Biography

09/14/1834 - 06/18/1911

WILEY, John E., a Representative from Lancaster; born, September 14, 1834; proprietor, distillery; proprietor, saw and grist mill; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1869 and 1870; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1871); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1872); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Republican Convention (1880); died, June 18, 1911 in Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.