Cumberland County, Maine - Gardner B. Wiley
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Biography
Gardner B. Wiley
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 85-86

Gardner B. Wiley, a prosperous farmer of Naples and a veteran of the Civil War,
is numbered among the most worthy and substantial citizens of this town, having
successfully cultivated his present farm since 1868. He was born in Stow, Oxford
County, Me., September 30, 1841, son of Elbridge and Lucy M. (Webb) Wiley. His
father was a thoroughly practical and energetic farmer, who made the best use of
his opportunities in life. He and his wife reared a family of six children, four
sons and two daughters; and it is worthy of note that all of the sons served
through the Civil War, and are still living, the eldest having enrolled himself
at the age of twenty-seven, and the youngest, who is Gardner B., the subject of
this sketch, entering the ranks at twenty-one.

Gardner B. Wiley received his education in the schools of his native town, and
gave his attention to farming at an early age. He was engaged in the usual
routine of farm labor at the breaking out of the war; but the stirring scenes of
the times and the general trend of events aroused his patriotism to such a
degree that all other things were thrown aside, and, following the example of
his elder brothers, he volunteered his services in defence of the Union,
enlisting in 1862 as a private in Company B, Seventeenth Maine Volunteers, and
serving with that regiment, with the exception of a short interval, until the
close of the struggle. The Seventeenth has an unusually brilliant record for
continued active service; and Mr. Wiley participated in many important and
decisive battles, among which were those of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Locust Grove, Mine Run, Gettysburg, the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
North Anna River, Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg. At the battle of
Petersburg, June 16, 1864, he was severely wounded in the left arm and side by a
minie ball; and from the field hospital he was transferred to the hospital at
Portsmouth Grove, R.I., where he remained for three months. After a short time
spent in Massachusetts he rejoined his regiment in front of Petersburg, serving
until the close of the war and being discharged with the rank of Corporal.
Returning to Stow, he remained there until 1868, at which time he moved to,
Naples, and one year later settled upon his present farm. His property consists
of one hundred and seventy-five acres of fertile land, which is well located and
finely improved; and here he is pleasantly and profitably occupied in general
farming, keeping well up in the line of progress and taking high rank among the
able and thrifty farmers of his section.

In May, 1868, Mr. Wiley was united in marriage to Lucy M. Chaplin, and has had
eight children, as follows: Bennett S.; George W., who is no longer living;
Rosina; Joseph H.; Florence V.; Rubira E.; Mary L.; and Elbridge G.

In politics Mr. Wiley votes with the Republican party, and he is a comrade of
the Grand Army of the Republic.