent all of that time cleaning the vegetables than he was that the truck had been stolen.16 |
Farm life was not all that occupied the time of the Wylie children. A fourteen year age difference separated the brothers. The youngest child of the Wylie family, Samuel John Wylie, Jr., grew up during the time of Baseball and the Great Bambino. He came to love America's favorite pastime.
It was the year that John was born that Babe Ruth first made a name for himself in the sport. The "Bambino" and other baseball players were an inspiration for the young boys of Pennsylvania, who formed their own baseball teams. His uncle, James Renwick Wylie (1861-1951) had been a professional baseball player. When "Ren" had been twenty-years old he broke into the big leagues on August 11, 1882, with the Pittsburg Alleghenys as an outfielder.17 No doubt, Samuel grew up listening to tales of his uncle Ren playing baseball, which surely only strengthened his own interest and love in the sport. |
Although he had been raised on the Wylie farm, and had spent time farming and harvesting the crops, Samuel John Wylie, Jr. did not stay there. Instead, he left Pennsylvania. His son, my father, Samuel John Wylie, III wrote:
My father, Samuel John Wylie, Junior, left Wylie, Pennsylvania, to further his education.He attended classes at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1932, and there he received his B.A. degree. He then went to Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, and received his M.A. in Theology in 1939. Soon after he graduated from the seminary, he enlisted in the Army Air Force as a chaplain.While stationed at Camp Walters, Texas, he had an opportunity to go to Weatherford, Texas, to conduct a church service. The organist was Josephine Frantz, whom he married following a short courtship. 18
While in school, John Wylie was a member of a men's chorus group and played basketball. He spent some time in Tennessee at a work camp, where he shared his religious beliefs. He told this story to his granddaughter, Heather, once:
When I started talking, everyone got quiet. And when I looked up, even the dog was listening to me. He knew that I was talking about the creator. 19
John soon found himself in New York, and he was being installed into a church there. Harold Worden Wylie met Samuel John Wylie, Jr. in 1958. Harold Worden Wylie stated:
I graduated at Park College in June, 1910. In my class there was a young woman from Chicago, named Jesse Belle Kirkpatrick, whom, I had known right along, was a distant relative of my own. Her father, a Chicago Physician, came for the commencement and I kept him in my room as a guest. He told me that two aged aunts of his were then still living in Colorado, daughters of the original Mary Wylie Kirkpatrick and that their minds were still good and they had a great deal of information given them by their mother. What is here told of Samuel Wylie came from him, I visited him and his wife on two occasions, in later years, in Chicago. Then, in 1940, a young man named Samuel Wylie, was installed as pastor of our church at Dolgeville, N.Y., and I had a part in the installation. His mother and an uncle, from Wilkinsburg, Penn. came for the occasion. When his uncle, from Wilkinsburg, Penn. walked into the church, I gasped, for he looked enough like my own father to have been a twin brother. Talking with him afterwards, it was certain that his own grandfather, Samuel Wylie, was one of whom Dr. Kirkpatrick had told me. This uncle was James Renwick Wylie. The young man's father was Samuel Wylie, III [sic], but then was not able to come for this installation.20
Samuel John Wylie, Jr.'s profession within the church brought him to Weatherford, Texas. It was there that he met Josephine Bonnie Frantz. His wife documented their initial meeting:
One day John Wylie came into my life, all six feet one and half of him - with that ready smile and lazy laughter - He was a chaplain in the military service. When the Base Chaplain asked Chaplain Wylie, who was from (New York and Pennsylvania) to hold a service for him that the base Chaplain was to hear, had but couldn’t - (Chaplain John Wylie came to my hometown). He came to the Presbyterian Church that my family attended and had the morning and evening services that Sunday. The ones who were to have the Chaplain for Sunday night supper had their plans changed unexpectedly, so the church called my mother that Sunday afternoon and asked if she could possibly have the Chaplain for Sunday night supper. She said, “Of course” - So he came to her house that Sunday afternoon - I had said earlier, “The Chaplain will undoubtedly be reserved and hard to get aquatinted with, for Easterners are often like that” - But John walked in so friendly and enthusiastic as if life was a great adventure, and he blew my theory of Easterner’s reserve to the four Winds. We took him driving to see our little City and suddenly he turned to me and said, “do you by any change played the piano, and I said “yes, I do” Do you by any change sing?” and he said, “Yes, I do.” So we went back to the house - he sang and I played - and what did John sing that afternoon? I remember that he sang, “One Alone” and he had a lovely tenor voice - I had been practicing for a wedding I was soon to play for and the song, “Because” - So I asked John, “Do you sing “Because” and he said he did, so he sang, “Because” -
My sister said, “Chaplain, our mother and father want you to sing a hymn” - what did he sing? It might have been a hymn that was one of my favorites and one of his, “This is my Father’s World.”
After supper we went to the evening service at the Church - and I had been asked earlier to play for that service - I still remember the title of his sermon that night - (It was “A Rendezvous with Destiny”) -
After the service and before he left that night, we talked and he asked, “Have you ever been to New York and Pennsylvania?” and I said, “yes, about two years ago I visited friends in Pennsylvania and New York City” - and he asked what weekend I was there in New York and what hotel I stayed in when I was in New York. And when I told him he said, “I was in New York that weekend, for during my last year in Princeton I was on the staff of the 5th Ave. Presbyterian Church as a teacher and I spent every weekend in New York that Summer - I told him that on the Saturday night I was there we walked down to Times Square - and he said, “I often walked down to Times Square on Saturday night first to watch the people” - and we wondered, Did we pass each other that night in Times Square?”
So later I married the chaplain and at our wedding a soloist sang, “Because” - After John spent time overseas we were stationed at several bases in the States - We spent several years in Upper New York State - And then we moved to Texas where we have been ever since- After being married for 6 1/2 years, we had a (fine little son) whom we named, “Samuel John Wylie III.”21
Samuel John Wylie, III and Kathleen White
They had one child, Samuel John Wylie, III. Born in Denison, Texas, Samuel grew up in the Presbyterian Church. His mother, one of five, was close with her family as well, and the small Wylie family spent much time traveling due to his father’s career as a pastor and his mother’s family. John stated:
9My father’s ministry allowed me numerous opportunities to come in contact with many exciting, challenging, and often rewarding experiences. When I made new friends, lived in new environments, and attended new schools. Those experiences prepared me for events in my life that were yet to come; such as my graduation from the Denison Senior High School in May, 1967, and my enlistment in the United States Navy, where I served as an aircraft structural mechanic for four years. While on active duty, I was stationed in Key West, Florida, until 1969, when I was transferred to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where I remained until 1971, the date of my discharge. After completing my service in the Navy, I returned to Denison, Texas, and worked as a brick layer’s assistant for a short time. It was a seasonal job which I quit after a long period of bad weather. After several weeks of forced vacation, I went to work for Johns-Manville, a company which fabricated plastic conduit pipe. I worked for this company for several months before I terminated my employment with it. My next job was with Geophysical Services, Incorporated, a company dealing with the location of oil on land and beneath water. After working for six months, I experienced problems with my back. Surgery was necessary to correct the problems. After a lengthy recuperative period, I moved to San Angelo, Texas, in August of 1975, where I worked as a motel clerk for a number of months. Felling the need of working in a more enlightened field, I applied for a position at the San Angelo Center, located in Carlsbad, Texas. I have worked at the Center for the past nine months as an aide and as a grooming trainer: teaching, sharing ideas, and observing the individuals on a day-to-day basis as they applied the information I had given them, which concerned their personal hygiene, appearance, and emotional control. I have enjoyed the different experiences and the different types of work [during] my life. 22
Samuel John Wylie, III came to San Angelo to attend school at Angelo State University. It was there that he met his wife Kathleen White. Kathleen, the youngest of four children, had spent the majority of her life in San Angelo, although her family had also lived in Florida, Georgia, and Berlin.
They had two children: Heather (1988) and Caitlin (1992). |
Figures
Fig.1 - "Elizabeth and West Elizabeth Pennsylvania" - retrieved from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_and_west_elizabeth.jpg
Fig. 2 - "The Wylie Family" retrieved from ancestry.com, courtesy of Robert Hawkins. Left to right: Bryce Easton and Laura Thompson Wylie, William Parkhill and Margaret Tupman Wylie, James Renwick "Ren" and Laura Steele Wylie, and Samuel John and Emma Heil Wylie.
Photo courtesy of Robert Hawkins.
Fig. 3 - "Wylie Family" - contributed by Heather Wylie, from Wylie family video
Fig. 4 - "Mary Jane Wylie Orr" - contributed by Robert Hawkins
Fig. 5 - "James Renwick Wylie" - located on the Pennsylvania House of Representatives website.
Fig. 6 - "Bryce Wylie" - located in John Jordan's edition of "Genealogical and personal history of Western Pennsylvania Vol.2"
Fig. 7 - "Samuel John Wylie, Jr." - sketch provided by Heather Wylie
Fig. 8 - "The Wylie Family" - contributed by Heather Wylie
Fig. 9 - "Geneva College Glee Club Male Quartette" - contributed by Heather Wylie. Samuel John Wylie is the first individual to the left.
Fig. 10 - "Men's Basketball" - contributed by Heather Wylie. Samuel John Wylie is the first individual to the left.
Fig. 11 - "John and Josephine" - contributed by Heather Wylie.
Fig. 12 - "Josephine, John, and Little John" - contributed by Heather Wylie.
Fig. 13 - "John and Kathleen Wylie" - contributed by Heather Wylie
Fig. 2 - "The Wylie Family" retrieved from ancestry.com, courtesy of Robert Hawkins. Left to right: Bryce Easton and Laura Thompson Wylie, William Parkhill and Margaret Tupman Wylie, James Renwick "Ren" and Laura Steele Wylie, and Samuel John and Emma Heil Wylie.
Photo courtesy of Robert Hawkins.
Fig. 3 - "Wylie Family" - contributed by Heather Wylie, from Wylie family video
Fig. 4 - "Mary Jane Wylie Orr" - contributed by Robert Hawkins
Fig. 5 - "James Renwick Wylie" - located on the Pennsylvania House of Representatives website.
Fig. 6 - "Bryce Wylie" - located in John Jordan's edition of "Genealogical and personal history of Western Pennsylvania Vol.2"
Fig. 7 - "Samuel John Wylie, Jr." - sketch provided by Heather Wylie
Fig. 8 - "The Wylie Family" - contributed by Heather Wylie
Fig. 9 - "Geneva College Glee Club Male Quartette" - contributed by Heather Wylie. Samuel John Wylie is the first individual to the left.
Fig. 10 - "Men's Basketball" - contributed by Heather Wylie. Samuel John Wylie is the first individual to the left.
Fig. 11 - "John and Josephine" - contributed by Heather Wylie.
Fig. 12 - "Josephine, John, and Little John" - contributed by Heather Wylie.
Fig. 13 - "John and Kathleen Wylie" - contributed by Heather Wylie
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18. "James Renwick Wylie - Pro Baseball Player 1882." http//www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=wyliere01
19. Wylie, Samuel John. "Meet the Wylies." Personal Publication. Date unknown.
20. Recollection of Heather Wylie. Date unknown.
21. Interview of Harold Worden Wylie. Date unknown.
22. Wylie, Josephine Frantz. "This is My Life." Personal Publication. Date unknown.
23. Wylie, Samuel John. "Meet the Wylies." Personal Publication. Date unknown.
2. Genealogical writing by Kathryn Wylie Hutchinson. Date Unknown.
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY HISTORY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY Volume II James Hindman Cemetery Binder - Jefferson Hills Library - Jefferson Municipal Bldg.Map of Original Land Patents for Jefferson township Myers, Paul W. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS, Apollo, PA Closson Press 1935 REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE RECORDS - Ancestry.com July 25, 2001 www.ancestry.com EARLY HISTORY OF THE PETERS CREEK VALLEY AND THE EARLY SETTLERS - Noah Thompson 1973
4. Perrin, William Henry, J.H. Battle, O.L. Basking & Co. History of Logan County and Ohio: Containing a History of the State of Ohio. O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers: Dearborn Street, 1880, Pg. 697-698.
5. Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio. The Goodspeed Publishing Co. Chicago: 1892, pg. 302.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Jordan, John W. "Wylie Family of Western Pennsylvania." Genealogical and personal history of Western Pennsylvania Vol. 2, eds. John W. Jordan.
9. Interview with Helen Wylie Morrison. Date unknown.
10. "Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 for James Wylie." Will Packets, Vol. 12-14 1867-1870. Ancestry.com
11. Wylie, Samuel John. "Meet the Wylies." Personal Publication. Date Unknown.
12.Professional Baseball Players, 1876-2004. Baseball Almanac, corp. Ancestry.com
13. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 15, 1918.
14. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2. Edited by John Woolf Jordan. Lewis historical publishing company, 1915.
15. Wylie, Samuel John. "Meet the Wylies." Personal Publication. Date unknown.
16. "Allegheny County Pennsylvania Railroad Stations." Pennsylvania Railroad Stations Past & Present. http://www.west2k.com/pa.htm
17. Interview with Kathleen White Wylie. Date unknown.
18. "James Renwick Wylie - Pro Baseball Player 1882." http//www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=wyliere01
19. Wylie, Samuel John. "Meet the Wylies." Personal Publication. Date unknown.
20. Recollection of Heather Wylie. Date unknown.
21. Interview of Harold Worden Wylie. Date unknown.
22. Wylie, Josephine Frantz. "This is My Life." Personal Publication. Date unknown.
23. Wylie, Samuel John. "Meet the Wylies." Personal Publication. Date unknown.