Wiley Roy Mason Field (1862 - 1938)

Born 5 Oct 1862 in King George, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Laetitia Porter (Breckinridge) Field — married 16 Apr 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died 30 Jan 1938 at age 75 in Stevenson, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Biography

CDR Wiley Field served with the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 1878
Unit(s): USS Montgomery
Service Ended: 1905

Wiley Field is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Navy 1878-1905 retired as a Commander
Served in China, Argentine Republic, Suez, Spanish-American War and was recalled to active duty for World War I.

CDR Wiley Field served in the United States Navy in World War I
Service started: 1914
Unit(s): League Island Navy Yard -Philadelphia
Service ended: 1920

Wiley was born in 1861. He was the son of Charles Field and Monimia Mason. He passed away in 1938.

Birth: He was born on 5 October 1862 in King George County, Virginia. ^[1]

Military Service: Wiley graduated from the US Naval Academy, Class of 1882. He was in the United States navy twenty-three years.

In China, Captain Field protected missionaries during the period which followed the anti-Chinese riots in California. In the Argentine Republic, he guarded Americans during the revolution and spent three years in suppressing the filibustering expeditions from Florida to Cuba.

He served in ships at Suakim in the Lower Red Sea, watching the English operations against El Mahdi, the false prophet of the natives, to avenge the death of Chinese Gordon at Karthoum. He witnessed the evacuation of the Soudan. During the Spanish-American War Commander Field served in the scout cruiser Montgomery in Admiral Sampson’s fleet. He was three years in the battleship fleet. ^[2] He was recalled to Active Duty during World War I and served as Commander of the League Island Naval Yard - Philadelphia. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Marriage: He married Elizabeth L. P. (Breckinridge) Field on 16 April 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Children: They had one daughter, Elizabeth Breckinridge (Field) Cross.

Death: He died on 30 January 1938 in Stevenson, Maryland. ^[10]

Burial: He is buried in Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland. ^{[11] [12]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M31N-87N: 9 March 2022), Wiley R M Field, 1900.
2. ↑ Trenton Evening News (New Jersey) August 9, 1914 (https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/55421087/person/432428461455/media/95880ccc-d335-47f5-886d-0b43bcfd677a?_phsrc=rNX59&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=2&sort=-created)
3. ↑ Original data: Edward W. Callahan, ed. List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900. New York: L. R. Hamersly, 1901. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5942:1069?ssrc=pt&tid=55421087&pid=432428461455)
4. ↑ Original data: United States Military Registers, 1902–1985. Salem, Oregon: Oregon State Library. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2353933:2345?ssrc=pt&tid=55421087&pid=432428461455)
5. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5T-K4V4: 3 September 2021), Wiley Roy Mason Field; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
6. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66ZG-SCFL: 25 February 2022), Wiley Roy Mason Field, 16 Apr 1900; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007513812.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2FQ-9L2: accessed 9 October 2022), Wm R Field, Baltimore Ward 11, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 160, sheet 2A, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 556; FHL microfilm 1,374,569.
8. ↑ "New Jersey State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV97-7N6R: 23 February 2021), W R Mason Field, Princeton Borough, 2 ward, 2 district, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet #6A, household 116, line #48, New Jersey State Library, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,465,542.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF1V-FWB: 3 February 2021), Wiley R M Field, 1920.
10. ↑ Obituary: The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 31 Jan 1938; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/431700768/?article=21963c08-24b2-4297-802e-667625774388&focus=0.7581544,0.5894808,0.8754382,0.65975714&xid=3355
11. ↑ "Maryland, Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1853-1986," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRN6-FS3Z: 17 September 2019), W. R. Mason Field, 1 Feb 1938; citing Burial, possibly other reference information, Name of Archive, Location of Archive; FHL microfilm 008326773.
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLT-HQ3D: 8 August 2020), Wiley Roy Mason Field; Burial, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States of America, Loudon Park Cemetery; citing record ID 101488863, Find a Grave, Find A Grave: Memorial #101488863.

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