DODDRIDGE WALTER WILEY, son of Thomas Autrey Wiley and Nancy Ann Elizabeth Smith, was born January 13, 1877 in Hardy, Montague County, Texas and died February 27, 1941 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.  He married OLA MAE DONNELL, daughter of Daniel Washington Donnell and Jane Catherine Grissom on August 18, 1904 in Cooke County, Texas.

        D. W. grew up in the town of Saint Jo, in Montague County, Texas and moved to Wichita Falls, Texas in 1909.  He was a well known cotton broker throughout Northeast Texas  He and his wife, Ola Mae, raised a large family of twelve children in their home on Tenth Street in Wichita Falls.  One son, Donald, died tragically in 1923 after having been injured in a high school football game.

        D. W. was a charter memberof the Texas Cotton Association.  He also held membership in the Elksand Knights of Pythias Lodge in Wichita Falls and was a member of the SaintJo Methodist Church.

Children of DODDRIDGE WILEY and OLA MAE DONNELL are:

 i. DODDRIDGE WALTER WILEY, JR., b. April 02, 1905, St. Jo, Montague County, Texas; d. August 02, 1995, Wichita   Falls, Wichita County, Texas; m. (1) DOROTHY IRENE SMITHSON, July 11, 1931; m. (2) LOUISE CAROLYN GARDER, June 15, 1969.

 ii. DONALD E. WILEY, b. September 12, 1906, Wichita Falls, WichitaCounty, Texas; d. May 12, 1924, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas.

 iii. T. A. WILEY, b. June 15, 1909, Wichita Falls, Texas; d. November18, 1966, Fort Worth, Texas; m. NINA PRUITT.

 iv. SYBLE MAE WILEY, b. May 11, 1910, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; d. December 07, 1996, Amarillo, Potter Co., TX; m. KYLE O. ARRINGTON.

 v. HERBERT TEX WILEY, b. July 01, 1912, Wichita Falls, WichitaCounty, Texas; m. CLEO BOARD, April 16, 1940, Paris, Texas.

 vi. JAMES R. WILEY, b. January 05, 1915, Wichita Falls, WichitaCounty, Texas; d. March 17, 1990, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana;m. VIVIAN LENELLE COCHRAN, April 07, 1945, Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas.

 vii. MARY FRANCES WILEY, b. February 08, 1917, Wichita Falls,Texas; d. January 09, 1992, Fort Worth, Texas35; m. (1) GUY BEARD; m. (2)I. DEE CAMPBELL.

 viii. PAUL EDWARD WILEY, b. February 15, 1920, Wichita Falls, Texas; m. RUTH BILLINGSLEY.

 ix. ROY WILEY, b. July 17, 1923, Wichita Falls, Texas; d. January15, 1970, San Diego, California; m. EMILY ANN PARK, February 06, 1945,Wichita Falls, Texas.

 x. JOHN WILEY, b. October 06, 1924, Wichita Falls, Wichita County,Texas.

 xi. JOSEPHINE KATHERINE WILEY, b. April 17, 1927, Wichita Falls, Texas.

 xii. WILLIAM J. WILEY, b. March 30, 1928, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; d. September 10, 1994, Culver City, Los Angeles Co., California.
 

Sources:

1. Wiley (T.A.) Family Bible, publisher and owner unknown, copies submitted by Elizabeth "Libby" Fleming, St. Jo, TX, 1989. 2. Marriage license for D. W. Wiley and Ola M. Donnell, Vol. 10, Page 124, Cooke County, Texas Courthouse.
3. Obituary of Doddridge Walter Wiley, unknown newpaper, Wichita Falls, TX, February, 1941.
4. Gravestone of Doddridge Walter Wiley, Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Texas.
5. Letter from Doddridge Walter Wiley, Jr. (deceased) to compiler, undated.
6. Index to Texas Death Records, 1941-1944, Vol. 12, #10603.
7. Census of 1900, Montague Co., TX, Pub. No. T623, Reel No. 1659.
8. Social Security Death Index.
9. Gravestone of Don Wiley, Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Texas.
10. Texas Delayed Index to Births, Vol. 39, Yellow Dot Series.
11. Gravestone of T.A. Wiley, Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Texas.
12. Obituary of Syble Wiley Arrington, unknown newspaper, no date.
13. Obituary of Cleo Board Wiley, unknown newspaper, no date.
14. Birth Certificate for James R. Wiley, Wichita County, Texas, #197000.
15. Gravestone of James R. Wiley, Metairie Park Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana.
16. Obituary of Mary Frances Wiley Campbell, unknown newspaper, no date.
17. Obituary of William J. Wiley, unknown Wichita Falls newspaper, 15 Sept 1994.
18. Gravestone of William J. Wiley, Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Texas.
 

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