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Sylvester D. WISEMAN

Sylvester D. WISEMAN

Male 1854 - 1897  (43 years)

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  • Name Sylvester D. WISEMAN 
    Born 15 Sep 1854  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1885  Dawson Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 18 Sep 1897  Eddyville, Dawson Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Buried Oconto Cemetery, Custer Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
      Sylvester Wiseman, 25, farmer, widowed; son Hiram, 3; son Samuel, 1.
      On the line following the entry for Sylvester was an entry that had been lined out, which read: Rebecca Wiseman, wife, 21, married, dead.

      1885 State Census, Dawson Co, Nebraska (Kennebec Precinct), enumerated on Jun 20 1885:
      Silvester Wiseman, 30, b. WVa, farmer; wife Margret, 18, b. WVa; son Hiram, 8, b. WVa; son Samuel, 6, b. WVa; son O K, 1, b. WVa.
      (NOTE: The adjoining household was that of Sylvester's mother Nancy Hudkins, 50, b. WVa, widowed.)
    Person ID I94814  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2016 

    Father Samuel WISEMAN,   b. CA 1835,   d. Bef Mar 1876  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Mother Nancy LEESON,   b. 7 May 1833, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1913, Oconto, Custer Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F16667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca J. ___,   b. CA 1858,   d. 14 Jun 1879  (Age ~ 21 years)  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Hiram WISEMAN,   b. 14 Jan 1877, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Samuel WISEMAN,   b. CA 1879
    Family ID F40975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth J. CONAWAY,   b. CA 1863, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 24 Jul 1880  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F40976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Margret ___,   b. CA 1867, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. O. K. WISEMAN,   b. CA 1884
    Family ID F40977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1599] Birth record of son.