NameRhoda Cotter 55
Birth20 Mar 1842, TN
Deathca 1878 Age: 35
Spouses
BirthJan 1848, Rapides Psh, LA54
Deathaft 1920 Age: 71
BurialKarnes Co TX
Notes for Rhoda Cotter
Rhoda Cotter Wiley died after the birth of her son Arvo in October 1877 and before the September 1878, when Frank Wiley remarried to Elizabeth Heathcock. It is possible that she died in childbirth with Arvo.
From Karon Mac Smith’s book:
175To Frank and Rhoda Cotter Wiley were born: Francis Eugene who married Leona Miller; A. Edward who married Annie Trammel; Emery Alvro and Sydney* who died young, and two little girls, Minnie and Claudie, who drowned.”
*Apparently an error, as Sydney appears to have been the child of Elizabeth Heathcock Wiley. Also, he did not die young as he married at age 22 and was still alive in Wichita Falls in 1930 at the age of 50.
Notes for Francis Eugene “Frank” (Spouse 1)
1870 Census, Wilson Co TX
Name Age
Frank Wiley 22 farmer LA
Roda Wiley 28 TN
Francis Wiley 1 TX
Frank Pooley 20 farmer LA
Thom Will Pooley 12 AR
1880 Census, Wilson Co TX
Name Age
Frank Wiley 32 farmer LA LA LA
Elizabeth Wiley 22 wife keeping house TX AL AL
Francis E Wiley 11 son at home TX LA TN (child by Rhoda Cotter)
A Edward Wiley 5 son TX LA TN (child by Rhoda Cotter)
Emory A Wiley 2 son TX LA TN (child by Rhoda Cotter)
Sidney Wiley 8/12 son TX LA TX
1900 Census, Justice Precinct 7, Wilson Co TX
Name Age
Frank Wiley 52 head Jan 1848 LA LA LA (m21)
Elizabeth Wiley 42 wife Sep 1857 TX LA AL (m21)
Arvo E Wiley 22 son Oct 1877 TX LA TN (child by Rhoda Cotter)
Sidney Wiley 20 son Jn 1880 TX LA TX
Theodore Wiley 13 son Jul 1886 TX LA TX
Mary N Wiley 12 dau Mar 1888 TX LA TX
Francis Wiley 10 dau Jan 1890 TX LA TX
Brit Wiley 8 son Feb 1892 TX LA TX
Buck Wiley 4 son Feb 1896 TX LA TX
Thomas Wiley 1 son Sep 1898 TX LA TX
1910 Census, Justice Pct 4, Wilson Co TX
Name Age
Frank Wiley 62 (widowed)
Theodore Wiley 23
Mary N Wiley 22
Francis Wiley 20
Brye Wiley 17
Bush Wiley 14
1920 Census, Justice Pct 1, Karnes Co TX
Name Age
Theadore Wiley 32
Florence Wiley 32
Clara M Wiley 8/12
Frank Wiley 72