Family Life
On November 5, 1838, Wylie married Rebecca I. Dennis (1812-1913) of Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1859, following the death of Andrew Wylie’s widow, Theophilus purchased their former home, and moved there with his family. Theophilus and Rebecca had eight children, six of whom lived to adulthood. Theophilus and Rebecca's children and grandchildren include:
- Elizabeth Louisa Wylie (1839–1930): Married Herman Balthasar Boisen; children Anton Theophilus Boisen, Marie Louisa Boisen
- Richard Dennis Wylie (1841–1861)
- Margaret Wylie (1843–1938): Married Arthur Calvin Mellette; children Theophilus Wylie Mellette, Charles Edmond Mellette, Arthur Anton Mellette, Joshua Theodore Richard Mellette
- Susan Emma Wylie (1846–1848)
- Samuel Brown Wylie (1848–1851)
- Theophilus Andrew Wylie (1852–1878)
- Samuel Brown Wylie (1854–1890): Married Sara Seabrook Mitchell; children Theophilus Andrew Wylie, Samuel Brown Wylie, Rebecca Wylie, Laurence Seabrook Wylie
- Theodorus William John Wylie (1857–1934): Married Fannie Thompson
Their home is now the Wylie House Museum operated by Indiana University Libraries to interpret the lives of both the Theophilus Wylie family and Andrew Wylie family who lived there.
Wylie's great-great-great-grandson is LinkedIn executive chairman Reid Hoffman.
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