This may be where the middle name of Person came from. Wilie's first name is spelled Wilie, and Wilie, and Wiley. Wilie and Wilie are recorded in the LDS database. Those who knew Wilie pronounced the name Wiley. The grave stone head is recorded as Wilie P. Cole.
Orange county is in North Carolina.
The early boundaries between North and South Carolina were sometimes in question. The Cole family left NE on April 20, 1880. They arrived in Grand Ronde Valley on July 9, 1880. They moved to Wallowa County in October 1880. Gaston Ferrell, Born 1824 married 1850 to Francis - Trying to find My ancestors.