Biographical Details
Date of Birth: March 2, 1829
Birth Location: Kaskaskia, IL, USA
Graduation Year(s): 1848
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelors
Date of Death: December 8, 1909
Death Location: Sparta, IL, USA
William Theodore Wylie
Life Experience
Born in Illinois, son of Rev. Samuel Wylie who emigrated from Ireland, William Theodore Wylie graduated from IU in 1848. He was a pastor of three churches in Pennsylvania: Milton, Newcastle, and Bellefonte. He was an ardent advocate of temperance. He was president of Wilson College for Women in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He was originator and publisher of The Christian Giver monthly magazine.
Marriage and Family
William had two sons and a daughter, Laura, who became a Professor of English at Vassar.
William was the first cousin, once removed, of IU’s first president Andrew Reddick Wylie.
References
- Wylie
- https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/samuel-brown-wylie
- Smith, George Washington (1912) A History of Southern Illinois: A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People, and its Principal Interests (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company)
- Burgess, Jo (ed.) (2011) Affectionately Yours: The Andrew Wylie Family Letters, Volume I 1828-1859 (3rd ed.; Bloomington, IN; The Wylie House Museum)