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- WYLIE MARY Mrs. widow of John Wylie, farmer, res. Chillicothe, was born in England, of Scotch parents, in 1827, coming with them to America in 1838, and to Peoria county in 1842. Her father, William Bryden, has spent his active life in farming and teaching. He taught for many years in the old country, and also in New Richmond, O., Princeton, Ind., and in Chillicothe. Elizabeth Bryden, her mother, has been some years dead. Mrs. Wylie married John Wylie in May, 1865. He was a native of Roxburghshire, Scotland, was born in 1814, and was a farmer by occupation. They settled in La Prairie township, Marshall county, where he died in 1873. Mrs. Wylie owns a homestead in town, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, of which Church her husband was some time an Elder. -- source: http://www.peoriacountyillinois.info/bios/1880_chillibios.html... (page 736)
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