GEN. G. F. WILES, stock raiser, P. O. El Dorado,(Kansas) is a native of Ohio, and was born in Muskingum County, April 4, 1826. Was educated and reared in his native State. At the breaking out of the rebellion tendered his service to the Union cause, taking an active part in organizing a company in Zanesville, which was enrolled in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on the 26th of October, 1861, was commissioned First Lieutenant. He soon attained considerable celebrity as a drill officer, and in May, 1862, was appointed Regimental Drill Officer, the same month promoted to Captain, and detailed by Gen. John A. Logan to take charge of an engineer corps. The 16th of May, 1863, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, and participated upon that day in the battle of Champion Hill, where he achieved additional credit for coolness and skill. He contributed amply toward the suppression of Vicksburg and other prominent strongholds. September 1, 1863, he became Colonel, and July, 1864, took charge of a brigade, serving in that capacity until the close; being breveted Brigadier-General for meritorious conduct in the field. The engagements which his regiment was authorized by Gen. W. T. Sherman, to display on their banner were as follows: Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Boliver, Iuka, Thompson's Hill, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Busby Mountains, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah and Pacotarigo. Was mustered out July 15, 1865. For fourteen years, dating from 1865, was prominently identified with the hardware interests of Zanesville, Ohio, coming to Kansas the spring of 1880. He is ranked among the leading stockmen of Southern Kansas, controlling, in company with Mr. C. W. Potevan, of Ohio, four sections of choice land on the Whitewater. Gen. Wiles is a typical gentleman, commanding in appearance, inclined to modesty, never seeking notoriety. Is firm in his views, liberal in judging, and when his mind is made up it does not change. He is a member of the K. of H. and I. O. O. F. The General's wife was formerly Miss J. H. Chapman, of Zanesville, Ohio. Mrs. W. is a lady of culture, whose graces of mind and heart endear her to all. They have had seven children born to them-Ellen A. (now Mrs. Mudge), Kate S., Laura M. (now Mr s. Goodenough), Ida M., Cora L., Lulu P., and Milton C.
Death of Gen. G. F. Wiles
From the Windsor, (N.Y.) Standard
Died, in this village, at the home of his son-in-law, F. L. Goodenough, on Tuesday evening at 10:27 o'clock, Glen. G. F. Wiles, aged 73 years. Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, S. L. Judd Post attending. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery in Zanesville, Oh., on Saturday.
Gen. G. F. Wiles was born at Zanesville, Ohio, I 1826. His early life was fraught with hardships, having had to earn his own living from the time he was eight years of age, denied the privileges of the average boy, yet through study and vast reading, he became a man of wide information and was what might be termed a self-made man. His early physical training developed him into a man of giant frame and great strength, and as an athlete he found in later life in his chosen avocation, that of a steamboat-man, his strength and agility stood him in good stead. He was a powerful swimmer, and during his life on the water saved a number of people from drowning. Following the water for twenty, by his energy and good business habits he in time became the owner of a steamboat plying the Muskingum and Ohio River trade.
He was wedded to Jerusha H. Chapman, of Zanesville, June 8th, 1848. That his married life was a happy one goes without saying never union more happy.
Caught south at the breaking out of the Civil War, his boat was tied up and the cargo stored both of which were lost. He came north and enlisted in the army. His first effort was assistance in raising Co. B, 78th Ohio, in which he carried his first commission as first lieutenant. After leaving the state he was appointed captain of Co. C, same regiment. On the battle field of Champion Hills he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and took command of the regiment. Under his command the 78th became the best drilled regiment in the corps and one of the best in the western army. He was a kind officer but a strict disciplinarian. At Atlanta he was appointed colonel, and the great part of the time during the siege of Atlanta was in command of the second brigade. After the South Carolina campaign he was appointed brevet brigadier-general, in honor of his efficiency, as well as that of the regiment. Thus he rose figuratively from the ranks of his force of character and energy.
Mustered out July 14th, 1865, after four years and a half of fighting and marching, he returned to his home at Zanesville, and after a short rest he embarked in the hardware business, in which he continued until 1879 at which time he emigrated to Kansas which state he claimed as home and for which he held a worm feeling. He lived some years at Halstead at which point he was stricken with illness that eventually caused his death. In 188 inflammatory rheumatism and typhoid fever fastened upon him and up to the time of his death he has been a helpless invalid. Through racked with pain for eleven years, he never complained, but bore his illness with that Spartan-like courage that had always characterized the man.
One strongly marked trait was his intense love for his wife and children, all of whom survive him. For the past five years the general and wife have made their home with a married daughter, Mrs. F. L. Goodenough.
His remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. Hazlett Post, G.A.R., and Woodlawn Lodge, I.O.O.F., will attend the general having been a member of the latter for more than 45 years, indeed he was a charter member of the lodge founded in 1845. Gone to his long home, mourned by a loving wife and children, no doubt the surviving members of the 78th O.V.V.I. will many of them drop a tear for their old commander, Gen. G. F. Wiles. His religion was his deeds, and he died a believer in the blessed resurrection.
Halstead Independent
Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas
Thursday January 22, 1899
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Contributor: Rose Stout (49419337)
Death of Gen. G. F. Wiles
From the Windsor, (N.Y.) Standard
Died, in this village, at the home of his son-in-law, F. L. Goodenough, on Tuesday evening at 10:27 o'clock, Glen. G. F. Wiles, aged 73 years. Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, S. L. Judd Post attending. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery in Zanesville, Oh., on Saturday.
Gen. G. F. Wiles was born at Zanesville, Ohio, I 1826. His early life was fraught with hardships, having had to earn his own living from the time he was eight years of age, denied the privileges of the average boy, yet through study and vast reading, he became a man of wide information and was what might be termed a self-made man. His early physical training developed him into a man of giant frame and great strength, and as an athlete he found in later life in his chosen avocation, that of a steamboat-man, his strength and agility stood him in good stead. He was a powerful swimmer, and during his life on the water saved a number of people from drowning. Following the water for twenty, by his energy and good business habits he in time became the owner of a steamboat plying the Muskingum and Ohio River trade.
He was wedded to Jerusha H. Chapman, of Zanesville, June 8th, 1848. That his married life was a happy one goes without saying never union more happy.
Caught south at the breaking out of the Civil War, his boat was tied up and the cargo stored both of which were lost. He came north and enlisted in the army. His first effort was assistance in raising Co. B, 78th Ohio, in which he carried his first commission as first lieutenant. After leaving the state he was appointed captain of Co. C, same regiment. On the battle field of Champion Hills he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and took command of the regiment. Under his command the 78th became the best drilled regiment in the corps and one of the best in the western army. He was a kind officer but a strict disciplinarian. At Atlanta he was appointed colonel, and the great part of the time during the siege of Atlanta was in command of the second brigade. After the South Carolina campaign he was appointed brevet brigadier-general, in honor of his efficiency, as well as that of the regiment. Thus he rose figuratively from the ranks of his force of character and energy.
Mustered out July 14th, 1865, after four years and a half of fighting and marching, he returned to his home at Zanesville, and after a short rest he embarked in the hardware business, in which he continued until 1879 at which time he emigrated to Kansas which state he claimed as home and for which he held a worm feeling. He lived some years at Halstead at which point he was stricken with illness that eventually caused his death. In 188 inflammatory rheumatism and typhoid fever fastened upon him and up to the time of his death he has been a helpless invalid. Through racked with pain for eleven years, he never complained, but bore his illness with that Spartan-like courage that had always characterized the man.
One strongly marked trait was his intense love for his wife and children, all of whom survive him. For the past five years the general and wife have made their home with a married daughter, Mrs. F. L. Goodenough.
His remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. Hazlett Post, G.A.R., and Woodlawn Lodge, I.O.O.F., will attend the general having been a member of the latter for more than 45 years, indeed he was a charter member of the lodge founded in 1845. Gone to his long home, mourned by a loving wife and children, no doubt the surviving members of the 78th O.V.V.I. will many of them drop a tear for their old commander, Gen. G. F. Wiles. His religion was his deeds, and he died a believer in the blessed resurrection.
Halstead Independent
Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas
Thursday January 22, 1899
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Contributor: Rose Stout (49419337)
GEN. G. F. WILES, stock raiser, P. O. El Dorado,(Kansas) is a native of Ohio, and was born in Muskingum County, April 4, 1826. Was educated and reared in his native State. At the breaking out of the rebellion tendered his service to the Union cause, taking an active part in organizing a company in Zanesville, which was enrolled in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on the 26th of October, 1861, was commissioned First Lieutenant. He soon attained considerable celebrity as a drill officer, and in May, 1862, was appointed Regimental Drill Officer, the same month promoted to Captain, and detailed by Gen. John A. Logan to take charge of an engineer corps. The 16th of May, 1863, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, and participated upon that day in the battle of Champion Hill, where he achieved additional credit for coolness and skill. He contributed amply toward the suppression of Vicksburg and other prominent strongholds. September 1, 1863, he became Colonel, and July, 1864, took charge of a brigade, serving in that capacity until the close; being breveted Brigadier-General for meritorious conduct in the field. The engagements which his regiment was authorized by Gen. W. T. Sherman, to display on their banner were as follows: Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Boliver, Iuka, Thompson's Hill, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, Busby Mountains, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah and Pacotarigo. Was mustered out July 15, 1865. For fourteen years, dating from 1865, was prominently identified with the hardware interests of Zanesville, Ohio, coming to Kansas the spring of 1880. He is ranked among the leading stockmen of Southern Kansas, controlling, in company with Mr. C. W. Potevan, of Ohio, four sections of choice land on the Whitewater. Gen. Wiles is a typical gentleman, commanding in appearance, inclined to modesty, never seeking notoriety. Is firm in his views, liberal in judging, and when his mind is made up it does not change. He is a member of the K. of H. and I. O. O. F. The General's wife was formerly Miss J. H. Chapman, of Zanesville, Ohio. Mrs. W. is a lady of culture, whose graces of mind and heart endear her to all. They have had seven children born to them-Ellen A. (now Mrs. Mudge), Kate S., Laura M. (now Mr s. Goodenough), Ida M., Cora L., Lulu P., and Milton C.
Death of Gen. G. F. Wiles
From the Windsor, (N.Y.) Standard
Died, in this village, at the home of his son-in-law, F. L. Goodenough, on Tuesday evening at 10:27 o'clock, Glen. G. F. Wiles, aged 73 years. Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, S. L. Judd Post attending. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery in Zanesville, Oh., on Saturday.
Gen. G. F. Wiles was born at Zanesville, Ohio, I 1826. His early life was fraught with hardships, having had to earn his own living from the time he was eight years of age, denied the privileges of the average boy, yet through study and vast reading, he became a man of wide information and was what might be termed a self-made man. His early physical training developed him into a man of giant frame and great strength, and as an athlete he found in later life in his chosen avocation, that of a steamboat-man, his strength and agility stood him in good stead. He was a powerful swimmer, and during his life on the water saved a number of people from drowning. Following the water for twenty, by his energy and good business habits he in time became the owner of a steamboat plying the Muskingum and Ohio River trade.
He was wedded to Jerusha H. Chapman, of Zanesville, June 8th, 1848. That his married life was a happy one goes without saying never union more happy.
Caught south at the breaking out of the Civil War, his boat was tied up and the cargo stored both of which were lost. He came north and enlisted in the army. His first effort was assistance in raising Co. B, 78th Ohio, in which he carried his first commission as first lieutenant. After leaving the state he was appointed captain of Co. C, same regiment. On the battle field of Champion Hills he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and took command of the regiment. Under his command the 78th became the best drilled regiment in the corps and one of the best in the western army. He was a kind officer but a strict disciplinarian. At Atlanta he was appointed colonel, and the great part of the time during the siege of Atlanta was in command of the second brigade. After the South Carolina campaign he was appointed brevet brigadier-general, in honor of his efficiency, as well as that of the regiment. Thus he rose figuratively from the ranks of his force of character and energy.
Mustered out July 14th, 1865, after four years and a half of fighting and marching, he returned to his home at Zanesville, and after a short rest he embarked in the hardware business, in which he continued until 1879 at which time he emigrated to Kansas which state he claimed as home and for which he held a worm feeling. He lived some years at Halstead at which point he was stricken with illness that eventually caused his death. In 188 inflammatory rheumatism and typhoid fever fastened upon him and up to the time of his death he has been a helpless invalid. Through racked with pain for eleven years, he never complained, but bore his illness with that Spartan-like courage that had always characterized the man.
One strongly marked trait was his intense love for his wife and children, all of whom survive him. For the past five years the general and wife have made their home with a married daughter, Mrs. F. L. Goodenough.
His remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. Hazlett Post, G.A.R., and Woodlawn Lodge, I.O.O.F., will attend the general having been a member of the latter for more than 45 years, indeed he was a charter member of the lodge founded in 1845. Gone to his long home, mourned by a loving wife and children, no doubt the surviving members of the 78th O.V.V.I. will many of them drop a tear for their old commander, Gen. G. F. Wiles. His religion was his deeds, and he died a believer in the blessed resurrection.
Halstead Independent
Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas
Thursday January 22, 1899
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Contributor: Rose Stout (49419337)
Death of Gen. G. F. Wiles
From the Windsor, (N.Y.) Standard
Died, in this village, at the home of his son-in-law, F. L. Goodenough, on Tuesday evening at 10:27 o'clock, Glen. G. F. Wiles, aged 73 years. Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, S. L. Judd Post attending. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery in Zanesville, Oh., on Saturday.
Gen. G. F. Wiles was born at Zanesville, Ohio, I 1826. His early life was fraught with hardships, having had to earn his own living from the time he was eight years of age, denied the privileges of the average boy, yet through study and vast reading, he became a man of wide information and was what might be termed a self-made man. His early physical training developed him into a man of giant frame and great strength, and as an athlete he found in later life in his chosen avocation, that of a steamboat-man, his strength and agility stood him in good stead. He was a powerful swimmer, and during his life on the water saved a number of people from drowning. Following the water for twenty, by his energy and good business habits he in time became the owner of a steamboat plying the Muskingum and Ohio River trade.
He was wedded to Jerusha H. Chapman, of Zanesville, June 8th, 1848. That his married life was a happy one goes without saying never union more happy.
Caught south at the breaking out of the Civil War, his boat was tied up and the cargo stored both of which were lost. He came north and enlisted in the army. His first effort was assistance in raising Co. B, 78th Ohio, in which he carried his first commission as first lieutenant. After leaving the state he was appointed captain of Co. C, same regiment. On the battle field of Champion Hills he was appointed lieutenant-colonel and took command of the regiment. Under his command the 78th became the best drilled regiment in the corps and one of the best in the western army. He was a kind officer but a strict disciplinarian. At Atlanta he was appointed colonel, and the great part of the time during the siege of Atlanta was in command of the second brigade. After the South Carolina campaign he was appointed brevet brigadier-general, in honor of his efficiency, as well as that of the regiment. Thus he rose figuratively from the ranks of his force of character and energy.
Mustered out July 14th, 1865, after four years and a half of fighting and marching, he returned to his home at Zanesville, and after a short rest he embarked in the hardware business, in which he continued until 1879 at which time he emigrated to Kansas which state he claimed as home and for which he held a worm feeling. He lived some years at Halstead at which point he was stricken with illness that eventually caused his death. In 188 inflammatory rheumatism and typhoid fever fastened upon him and up to the time of his death he has been a helpless invalid. Through racked with pain for eleven years, he never complained, but bore his illness with that Spartan-like courage that had always characterized the man.
One strongly marked trait was his intense love for his wife and children, all of whom survive him. For the past five years the general and wife have made their home with a married daughter, Mrs. F. L. Goodenough.
His remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. Hazlett Post, G.A.R., and Woodlawn Lodge, I.O.O.F., will attend the general having been a member of the latter for more than 45 years, indeed he was a charter member of the lodge founded in 1845. Gone to his long home, mourned by a loving wife and children, no doubt the surviving members of the 78th O.V.V.I. will many of them drop a tear for their old commander, Gen. G. F. Wiles. His religion was his deeds, and he died a believer in the blessed resurrection.
Halstead Independent
Halstead, Harvey County, Kansas
Thursday January 22, 1899
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Contributor: Rose Stout (49419337)
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