Finding the First Wiley

We know that Charles, Dohn, Philip and Mark are the four sons of Charles Aden and Frances Izetta Frazee Wiley. We know that Charles Aden was born to Aden Augustus and Anna Frances Vendrick (Wenrich) Wiley on February 15, 1902 in Huntington Co., IN. But for many years Aden, who has given his name to four generations of Wileys, was like Melchizedek of Biblical fame, "without father or mother, without genealogy" (Hebrews 7:3).

Then one day I came across Aden Wiley in the 1860 census of Franklin Co., IN. He was two at the time, listed in the household of Leonard Murch, a shoemaker living in Brookville. Leonard (57) and Isabella (45) are listed with eight children and at the end of the list we find Sarah Wiley (25) and Aden Wiley (2). In the 1850 census Sarah is listed as the oldest daughter of the Murches making them Aden's maternal grandparents. Leonard was born in Maine and Isabella in Kentucky. Our ancestor Sarah Murch Wiley was also born in Kentucky about 1835. Aden's father is not listed here, nor have I been able to find in the 1860 records. In later census records Aden gives Ohio as the birthplace of his father and Kentucky for his mother. There is a record of marriage in Franklin Co., IN for Sarah C. Merch and Isaac Wiley on April 27, 1856. I have been unable so far to find either Aden or his parents Isaac or Sarah in the 1870 or 1880 census records. The 1890 census was destroyed in a fire. Aden next shows up in 1900 in Huntington Co., IN with his wife Anna Frances and his daughter Martha Charlotte Wiley.