I have been faithfully reading Barry's notes hoping to find a mention of my Wiley's. In 1870, there were five siblings living in Decatur County. Most of them disappeared by 1880. From Barry West's notes on his grandmother's scrapbook. Charley Gibbens called at the Dell Wiley home Sunday. Pearl Wiley called on Von Davis Thursday Morning. Dell Wiley was probably Delbert Wiley who was born in Decatur County on July 15, 1866. He was my grandfather's first cousin (and also his second cousin). Delbert's parents were John McWilliams Wiley and his first cousin, Mary Jane McWilliams. They are both buried in Lilly (sp?) Cemetery in Bloomington. Pearl Wiley would be Pearl Elroy Wiley, son of Delbert's brother, Wilbert, and Eva Florence Rhodes, who lived in Davis City. What little info that I do have is from Pearl's daughter, Peggy Ophelia Wiley. This family moved west from Belmont County, Ohio about 1852. Eventually, most of them showed up in Decatur County, at least for a while. My great grandfather, James Wiley, was one of the few children who stayed in Belmont County, where I was born. Does anyone know anymore about this family in Decatur County? Jack Ehmer