Dr. Thomas Wiley practiced medicine in McKinney until the Civil War began. He then served in the Confederate Army, was badly wounded, and walked back many miles home on crutches. He had a small sanitarium just a block west of the Square where he allowed other doctors to bring and treat their patients. His only son, Henry, became an Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
The McKinney Democrat, July 14, 1904
WILEY, THOMAS WATER, MD
The tangible result of years of effort, intelligently directed by a thoroughly trained mind, are substantially gratifying to the individual who has devoted his life to carrying out the highest ideals of a certain chosen calling. No man can be greater than his appreciation of the responsibility he owes the world, and the professional men who rise highest are those who endeavor to aid humanity and to contribute to the achievements of the science which has enlisted their efforts. One of the distinguished medical men of Texas, whose career has been characterized by high achievements and steadfast devotion to exalted aims, is Dr. Thomas Water Wiley of McKinney, where for forty-eight years he has been engaged in constant practice.
In Dr. Wiley's character are found embodied the best traits of his Scotch and Irish ancestors, as well as those of his English and German connections. He was born November 14, 1838, in Butler county, Alabama, and is a son of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Alabama. His father was for years a distinguished southern legist, a slave owner and a district judge, and died two years after retiring from the bench at about the age of seventy-two years. The mother was related to Sir John Duckworth of the English Navy, who was an officer of the flagship Prince Royal of Admiral Byron, and sailed to the West Indies, where he participated in the engagement with the French fleet. Early in 1799 he was raised to the rank of rear admiral and sent to the West Indies to succeed Lord Hugh Seymour. While in command of the Royal George he forced the passage of the Dardanelles and sustained considerable loss in effecting his return, the Turks having strengthened their position. Sir John Duckworth sat in Parliament for some time as member for New Romney.
To the union of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley there were born four children, of whom Dr. Wiley is the third in order of birth and the only survivor. The second marriage of Judge J. McCaleb Wiley was to a Mrs. Taft, formerly Miss Appling, and to this union there were five children. A. A. Wiley, one of the sons, was lieutenant colonel of the Fifth IJ. S. Infantry during the Spanish-American war, and for meritorious services was appointed by the general in charge in Cuba as law officer of the island. After his return to Alabama be was elected to office as congressman from the Montgomery District and died while serving his fourth term, being succeeded by his brother, Oliver C. Wiley.
Dr. Thomas Water Wiley grew up in his home locality in Alabama, and there his early education was secured. Like his father be became an owner of slaves and when the war between the states broke out he cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and voted for Secession in 1861. Not content to give only his moral support to the cause, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, and continued with that company until 1863, in which year he was transferred to Company H, of the Fifty-Fourth Alabama. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, July 20, 1864, and remained on crutches as the result of a broken leg until the latter part of 1865, when he surrendered at a hospital in Alabama. As he was penniless he was compelled to make his way as best he could with his crutches more than two-thirds of the way to his home at Troy, a distance of fifty-six miles. In 1867 Dr. Wiley came to Texas and located at McKinney and this has since been his field of practice. He has served as health officer for several years, but his reputation has been won along the line of personal achievement rather than in positions of preferment. He was the first surgeon in Collin county to successfully perform hysterectomy and appendectomy, the first to operate on the stomach for gunshot wounds, the first to remove the lower jawbone for bone disease and the only physician who has performed successfully the Caesarian operation and delivered a crying infant. Keen discrimination in the diagnosis of a case, sound judgment in prescribing methods of treatment, unerring skill in delicate surgical operations and a constant devotion to the highest ethics of his honored calling have won him rank among the foremost practitioners of the state. He belongs to the various organizations of his profession and still continues to be as faithful a student as he was when he first entered upon his career. In Masonry he has attained high position, having advanced to the Knight Templar degree, and in odd fellowship is past grand master of the Grand Lodge of the state and past grand representative from Texas to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World.
On December 21, 1859, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Susan Henderson of Troy, Alabama. who died in 1871, leaving five children: James E., of McKinney; Etta, who is the wife of James Ball of Dallas; Henry, who is a commander in the United States Navy, and two daughters, twins, one now deceased and the other Mrs. Lela Henderson, living at Jacksonville, Florida. On June 10, 1873, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Martha E. Hudson, daughter of Richard B. Hudson, a farmer and slave holder of Mississippi prior to the Civil war. Three children were born to this union: Miss Betsy, of Dallas, assistant in the City Library; Walter H., who is a rural mail carrier out of McKinney in the United States Mail Service, and Mary B., who is the wife of L. F. Carlton, auditor for the Stone & Webster Railroad contractors. Dr. Wiley resides in his comfortable home at No. 205 West Louisiana Street, McKinney.
Lieut. Wiley was wounded at Richmond VA., Cold Harbor VA. & Peachtree Creek GA. After spending so much time in Army Hospitals he decided to become a Doctor.
The McKinney Democrat, July 14, 1904
WILEY, THOMAS WATER, MD
The tangible result of years of effort, intelligently directed by a thoroughly trained mind, are substantially gratifying to the individual who has devoted his life to carrying out the highest ideals of a certain chosen calling. No man can be greater than his appreciation of the responsibility he owes the world, and the professional men who rise highest are those who endeavor to aid humanity and to contribute to the achievements of the science which has enlisted their efforts. One of the distinguished medical men of Texas, whose career has been characterized by high achievements and steadfast devotion to exalted aims, is Dr. Thomas Water Wiley of McKinney, where for forty-eight years he has been engaged in constant practice.
In Dr. Wiley's character are found embodied the best traits of his Scotch and Irish ancestors, as well as those of his English and German connections. He was born November 14, 1838, in Butler county, Alabama, and is a son of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Alabama. His father was for years a distinguished southern legist, a slave owner and a district judge, and died two years after retiring from the bench at about the age of seventy-two years. The mother was related to Sir John Duckworth of the English Navy, who was an officer of the flagship Prince Royal of Admiral Byron, and sailed to the West Indies, where he participated in the engagement with the French fleet. Early in 1799 he was raised to the rank of rear admiral and sent to the West Indies to succeed Lord Hugh Seymour. While in command of the Royal George he forced the passage of the Dardanelles and sustained considerable loss in effecting his return, the Turks having strengthened their position. Sir John Duckworth sat in Parliament for some time as member for New Romney.
To the union of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley there were born four children, of whom Dr. Wiley is the third in order of birth and the only survivor. The second marriage of Judge J. McCaleb Wiley was to a Mrs. Taft, formerly Miss Appling, and to this union there were five children. A. A. Wiley, one of the sons, was lieutenant colonel of the Fifth IJ. S. Infantry during the Spanish-American war, and for meritorious services was appointed by the general in charge in Cuba as law officer of the island. After his return to Alabama be was elected to office as congressman from the Montgomery District and died while serving his fourth term, being succeeded by his brother, Oliver C. Wiley.
Dr. Thomas Water Wiley grew up in his home locality in Alabama, and there his early education was secured. Like his father be became an owner of slaves and when the war between the states broke out he cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and voted for Secession in 1861. Not content to give only his moral support to the cause, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, and continued with that company until 1863, in which year he was transferred to Company H, of the Fifty-Fourth Alabama. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, July 20, 1864, and remained on crutches as the result of a broken leg until the latter part of 1865, when he surrendered at a hospital in Alabama. As he was penniless he was compelled to make his way as best he could with his crutches more than two-thirds of the way to his home at Troy, a distance of fifty-six miles. In 1867 Dr. Wiley came to Texas and located at McKinney and this has since been his field of practice. He has served as health officer for several years, but his reputation has been won along the line of personal achievement rather than in positions of preferment. He was the first surgeon in Collin county to successfully perform hysterectomy and appendectomy, the first to operate on the stomach for gunshot wounds, the first to remove the lower jawbone for bone disease and the only physician who has performed successfully the Caesarian operation and delivered a crying infant. Keen discrimination in the diagnosis of a case, sound judgment in prescribing methods of treatment, unerring skill in delicate surgical operations and a constant devotion to the highest ethics of his honored calling have won him rank among the foremost practitioners of the state. He belongs to the various organizations of his profession and still continues to be as faithful a student as he was when he first entered upon his career. In Masonry he has attained high position, having advanced to the Knight Templar degree, and in odd fellowship is past grand master of the Grand Lodge of the state and past grand representative from Texas to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World.
On December 21, 1859, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Susan Henderson of Troy, Alabama. who died in 1871, leaving five children: James E., of McKinney; Etta, who is the wife of James Ball of Dallas; Henry, who is a commander in the United States Navy, and two daughters, twins, one now deceased and the other Mrs. Lela Henderson, living at Jacksonville, Florida. On June 10, 1873, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Martha E. Hudson, daughter of Richard B. Hudson, a farmer and slave holder of Mississippi prior to the Civil war. Three children were born to this union: Miss Betsy, of Dallas, assistant in the City Library; Walter H., who is a rural mail carrier out of McKinney in the United States Mail Service, and Mary B., who is the wife of L. F. Carlton, auditor for the Stone & Webster Railroad contractors. Dr. Wiley resides in his comfortable home at No. 205 West Louisiana Street, McKinney.
Lieut. Wiley was wounded at Richmond VA., Cold Harbor VA. & Peachtree Creek GA. After spending so much time in Army Hospitals he decided to become a Doctor.
Dr. Thomas Wiley practiced medicine in McKinney until the Civil War began. He then served in the Confederate Army, was badly wounded, and walked back many miles home on crutches. He had a small sanitarium just a block west of the Square where he allowed other doctors to bring and treat their patients. His only son, Henry, became an Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
The McKinney Democrat, July 14, 1904
WILEY, THOMAS WATER, MD
The tangible result of years of effort, intelligently directed by a thoroughly trained mind, are substantially gratifying to the individual who has devoted his life to carrying out the highest ideals of a certain chosen calling. No man can be greater than his appreciation of the responsibility he owes the world, and the professional men who rise highest are those who endeavor to aid humanity and to contribute to the achievements of the science which has enlisted their efforts. One of the distinguished medical men of Texas, whose career has been characterized by high achievements and steadfast devotion to exalted aims, is Dr. Thomas Water Wiley of McKinney, where for forty-eight years he has been engaged in constant practice.
In Dr. Wiley's character are found embodied the best traits of his Scotch and Irish ancestors, as well as those of his English and German connections. He was born November 14, 1838, in Butler county, Alabama, and is a son of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Alabama. His father was for years a distinguished southern legist, a slave owner and a district judge, and died two years after retiring from the bench at about the age of seventy-two years. The mother was related to Sir John Duckworth of the English Navy, who was an officer of the flagship Prince Royal of Admiral Byron, and sailed to the West Indies, where he participated in the engagement with the French fleet. Early in 1799 he was raised to the rank of rear admiral and sent to the West Indies to succeed Lord Hugh Seymour. While in command of the Royal George he forced the passage of the Dardanelles and sustained considerable loss in effecting his return, the Turks having strengthened their position. Sir John Duckworth sat in Parliament for some time as member for New Romney.
To the union of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley there were born four children, of whom Dr. Wiley is the third in order of birth and the only survivor. The second marriage of Judge J. McCaleb Wiley was to a Mrs. Taft, formerly Miss Appling, and to this union there were five children. A. A. Wiley, one of the sons, was lieutenant colonel of the Fifth IJ. S. Infantry during the Spanish-American war, and for meritorious services was appointed by the general in charge in Cuba as law officer of the island. After his return to Alabama be was elected to office as congressman from the Montgomery District and died while serving his fourth term, being succeeded by his brother, Oliver C. Wiley.
Dr. Thomas Water Wiley grew up in his home locality in Alabama, and there his early education was secured. Like his father be became an owner of slaves and when the war between the states broke out he cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and voted for Secession in 1861. Not content to give only his moral support to the cause, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, and continued with that company until 1863, in which year he was transferred to Company H, of the Fifty-Fourth Alabama. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, July 20, 1864, and remained on crutches as the result of a broken leg until the latter part of 1865, when he surrendered at a hospital in Alabama. As he was penniless he was compelled to make his way as best he could with his crutches more than two-thirds of the way to his home at Troy, a distance of fifty-six miles. In 1867 Dr. Wiley came to Texas and located at McKinney and this has since been his field of practice. He has served as health officer for several years, but his reputation has been won along the line of personal achievement rather than in positions of preferment. He was the first surgeon in Collin county to successfully perform hysterectomy and appendectomy, the first to operate on the stomach for gunshot wounds, the first to remove the lower jawbone for bone disease and the only physician who has performed successfully the Caesarian operation and delivered a crying infant. Keen discrimination in the diagnosis of a case, sound judgment in prescribing methods of treatment, unerring skill in delicate surgical operations and a constant devotion to the highest ethics of his honored calling have won him rank among the foremost practitioners of the state. He belongs to the various organizations of his profession and still continues to be as faithful a student as he was when he first entered upon his career. In Masonry he has attained high position, having advanced to the Knight Templar degree, and in odd fellowship is past grand master of the Grand Lodge of the state and past grand representative from Texas to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World.
On December 21, 1859, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Susan Henderson of Troy, Alabama. who died in 1871, leaving five children: James E., of McKinney; Etta, who is the wife of James Ball of Dallas; Henry, who is a commander in the United States Navy, and two daughters, twins, one now deceased and the other Mrs. Lela Henderson, living at Jacksonville, Florida. On June 10, 1873, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Martha E. Hudson, daughter of Richard B. Hudson, a farmer and slave holder of Mississippi prior to the Civil war. Three children were born to this union: Miss Betsy, of Dallas, assistant in the City Library; Walter H., who is a rural mail carrier out of McKinney in the United States Mail Service, and Mary B., who is the wife of L. F. Carlton, auditor for the Stone & Webster Railroad contractors. Dr. Wiley resides in his comfortable home at No. 205 West Louisiana Street, McKinney.
Lieut. Wiley was wounded at Richmond VA., Cold Harbor VA. & Peachtree Creek GA. After spending so much time in Army Hospitals he decided to become a Doctor.
The McKinney Democrat, July 14, 1904
WILEY, THOMAS WATER, MD
The tangible result of years of effort, intelligently directed by a thoroughly trained mind, are substantially gratifying to the individual who has devoted his life to carrying out the highest ideals of a certain chosen calling. No man can be greater than his appreciation of the responsibility he owes the world, and the professional men who rise highest are those who endeavor to aid humanity and to contribute to the achievements of the science which has enlisted their efforts. One of the distinguished medical men of Texas, whose career has been characterized by high achievements and steadfast devotion to exalted aims, is Dr. Thomas Water Wiley of McKinney, where for forty-eight years he has been engaged in constant practice.
In Dr. Wiley's character are found embodied the best traits of his Scotch and Irish ancestors, as well as those of his English and German connections. He was born November 14, 1838, in Butler county, Alabama, and is a son of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Alabama. His father was for years a distinguished southern legist, a slave owner and a district judge, and died two years after retiring from the bench at about the age of seventy-two years. The mother was related to Sir John Duckworth of the English Navy, who was an officer of the flagship Prince Royal of Admiral Byron, and sailed to the West Indies, where he participated in the engagement with the French fleet. Early in 1799 he was raised to the rank of rear admiral and sent to the West Indies to succeed Lord Hugh Seymour. While in command of the Royal George he forced the passage of the Dardanelles and sustained considerable loss in effecting his return, the Turks having strengthened their position. Sir John Duckworth sat in Parliament for some time as member for New Romney.
To the union of J. McCaleb and Elizabeth T. (Duckworth) Wiley there were born four children, of whom Dr. Wiley is the third in order of birth and the only survivor. The second marriage of Judge J. McCaleb Wiley was to a Mrs. Taft, formerly Miss Appling, and to this union there were five children. A. A. Wiley, one of the sons, was lieutenant colonel of the Fifth IJ. S. Infantry during the Spanish-American war, and for meritorious services was appointed by the general in charge in Cuba as law officer of the island. After his return to Alabama be was elected to office as congressman from the Montgomery District and died while serving his fourth term, being succeeded by his brother, Oliver C. Wiley.
Dr. Thomas Water Wiley grew up in his home locality in Alabama, and there his early education was secured. Like his father be became an owner of slaves and when the war between the states broke out he cast his fortunes with the Confederacy and voted for Secession in 1861. Not content to give only his moral support to the cause, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, and continued with that company until 1863, in which year he was transferred to Company H, of the Fifty-Fourth Alabama. He was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, July 20, 1864, and remained on crutches as the result of a broken leg until the latter part of 1865, when he surrendered at a hospital in Alabama. As he was penniless he was compelled to make his way as best he could with his crutches more than two-thirds of the way to his home at Troy, a distance of fifty-six miles. In 1867 Dr. Wiley came to Texas and located at McKinney and this has since been his field of practice. He has served as health officer for several years, but his reputation has been won along the line of personal achievement rather than in positions of preferment. He was the first surgeon in Collin county to successfully perform hysterectomy and appendectomy, the first to operate on the stomach for gunshot wounds, the first to remove the lower jawbone for bone disease and the only physician who has performed successfully the Caesarian operation and delivered a crying infant. Keen discrimination in the diagnosis of a case, sound judgment in prescribing methods of treatment, unerring skill in delicate surgical operations and a constant devotion to the highest ethics of his honored calling have won him rank among the foremost practitioners of the state. He belongs to the various organizations of his profession and still continues to be as faithful a student as he was when he first entered upon his career. In Masonry he has attained high position, having advanced to the Knight Templar degree, and in odd fellowship is past grand master of the Grand Lodge of the state and past grand representative from Texas to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World.
On December 21, 1859, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Susan Henderson of Troy, Alabama. who died in 1871, leaving five children: James E., of McKinney; Etta, who is the wife of James Ball of Dallas; Henry, who is a commander in the United States Navy, and two daughters, twins, one now deceased and the other Mrs. Lela Henderson, living at Jacksonville, Florida. On June 10, 1873, Dr. Wiley was married to Miss Martha E. Hudson, daughter of Richard B. Hudson, a farmer and slave holder of Mississippi prior to the Civil war. Three children were born to this union: Miss Betsy, of Dallas, assistant in the City Library; Walter H., who is a rural mail carrier out of McKinney in the United States Mail Service, and Mary B., who is the wife of L. F. Carlton, auditor for the Stone & Webster Railroad contractors. Dr. Wiley resides in his comfortable home at No. 205 West Louisiana Street, McKinney.
Lieut. Wiley was wounded at Richmond VA., Cold Harbor VA. & Peachtree Creek GA. After spending so much time in Army Hospitals he decided to become a Doctor.
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