Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 2nd ed., 1885
Caldwell Co.

JOHN R. WYLIE, circuit clerk of Caldwell County, was born November 9,
1859, and belongs to one of the oldest families of this part of Kentucky.
His grandfather, John Wylie, was born in Ireland in 1789, and came to
America with his parents in 1793, the family settling near Charleston,
S.C.  He came to Caldwell County, Ky., as early as 1817, located in 
Princeton, and later purchased the homestead farm, two miles east of the
town, on which he died in 1862, at the age of seventy-three years.  
Subject's grandmother, on the father's side, was Elizabeth (Whitnell)
Wylie, a daughter of Josiah Whitnell, of Virginia, who came to Caldwell
County, about the year 1805.  Mrs. Elizabeth Wylie was born in Sullivan
County, Tenn., in 1794, and was but eleven years of age, when her parents
came to Kentucky.  She lived nearly all her life in and around Princeton,
and died August 10, 1884.  Subject's father, James S. Wylie, was the son
of John and Elizabeth Wylie.  He was a farmer and active business man of
Caldwell County, and died in July, 1874, at the age of forty-four years.
Subject's mother, Sarah L. (Pollard) Wylie, was born in Caldwell County,
and is a daughter of Wilson L. Pollard.  She is now living in Princeton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wylie were the parents of eight children, named as follows:
Virginia (deceased), Robert S. (deceased), John R. (subject), William
(deceased), Maggie, James (deceased), Albert and Sallie.  John R. Wylie
received a good education; attended Princeton College for a period of
several years, and early displayed those business qualifications which
have characterized him in his office capacitites.  After leaving school,
he entered the circuit clerk's office as deputy, under his brother,
Robert S. Wylie, and at the latter's resignation, was appointed to fill
the unexpired term.  August, 1882, he was elected to the place without
opposition.  He votes with the Democratic party.  He is also one of the
trustees of the town of Princeton (in which he lives), having been 
elected to that position in April, 1884, for a term of two years.

Wylie Whitnell Pollard
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Ireland SC VA Sullivan-TN

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