F.M. (BUD) WYLIE

The following bio was taken from page 460 of the book entitled "Rusk County History" compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.

Transcribed by Claudia Schuster

Submitted by Gloria Briley Mayfield, Rusk County TX Coordinator

Francis McCoy (Bud) Wylie, son of William Wylie, born February 18, 1855, died January 5, 1934. He was married to Martha Catherine (Mattie) Smith in 1880. She was the daughter of Albert Smith and Susan Jones. Mattie was born August 10, 1853, and died July 28, 1928.

To this union were born nine children.

William Ross, born March 13, 1882 and died April 22, 1959, was married to Nellie Anderson on January 1, 1903. She is still living at age ninety-seven. They have ten children: Ross (deceased), Robert, Otis, Cora Bell, Mamie, Janie, Oulda, Grace, Dorothy, and Billy B.

Sudie, who was born July 23, 1883 and died October 14, 1940, was never married.

Frances, who was born September 7, 1885 and died December 5, 1975, was never married.

Albert, born December 12, 1887 and died in 1960, married Belle Shires, and they had two daughters, Velma (deceased) and Jim Marie. He later married Mona Allen.

Sam McCoy, who was born January 1, 1890, and died in 1970, was married to Betty Taylor, born April 5, 1898 and died in 1981. They have four children: Margie, Taylor, Ruth, and Leon.

Mack, who was born in 1892 and died in 1958, married Nellie Milam in 1916. Nellie died giving birth to a son, Melvin, who died in infancy. She was a victim of the flu epidemic following World War I.

George, born November 11, 1894, is married to Mable Roberts and they live in Fort Worth. They have three children: Dale, Frankie, and Don.

James Robert (Jim) was born June 20, 1896, and married Allie Bearden. They live in the Chapman Community near the old home place. They have one son, Jim Bob.

Kellie, who was born July 18, 1899 and died March 23 1973, was married to Elva Price, who lives on Rayford Road at this time. They had two children, Otha (deceased) and Myrl Dean.

Bud and Mattie lived all their lives in Rusk County in the Chapman Community, off the Pine Hill Road. The old homeplace is now owned by a great-granddaughter, Sue Strong Hughes, and her husband, Joe H. Hughes. They plan to keep its possession in the family. The family has had many good times gathering there on holidays and special occasions.

The grandchildren have many pleasant memories of Grandma and Grandpa Wylie. Almost every Sunday afternoon the families gathered, and one could surely find several cousins with whom to explore the woods and have fun. Also, one could never miss the opportunity to look under the cloth on the dinner table to see whether there was something good to eat.

Bud and Mattie were charter members of Willow Springs Presbyterian Church, in the Chapman Community. The old frame building has been replaced by a brick church adjacent to the Bridges Cemetery, where they were laid to rest.

Submitted by Mamie Strong