Carlos R Wiley is a native of Vermont, born in Rochester, Windsor County.  One of his grandfathers was from Ireland and the grandmother from Scotland.  When he was but one year old, his father moved into Huron County, Ohio, near Norwalk.  In March 1837 they moved into Noble County and settled in Washington Township.  he was raised on a farm until the age of twenty-one.  His education was limited to the common school of that period.  He was married to Rosena Barnhart in 1858.  His family consists of Charles E., Fanny A., and Nancy, living.  He engaged in the mercantile business at Wolf Lake in 1866; has been successful and continues in the business at this writing.  In war time - 1864 - he stood the draft like a man.  He is one of Noble County's stanch business men.  Noble Twp

Wiley Carlos R, auditor of Noble County, died at Columbus, Ohio last Saturday - just as the clock ushered in his 59th birthday. A sufferer from cancer in the face, he was under medical treatment at Columbus when the end came. He was a native of Vermont, born August 27, 1834. One year later his family moved to Huron County, Ohio, and in 1837 to Noble County, Indiana. In 1858 he was married to Miss Rose Barnhart, who, with their three children, survive him. After farming for some years, he engaged in mercantile business at Wolf Lake. He was chosen trustee of Noble Twp repeatedly and in 1890 was elected county auditor upon the Democratic ticket. Funeral was at Wolf Lake on Tuesday. Interment at the Wiley Cemetery. ~ 1893