Wiley Manson Oakley

b 12 Sep 1885, , Sevier, Tennessee
d 18 Nov 1954,			Oakley	>
bur Gatlinburg, Sevier, Tennessee		Thomas Oakley
	Leonard Henderson Oakley	b 1777
	\| b 1804	Parthenia Van_Hook
Henry Coleman Oakley	d 27 Jun 1874	b ABT 1777 1784
\|b Dec1850	\|
\|d 1920	Elizabeth Pethindy Grindstead
\|	b 12 Aug 1810
Wiley Manson Oakley	d 04 Jul 1895
\|Rebecca Ann Ogle		Samuel Conner
\|m 19 Jan 1906	Andrew J. 'Andy' Conner	b 1785	Samuel Swearingen, III	>
\|	\|b Nov1832	Nancy Swearingen	Massey
Nancy Elmina Conner	d 25 Nov 1887	b 1792	William 'Billy' Ogle	>
b 03 Nov 1851	\|	Thomas J. Ogle	Martha Jane Huskey	>
d 02 Jun 1894	Sophia Elvira Ogle	b 1784		>
	b 1833	Sophia Bosley
	d 30 Aug 1897	b 1789

Children

1	<	Elmer Oakley
2	<	Lucinda Oakley
3	<	Martha Oakley
4	<	Woodrow Oakley
5	<	Orville M. Oakley
6	<	Harvey Joseph Oakley
7	<	Katherine Oakley
8	<	Charles H. Oakley
9		Rueben Cates Oakley
10	<	David C. Oakley
11		Clara Jane Oakley
12	<	Wiley 'Casey' Oakley, Jr.

Notes

Known as the 'Roamin' Man of the Mountains', Wiley Manson Oakley was a noted Smoky Mountain guide and entertainer (storyteller) in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He was buried in the White Oak Flats Cemetery.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 219. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 152, 199, 233. 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 295, 299. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 574. 'Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage', 1994, p 43, 253, 284. 'Mountain Ways', Gene Aiken, 1983, p 35, 49, 62, 135, 142, 183, 268.

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