Wiley J Strickland
Lifespan: 1856 - 1946
Birth: 25 Jul 1856 in Madison, Georgia, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Marriage: Dinah Hawkins
Children: Olivia Strickland, Willie Strickland, Wiley Jones Strickland Jr Rev, Josephine "Josie" Strickland, Professor Strickland, Alfred Strickland, Alice Strickland, Viola Strickland, Asberry Strickland, Rowena Strickland, Raymond Strickland, Samuel Benjamin Strickland, Eula May Strickland, Dina W Strickland
Parents: Sam Strickland & Chaney Watkins
Death: 02 Apr 1946 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
Burial: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
Chapter 1: Roots in Athens, Georgia (1856–1875)
Wiley J. Strickland was born on July 25, 1856, in Athens, Georgia—a city of contradictions. Athens was a place of grand plantations and brutal poverty, where the columns of the University of Georgia cast long shadows over cotton fields worked by enslaved hands.