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  • Allen and his brother, Wyley, were fitted out with the best the Colony could afford, and sent to England.

    Memoirs of a southern woman "within the lines", Mary Polk Branch 1912

  • He showed in his youth remarkable talent, was a pupil of the Reverend Wyley, rector of the church in

    Memoirs of a southern woman "within the lines", Mary Polk Branch 1912

  • They were very much pleased with his bold, frank, sailorlike manner, and invited him to visit them, Allen at his home, "Mount Gallant," and Wyley at the

    Memoirs of a southern woman "within the lines", Mary Polk Branch 1912

  • Reverend Wyley wished him to have educational advantages that he could not give him, and advanced the money for him to go to England to be educated at

    Memoirs of a southern woman "within the lines", Mary Polk Branch 1912

  • Paul was there and met the most prominent men among them, the Jones brothers, Allen and Wyley.

    Memoirs of a southern woman "within the lines", Mary Polk Branch 1912

  • Police are looking for anyone who saw Wyley, also known as Laurie Descheneaux or "mouse," between 4 p.m. Sept. 16 and noon Sept. 17.

    Edmonton Sun 2009

  • High School, Prof. Mosse of Hinton, Prof.R. P. Sims, Principal of Bluefield Institute; Prof.H. Hatter of Bluefield Institute; Prof. Thomas Jefferson of Hill Top, Prof. Wyley of Kimball High School.

    Echoes from a pioneer life, 1909

  • One afternoon Martha saw him and the master walking towards Fern's Hollow, where the fencing-in of the green and of the coppice behind the hut were being finished rapidly; and she crept with stealthy steps under the hedge of the garden, until she came within earshot of them; but they were just moving on, and all she heard of the conversation were these words, from the lord of the manor: 'You shall have it at any rate you fix, Wyley -- at a peppercorn rent, if you please; but I will not sell a square yard of my land out and out.'

    Fern's Hollow Hesba Stretton 1871

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