Josiah N. Wiley. One of the old and honored residents of Elizabeth township, Josiah N. Wiley is also a veteran of the Civil war, in which great struggle he was wounded six times. At present he is somewhat retired from active labors, after a long and honorable career as an agriculturist, but continues to take an interest in farming matters, as well as in affairs which have a bearing upon the welfare of his community and its people. Mr. Wiley was born in Pennsylvania, November 27, 1843, a son of James and Margaret (Nelson) Wiley, and is the only survivor of a family of five children. Mr. Wiley began his education in his native state, but when he was eight years of age was taken bv his parents to Clark county, Ohio, where he resided for four year; during which time he attended the district school. His education was completed in Elizabeth township, where he was brought when twelve years of age, and where he has lived ever since, with the exception of the time that he served in the Union Army. Mr. Wiley grew up to sturdy young manhood, and when the call for troops came early in the Civil war, enlisted in Company A, Eighth regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, an organization with which he was identified for four years, seeing much hard service and taking part in numerous hard fought and important engagements. During this service he received wounds on six occasions, the most serious being made by a bullet which lodged in his shoulder. When disabled by this injury he was captured by the enemy and spent seven months in Libby prison. He also had two brothers. From a strong robust young man, he became a weakling, so emaciated that he weighed only sixty-four pounds at the time of his release and exchange. This wound has troubled him more or less all his life, and was the probable reason for a recent paralytic stroke, from which Mr. Wiley is now recovering. After securing his honorable discharge from the army, Mr. Wiley returned to Elizabeth township and engaged in farming. As the years passed he added to his holdings from time to, time, until he is now owner of 400 acres of valuable property, which he rents to tenants. He is looked upon as one of the substantial intelligent and reliable men of his community, and has always supported worthy movements. This trait was particularly noticeable during the recent war period, when he contribited liberally to all movements. Mr. Wiley married Sallie Stratton, daughter of Orrie Stratton, who died without issue. For his second wife he was united October 27, 1896, with Mrs. A. (Beard) Thompson, a daughter of John and Margaret (Shellabarger) Beard, well-known and highly esteemed farming people of Miami county, deceased. By her former marriage, Mrs. Wiley had four daughters: Edna, residing at home with her mother; Ollie, wife of Harley Stockstill, residing at Dayton; Alma, wife of George Fissel, residing in St. Marys, Ohio, the parents of one daughter, Bettie, and Margaret, wife of George Goodall, residing in Auburn, Ind., the parents of one daughter, Lucy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wiley are highly esteemed in Elizabeth township, where their pleasant home in the New Carlisle community is always open to their many warm friends.