Almond Wylie. Born June 21, 1858, Almond Wylie came to Valley City with his father and Mother, Eli and Huldah (Clapp) Wylie in 1879.
He farmed with his father in Getchell Prairie and at the age of 22 he suffered an accident while loading his gun in the field, wounding his leg below the knee. He died in less than two hours from the shock and the loss of blood. His burial was the second in the new cemetery in what is now the gravel pit in the northeast section of Valley City.
Scott Wylie. Born at Port Andrew, Wisconsin on February 11 , 1864, Scott migrated to Barnes County with his family in 1879. Here he farmed with his father and brothers in Getchell Prairie. In league with his brother Edgar, he was interested in baseball and horseracing and played on one of the first baseball teams in Valley City. He was also interested in starting the first agricultural fair in Barnes County. He later moved to Anacortes, Washington where he was in the lumbering business. Here he died on May 6, 1963 at the ripe old age of 99.
Martha Wylie. One of two daughters of Eli and Huldah Wylie, Martha was born April 16, 1854. She married Wesley Flick and in 1880 they built a small house in the Weis Addition where they lived until moving to Cooperstown and farmed until the death of Mr. Flick on July 13, 1928.
Ella Wylie. Born in November of 1861 in Westport, New York, Ella came to Valley City in 1878. On the way she married Will Ayers, a member of a family which came to Barnes County at the same time. They had one daughter, Maude. Ella died three years after her marriage and one year after the tragic death of her brother Almond.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 276