Warren Viley

Birth Date

1817-08-03

Death Date

1902-01-19

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Woodford County, Kentucky, farmer, horse breeder, and turfman. Scott County, Kentucky native. Son of Willa Viley and Lydia Smith Viley. Married to Catherine Jane Martin Viley. Father of George W. Viley, John W. Viley, Ann E. Viley, Martha J. Viley, Breckinridge Viley, and May Viley. Farmer in Woodford County in 1850. Horse breeder and turfman in Woodford County.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, District No. 1, p. 442B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles Township, p. 58. "Maj. Viley. Famous Kentucky Turfman Dies at Midway, *Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), January 20, 1902, p. 2. Find A Grave, "Warren Viley (1817-1902)," Memorial #98984057, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98984057/warren-viley (accessed January 16, 2018).

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