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Submitted: 1/16/13 • Approved: 1/16/13 • Last Updated: 1/19/13 • R815172-G815170-S3
James 21 Sept 1874 - 26 Dec 1951
Born in Missouri
Son of Thomas Wisley and Kissiah Finney
He married 1. Margaret "Maggie" Jane Warren 2. Alice Bourland Alice is buried in El Camino Memorial Park in San Diego, California
*Obituary
Booneville Democrat
James N Wisley
James Newton Wisley, age 77 died in a Fort Smith hospital Wednesday afternoon, shortly after having been removed there from his home in Booneville.
Mr Wisley, one of the leading citizens and farmers of the Logan Hall neighborhood until his health broke down some three years ago, had been living in Booneville for several months.
He was a good citizen, an appreciative friend, and a worthy father to his family.
He is survived by three sons, Frank Wisley, Claud Wisley and Lester Wisley, all of near Booneville; four daughters, Mrs Jo Etta Carolan, Sanatorium postmistress, State Sanatorium; Mrs Della Wallace, Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs. Cauthron, Little Rock; Mrs Marie Gussie Hecklethorn, Fort Smith; and one brother, Granville Wisley.
Married 15 Sept 1895
Margaret 20 Apr 1872 - 13 Dec 1937
She was born in Jackson County, Alabama
Daughter of Abraham B and Cansada Collins Warren
Children:
Jo Etta Wisley Carolan Pendergrass (1897 - 1981)*
Della Mae Wisley Cauthron (1902 - 1987)*
Marie Gertie Wisley Wallace (1912 - 1959)*
James Claude Wisley
Emitt Frank Wisley
Gussie Wisley Heckathorn
Lester Wisley
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