Rev. Bishop Isaac "Ike" William Wiley was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Wiley. Frances Jane (Martin) Wiley was his 1st wife. They were married October 1846. Frances died November 3, 1853. She was buried at Foo-Chow Mission Cemetery. Adeline "Addie" (Travis) Wiley was his 2nd wife. They were married April 24, 1855. Adeline died March 2, 1866. Anne Elizabeth (Seegar) Wiley was his 3rd wife. They were married May 21, 1867. Anne died November 1914. Rev. Bishop Wiley was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: East Genesee Conference and to Philadelphia Conference by transfer 1850 F 1853 Newark Conference by transfer 1855. In 1872 he was elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Lycoming College 1964
By J. Martin Stroup
Bishop Isaac W. Wiley 1825-1884 -
The story of "Mother" Stoner and the making of a Bishop.
James Grant Wilson, Editor
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, c1887
WILEY, Isaac William, Methodist Episcopal Bishop, born in Lewistown, Pa., March 29, 1825; died in Foochow, China, in November, 1884. At fourteen years of age he went to an academy to fit himself for college, hoping to be a minister, and in his eighteenth year he was licensed as a lay preacher. Owing to impaired health, he gave up the idea of entering the ministry, and in 1844 he graduated at the medical department of the University of the City of New York. In 1846 he began medical practice in Western Pennsylvania, where he continued several years with success. In 185O he offered himself as a minister to the Philadelphia Conference, but there was no room for him. At this time Dr. John P. Durbin, hearing of his abilities as a physician and his desire to enter the ministry, induced him to go to China as a Medical Missionary. At Foochow, in 1853, his wife died, and the following year he brought his motherless children to the United States. He entered the ministry in New Jersey, and, after filling pastorates for four years, became Principal of Pennington Seminary, which post he filled until 1863. In 1864 the General Conference elected him editor of the "Ladies' Repository," published in Cincinnati. In 1872 he was elected Bishop. As a pastor Rev. Dr. Wiley was useful and highly respected, as Principal of Pennington Seminary he was greatly beloved, and as a editor his taste was excellent and his style chaste. As a Bishop he was prudent, deliberate, and clear, and seldom fell into any error either of the interpretation of constitutional or parliamentary law, or the selection of men for particular posts. He died in China on an episcopal tour to the missions that he had founded. His death took place in a house on the very lot that he had occupied as a missionary thirty-two years before. Bishop Wiley received the degree of D.D. from Wesleyan University in 1863, and that of LL.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1879.
The Methodist Review
January 1886, Pgs. 9-32
Rev. T. B. Neely
The Episcopacy of Methodism.
"His funeral service was in Chinese and English. Hundreds of Chinese shed tears together, and put on white mourning robes to follow in procession. Chinese preachers, whom he had ordained seven years earlier, with their own hands lined his coffin and made a pillow of which they said, "The lining will be very near him, and on our pillow, his dear head will rest." The same hands bore the body to burial on bamboo poles in a rough coffin made by a Chinese carpenter."
Lycoming College 1964
By J. Martin Stroup
Bishop Isaac W. Wiley 1825-1884 -
The story of "Mother" Stoner and the making of a Bishop.
James Grant Wilson, Editor
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, c1887
WILEY, Isaac William, Methodist Episcopal Bishop, born in Lewistown, Pa., March 29, 1825; died in Foochow, China, in November, 1884. At fourteen years of age he went to an academy to fit himself for college, hoping to be a minister, and in his eighteenth year he was licensed as a lay preacher. Owing to impaired health, he gave up the idea of entering the ministry, and in 1844 he graduated at the medical department of the University of the City of New York. In 1846 he began medical practice in Western Pennsylvania, where he continued several years with success. In 185O he offered himself as a minister to the Philadelphia Conference, but there was no room for him. At this time Dr. John P. Durbin, hearing of his abilities as a physician and his desire to enter the ministry, induced him to go to China as a Medical Missionary. At Foochow, in 1853, his wife died, and the following year he brought his motherless children to the United States. He entered the ministry in New Jersey, and, after filling pastorates for four years, became Principal of Pennington Seminary, which post he filled until 1863. In 1864 the General Conference elected him editor of the "Ladies' Repository," published in Cincinnati. In 1872 he was elected Bishop. As a pastor Rev. Dr. Wiley was useful and highly respected, as Principal of Pennington Seminary he was greatly beloved, and as a editor his taste was excellent and his style chaste. As a Bishop he was prudent, deliberate, and clear, and seldom fell into any error either of the interpretation of constitutional or parliamentary law, or the selection of men for particular posts. He died in China on an episcopal tour to the missions that he had founded. His death took place in a house on the very lot that he had occupied as a missionary thirty-two years before. Bishop Wiley received the degree of D.D. from Wesleyan University in 1863, and that of LL.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1879.
The Methodist Review
January 1886, Pgs. 9-32
Rev. T. B. Neely
The Episcopacy of Methodism.
"His funeral service was in Chinese and English. Hundreds of Chinese shed tears together, and put on white mourning robes to follow in procession. Chinese preachers, whom he had ordained seven years earlier, with their own hands lined his coffin and made a pillow of which they said, "The lining will be very near him, and on our pillow, his dear head will rest." The same hands bore the body to burial on bamboo poles in a rough coffin made by a Chinese carpenter."
Rev. Bishop Isaac "Ike" William Wiley was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth Wiley. Frances Jane (Martin) Wiley was his 1st wife. They were married October 1846. Frances died November 3, 1853. She was buried at Foo-Chow Mission Cemetery. Adeline "Addie" (Travis) Wiley was his 2nd wife. They were married April 24, 1855. Adeline died March 2, 1866. Anne Elizabeth (Seegar) Wiley was his 3rd wife. They were married May 21, 1867. Anne died November 1914. Rev. Bishop Wiley was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: East Genesee Conference and to Philadelphia Conference by transfer 1850 F 1853 Newark Conference by transfer 1855. In 1872 he was elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Lycoming College 1964
By J. Martin Stroup
Bishop Isaac W. Wiley 1825-1884 -
The story of "Mother" Stoner and the making of a Bishop.
James Grant Wilson, Editor
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, c1887
WILEY, Isaac William, Methodist Episcopal Bishop, born in Lewistown, Pa., March 29, 1825; died in Foochow, China, in November, 1884. At fourteen years of age he went to an academy to fit himself for college, hoping to be a minister, and in his eighteenth year he was licensed as a lay preacher. Owing to impaired health, he gave up the idea of entering the ministry, and in 1844 he graduated at the medical department of the University of the City of New York. In 1846 he began medical practice in Western Pennsylvania, where he continued several years with success. In 185O he offered himself as a minister to the Philadelphia Conference, but there was no room for him. At this time Dr. John P. Durbin, hearing of his abilities as a physician and his desire to enter the ministry, induced him to go to China as a Medical Missionary. At Foochow, in 1853, his wife died, and the following year he brought his motherless children to the United States. He entered the ministry in New Jersey, and, after filling pastorates for four years, became Principal of Pennington Seminary, which post he filled until 1863. In 1864 the General Conference elected him editor of the "Ladies' Repository," published in Cincinnati. In 1872 he was elected Bishop. As a pastor Rev. Dr. Wiley was useful and highly respected, as Principal of Pennington Seminary he was greatly beloved, and as a editor his taste was excellent and his style chaste. As a Bishop he was prudent, deliberate, and clear, and seldom fell into any error either of the interpretation of constitutional or parliamentary law, or the selection of men for particular posts. He died in China on an episcopal tour to the missions that he had founded. His death took place in a house on the very lot that he had occupied as a missionary thirty-two years before. Bishop Wiley received the degree of D.D. from Wesleyan University in 1863, and that of LL.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1879.
The Methodist Review
January 1886, Pgs. 9-32
Rev. T. B. Neely
The Episcopacy of Methodism.
"His funeral service was in Chinese and English. Hundreds of Chinese shed tears together, and put on white mourning robes to follow in procession. Chinese preachers, whom he had ordained seven years earlier, with their own hands lined his coffin and made a pillow of which they said, "The lining will be very near him, and on our pillow, his dear head will rest." The same hands bore the body to burial on bamboo poles in a rough coffin made by a Chinese carpenter."
Lycoming College 1964
By J. Martin Stroup
Bishop Isaac W. Wiley 1825-1884 -
The story of "Mother" Stoner and the making of a Bishop.
James Grant Wilson, Editor
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, c1887
WILEY, Isaac William, Methodist Episcopal Bishop, born in Lewistown, Pa., March 29, 1825; died in Foochow, China, in November, 1884. At fourteen years of age he went to an academy to fit himself for college, hoping to be a minister, and in his eighteenth year he was licensed as a lay preacher. Owing to impaired health, he gave up the idea of entering the ministry, and in 1844 he graduated at the medical department of the University of the City of New York. In 1846 he began medical practice in Western Pennsylvania, where he continued several years with success. In 185O he offered himself as a minister to the Philadelphia Conference, but there was no room for him. At this time Dr. John P. Durbin, hearing of his abilities as a physician and his desire to enter the ministry, induced him to go to China as a Medical Missionary. At Foochow, in 1853, his wife died, and the following year he brought his motherless children to the United States. He entered the ministry in New Jersey, and, after filling pastorates for four years, became Principal of Pennington Seminary, which post he filled until 1863. In 1864 the General Conference elected him editor of the "Ladies' Repository," published in Cincinnati. In 1872 he was elected Bishop. As a pastor Rev. Dr. Wiley was useful and highly respected, as Principal of Pennington Seminary he was greatly beloved, and as a editor his taste was excellent and his style chaste. As a Bishop he was prudent, deliberate, and clear, and seldom fell into any error either of the interpretation of constitutional or parliamentary law, or the selection of men for particular posts. He died in China on an episcopal tour to the missions that he had founded. His death took place in a house on the very lot that he had occupied as a missionary thirty-two years before. Bishop Wiley received the degree of D.D. from Wesleyan University in 1863, and that of LL.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1879.
The Methodist Review
January 1886, Pgs. 9-32
Rev. T. B. Neely
The Episcopacy of Methodism.
"His funeral service was in Chinese and English. Hundreds of Chinese shed tears together, and put on white mourning robes to follow in procession. Chinese preachers, whom he had ordained seven years earlier, with their own hands lined his coffin and made a pillow of which they said, "The lining will be very near him, and on our pillow, his dear head will rest." The same hands bore the body to burial on bamboo poles in a rough coffin made by a Chinese carpenter."
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