Background
Wiley, Ephraim Emerson was born on October 6, 1814 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ephraim and Rebecca (Emerson) Wiley.
Wiley, Ephraim Emerson was born on October 6, 1814 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ephraim and Rebecca (Emerson) Wiley.
Graduate Wesleyan University, 1837.
Professor ancient languages and literature Emory and Henry College, 1838-1852, president, 1852-1879, treasurer, financial agent, 1886 93. Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1843. President Martha Washington College, Abingdon, Virginia, 1881-1886.
Adherent of Southern Methodist Church after schism of 1844.
Delegate Ecumenical Methodist Conferences, 1881-1891. Slaveholder, advocate of Southern rights.
Married Elizabeth H. Hammond, February 18, 1839. Married second, Elizabeth J. Reeves, October 1870.