Individual Details
Col John Dunovant Wylie
(14 Dec 1833 - 15 May 1894)
Events
| Birth | 14 Dec 1833 | near the junction of Flat Creek and Lynche's River, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1850 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Education | 1851 | | |||
| Education | 1 Jan 1852 | entered South Carolin Military Academy | | ||
| Graduation | Dec 1855 | | |||
| Occupation | Dec 1855 | lawyer - Lancaster, South Carolina | | ||
| Marriage | 22 Apr 1857 | Lancasterville, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States - Eliza Jane Witherspoon | | ||
| Military | Abt 1860 | 6th Regiment | | ||
| Military | 8 Apr 1861 | Capt of Lancaster Greys Company A, 9th Regiment of SC and present at the fall of Sumter | | ||
| Military | Apr 1862 - Jun 1862 | promoted to Major | | ||
| Military | Apr 1862 | Company A, 5th Regiments of SC in Virginia | | ||
| Military | 27 Jun 1862 | promoted to Lieutenant Colonel | | ||
| Occupation | 1877 - 1878 | State Senator | | ||
| Occupation | 1880 - 82 | State Senator - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 23 Apr 1881 | mentioned in aunt's will | | ||
| Occupation | 1882 | held the leadership of the Lancaster bar - Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Burial | 1894 | Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Will | 9 May 1894 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Death | 15 May 1894 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Obit | 16 May 1894 | Lancaster, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Prominent Mason | |
Families
| Spouse | Eliza Jane Witherspoon ( - ) |
| Child | Richard Evans Wylie (1860 - ) |
| Child | MJ Wylie (1857 - ) |
| Father | Richard Evans Wylie MD (1810 - 1875) |
| Mother | Rachel McCullough (1808 - 1858) |
| Sibling | Peter Wylie (1836 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Thomas McCullough Wylie (1838 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Laura Wylie ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
2. 1850 U.S. census, Lancaster Co., SC, population schedule, , p. 131a, dwelling 4, family 4, R E Wylie household; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 December 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 854.
3. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
4. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
5. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
6. Edited by William Francis Strait III, Gilbert Motier Lafayette Strait (1834-1863): Student, Physician, Soldier, Surgeon His Letters and His Times 1851-1863 (N.p.: self published, n.d. [1979 ca]), 12.
7. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
8. Edited by William Francis Strait III, Gilbert Motier Lafayette Strait (1834-1863): Student, Physician, Soldier, Surgeon His Letters and His Times 1851-1863 (N.p.: self published, n.d. [1979 ca]), 12.
9. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
10. "SC, York, Marriage Notices from teh Yorkville Miscellany Newspaper," database, (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scyork/Marriages/Miscellany.html: accessed 3 September 2014), John D Wylie marriage.
11. Edited by William Francis Strait III, Gilbert Motier Lafayette Strait (1834-1863): Student, Physician, Soldier, Surgeon His Letters and His Times 1851-1863 (N.p.: self published, n.d. [1979 ca]), 12.
12. Hannah, niece of Catherine Evans Kennedy, The Wylie and Evans Families (N.p.: n.p., 18 June 1860).
13. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
14. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
15. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
16. Edited by William Francis Strait III, Gilbert Motier Lafayette Strait (1834-1863): Student, Physician, Soldier, Surgeon His Letters and His Times 1851-1863 (N.p.: self published, n.d. [1979 ca]), 12.
17. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
18. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.
19. "Newspaper Archives," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: downloaded 2 August 2014), John D Wylie Obit May 16,1894, State (Columbia, SC), p4; citing State (Columbia, SC), 4 Jan 1892, "Leap Year in Lancaster", p.2.
20. "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes,1671-1977," images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19441-29623-40?cc=1919417&wc=9385973: accessed 04 Mar 2014), York > Wills, 1879-1892, Vol. A > image 44, Hannah Wylie will, 3 Apr 1881.
21. "Newspaper Archives," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: downloaded 2 August 2014), John D Wylie Obit May 16,1894, State (Columbia, SC), p4; citing State (Columbia, SC), 4 Jan 1892, "Leap Year in Lancaster", p.2.
22. Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : 7 October 2016), Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, memorial # 103166561, photo by “t. stephens”, grave maker of James Greer, 11 Sept 1828., (www.findagrave.com : viewed 20 Nov 2015), John D Wylie, 1833-1894 and Eliza Jane Witherspoon his wife, 1834-1909, mem # 31216294, photo by Rita McKale, 7 Nov 2008.
23. "South Carolina, probate Records and Loose Papers,1732-1964, Lancaster, Probate Court, Estate Records, 1865-1950, Thies-Yoder,Image 1685-92," database, (: accessed 16 July 2013), John D Wylie's Will, list wife and son.
24. "South Carolina, probate Records and Loose Papers,1732-1964, Lancaster, Probate Court, Estate Records, 1865-1950, Thies-Yoder,Image 1685-92," database, (: accessed 16 July 2013), John D Wylie's Will, list wife and son, i1684.
25. "Newspaper Archives," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: downloaded 2 August 2014), John D Wylie Obit May 16,1894, State (Columbia, SC), p4; citing State (Columbia, SC), 4 Jan 1892, "Leap Year in Lancaster", p.2.
26. , Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteeth Century: Volume I (Wisconson, Madison: Brant & Fuller, 1892), 248.