William Wylie, farmer, P. O. Sterling Run, was born in what is now Grove township, Cameron county, Penn., May 6, 1829, a son of James and Sarah (Berfield) Wylie. His father was a native of Scotland, and came to America in 1818, locating in Lumber township, Cameron county. He later lived in Grove township, and in the fall of 1834 settled in Gibson township, on the farm now occupied by his son, William (a part of which he cleared and improved), and died there in February, 1869. He had a family of nine children: Susanna (Mrs. George Chapman), Mary (Mrs. Henry Mason), William, Stephen, Emily (Mrs. Ralph Johnson), James, John, Alpheus and Martha (Mrs. J. H. Darin). William Wylie was reared in what is now Cameron county, and for many years engaged in lumbering. He succeeded to the homestead at his father's death, and cleared and improved a part of it. He married, September 12, 1861, Kate, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Shaffer) Chapman, of Lumber township, and they have three children: George, Zella and Bertha. He is a prominent farmer, and in politics is a Democrat.

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