Lemuel Maynard Wiles was born on October 21, 1826, in Perry, Wyoming County, New York.
[1] Wiles served as the Head of the Art Department at the University of Nashville.
[1][2][3] He also served as the Director of the College of Fine Arts at Ingham University.
[1] Wiles died of pneumonia on January 28, 1905, in Manhattan, New York City.
Additionally, his painting of the Cucamonga Valley is in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.