. Biographical and genealogical history of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin counties, Indiana .. . farm in Laurel township, Franklin county, his homestead being beau-tifully situated on the banks of Salt creek. As time passed he made sub-stantial improvements upon the place, which became known as one of themost desirable in that locality. Starting out a poor man, he became well-off in this worlds goods by the exercise of the good common sense withwhich he was endowed, and by strict attention to business. When it became evident that the war of the Rebellion was not to besettled by a few days
. Biographical and genealogical history of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin counties, Indiana .. . farm in Laurel township, Franklin county, his homestead being beau-tifully situated on the banks of Salt creek. As time passed he made sub-stantial improvements upon the place, which became known as one of themost desirable in that locality. Starting out a poor man, he became well-off in this worlds goods by the exercise of the good common sense withwhich he was endowed, and by strict attention to business. When it became evident that the war of the Rebellion was not to besettled by a few days of fighting, but that a real, serious contest, perhaps ofyears, had been entered upon between the north and south, Mr. Wiley hast-ened to offer his life and services to his country and the cause in which heearnestly believed. Enlisting as a private in Company B, Thirty-seventhRegiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, August 21, i86[, he was soon made acorporal and later a sergeant. During the entire period—three years andthree months—of his army life he was actively engaged, taking part in manj-. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 721 of the important battles of tlie war, with the Army of the Cumberland, incliiJ-ino- Stone river, Chickamauga, Lookout mountain and others of equal seemed to lead a charmed life, for, although he was in the forefront ofbattle upon many an occasion, the bullets of the enemy alwa3s passed himby. Upon the expiration of his term of service he was honorably discharged,and reached his home about the ist of November, 1864. Two of his faithfulfriends and comrades, members of the same company and regiment, wereJohn and George Hoffman (twins), brothers of Mrs. Wiley. Georges lifewas sacrificed to his country, his death occurring near Bacon Creek, Ken-tucky, in 1862. John is now a resident of Rushville, Indiana. On the 3d of December, 1848, Mr. Wiley married Miss Henrietta,daughter of Daniel Hoffman. She was born at Elizabethtown, Lancastercounty,
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