Wiley Cope

Wiley was born in 1816 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Wiley's father was William Cope and his mother was Nancy.  His paternal grandfather was Cope. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named Jesse, Andrew, John, James, William, Madison, Cope, Margaret, Cope and Nancy.  He was the fifth youngest of the eleven children.  He died at the age of 46 in 1862.¹