NEWSTORY:  Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wylie - From Pioneer Families

Contributed by Brenda Scott Hines
May 2011
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The Bronte Enterprise, Coke County, TX - Sept. 3. 1964 
Historical and Progress Edition

Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Moved to Ranch 56 years ago, 1908

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wylie both came from pioneer families of this area.  
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Odom who settled the ranch on 
which they live in 1876, and Mr. Wylie was born on the Wylie Ranch between 
Bronte and Ballinger in 1874 and settled that ranch a few years later.

Mr. and Mrs. Wylie were married in 1904 and moved to the ranch in 1908.  
They have lived there since that time.  They have one daughter Mrs. E. L. 
Richards of Clearwater Beach, Fla., two grandsons and six great-grandchildren.  
One of the grandsons, Conda O. Richards, lives with his family on the ranch, 
and assists Mr. Wylie in operation of the giant spread.  The ranch contains 
most of the oil wells in the Fort Chadbourne Field.

In January 1963, Mr. and Mrs. Wylie were jointly honored as Citizens of the 
Year by the Ballinger Chamber of Commerce.  It was brought out at the time 
of presentation that the Wylies have been most generous in supporting worthy 
projects in West Texas.  They have made sizeable contributions to the West 
Texas Rehabilitation Center for Crippled Children in Abilene, the West Texas 
Boys Ranch near San Angelo, and McMurry College in Abilene.  The couple also 
made possible the beautiful First Methodist Church in Ballinger as a memorial 
to her parents, the late G. C. and Sallie Odom.  They also made a large 
contribution to First Methodist Church in Bronte prior to the addition and 
remodeling project in 1957.

Stories concerning Fort Chadbourne, the Fort Chadbourne oil field and G. C. Odom 
appear elsewhere in this issue.


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