From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Blakeley, Mary W.
Mary Wylie Blakeley, who owned a restaurant, was one of the early African American women business owners in Paducah, KY. The Wiley Family Papers, 1893-1982, are held in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Manuscripts Department. The collection contains mainly photographs with quite a few of Mary Wiley Blakeley; there is also a photo of her restaurant, dated 1900. For more see the Wylie Family Papers.