WISE, Irving Stuart

Notes:

Irving was living with his family in Little Souix Township, Woodbury Co., Iowa on the 1930 census.

Irving married HAMILTON, Margaret Louise 12 Dec 1918, Iowa. Margaret was born 3 Dec 1902, Creston, Iowa; died 16 Oct 1997, Sioux City, Iowa. [Group Sheet]

1. WISE, Marvena M.
2. WISE, Floyd
3. WISE, Letha M.
4. WISE
5. WISE
6. WISE
7. WISE
8. WISE
9. WISE
10. WISE

Notes:

Born in Indiana, Peter was the 9th child and 5th son of James and Rachel Wise. Peter apparently was a name passed down on his mother's side.
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The 1850 census shows Peter as an 11 year old child attending school in Washington Township, Brown Co., Indiana.
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When Peter was 19, he and his brother Matthew went to northern Missouri where he met Lucretia (Lucinda) Elizabeth Williams and by July 29, 1858 there is a recorded marriage of Peter Wise and Lucinda E. Williams in Schuyler Co., Missouri.
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The young couple shows up on the 1860 census living in Salt River Township, Schuyler Co., Missouri
Peter age 22 a farmer, $350 Personal Estate, b. IN, cannot read or write
Lucretia age 17 (his wife), b. IN, and a
7 month old daughter Eva, b. MO.
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By 1862 the young couple was living in Illinois and had a son William there.
In 1863, while in Illinois, Peter was drafted into the Union Army, however he paid a cousin $400 to go in his place, as Lucretia was pregnant with their 3rd child. That cousin was soon killed and Peter and Lucretia named their son Thomas Jefferson Wise after him.
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The 1870 census finds Peter and Lucretia in Austin Township, Macon Co., Illinois with two of Lucretia's brothers, as follows: (Page 17, 305)
Wise, Peter, 30, Male, White, Farmer, $1,000, born Indiana
- , Lucretia, 25, Female, White, Keeping House, born Indiana
- , William, 9, Male, White, born Illinois
- , Thomas J., 7, Male, White, born Illinois
- , Mary (F?), 5, Female, White, born Illinois
- , Peter, 2, Male, White, born Illinois
Williams, Nelson, 15, Male, White, Works on Farm, born Missouri
Williams, Columbus, 18, Male, White, Works on Farm, born Indiana
NOTE:
The data on Lucretia's brothers indicates the Williams family moved from Indiana to Missouri between 1852 and 1855.
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They remained in Illinois at least until 1871 when Alpha was born.
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They moved to Smith Co., Kansas with John, Peter's brother. Their oldest daughter Eva was killed from a fall while in Kansas. After the grasshopper plague of 1872-73 they decided to go to Iowa. Mason sent Peter some money for the move, and John decided to stay in Kansas.
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The 1880 Census of Ingraham Township, Mills Co., Iowa (ED 130, SH 12) finds:
Peter Wise, M, 41, born in Indiana, farmer (sick from cholera that day)
Lucretia, F, 34, born in Indiana, keeping house
Williamson, M, 18, born in Illinois
Thomas, M, 16, born in Illinois
Mollie, F, 14, born in Illinois
Frank, M, 11, born in Illinois
Alfred, M, 9, born in Illinois
Marion, M, 4, born in Iowa
Earl, M, 1, born in Iowa
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The 1885 Iowa census shows the family living in Liston, Woodbury Co., Iowa (Township 86, Range 42, Section 31, NW NE).
Peter Wise, Male, 46, Married, b. IN
Lucretia E., Female, 40, Married, b. IL
William D., Male, 23, Single, b. IL
Thomas J., Male, 21, Single, b. IL
Moly, Female, 19, Single, b. IL
Frank J., Male, 16, Single, b. IL
Alpha, Male, 13, Single, b. IL
Marion M., Male, 9, Single, b. Pottawattamie Co., IA
Earl G., Male, 5, Single, b. Pottawattamie Co., IA
Arthur L., Male, 3, Single, b. Mills Co., IA
Irving S., Male, 0, Single, b. Woodbury Co., IA
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The Sioux Valley News (Correctionville Iowa) had the following article on March 30, 1893:
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Peter Wise, hotel man, had Swan Herman arrested for trying to defraud him out of a hotel bill. The case was called in Justice Davis' court last Friday, but a change of venue was taken to Justice Jenkins' court and the case came to trial Monday. J. A. Prichard, of Smithland, defended Herman, and J. R. Budd, of Smithland, appeared for the state. The verdict was "Not Guilty." Why is it that Prichard's clients alway win?
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The Sioux Valley News (Correctionville Iowa) had the following article on April 19, 1895:
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Peter Wise and sons dug out and captured four wolves, about one mile west of town, last Sunday.
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The 1895 Iowa census shows the family living in Little Sioux, Woodbury Co., Iowa
Peter Heise (Wise), 51, Indiana
Lesice Heise (Wise), 48, Indiana
Earal Heise (Wise), 15, Mills Co IA
Auther Heise (Wise), 13, Woodbury Co IA
Irving Heise (Wise), 10, Woodbury Co IA
Mertile Heise (Wise), 7, Woodbury Co IA
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After some years there, Peter's brother Mason purchased a farm for them near Mapleton, Iowa. A few years later they bought a hotel and livery stable in Oto, Iowa. In about 1890 Peter purchased land west of Oto.
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Family recalls that Peter was rarely without his sheep skin hammock which sometimes hung on the hotel porch.
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The census of 1900 says the couple had raised 9 of the 14 children born to them, having lost 5 ( this was not an unusual statistic at that time ). Peter and Lucretia were living on 110 acres that they owned and farmed. They had two children, Ervin and Myrtle still at home in 1900. Ervin was a farm laborer and Myrtle was still in school. The family farm at the time was just outside Smithland, Woodbury Co., Iowa. They also had one grandson by the name of Neil Mason at their home. According to the census, all family members knew how to read, write and speak English.
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The Sioux Valley News (Correctionville Iowa) had the following article on May 22, 1902:
Peter Wise and John Parkbill are circulating a petition asking for a road from Parkbill farm direct to Oto. ...
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The 1910 census finds the family in Little Sioux Township, Woodburry Co., Iowa as follows:
Wise P. (W?), Head, Male, White, 70, Married 50 years, b. IN, Father MD, Mother KY, Speaks English, Farmer
- Lucretia E., Wife, Female, White, 65, Married 50 years, 9 of 12 children surviving to date, b. IN, Father IN, Mother IN, speaks English
- Ervin, Son, Male, White, 22, Single, b. Iowa , Father IN, Mother IN, speaks English
- Neil, Grandson, Male, White, 14, Single, b. Iowa , Father IN, Mother IN, speaks English (NOTE: census surname for Neil should be Mason).
(E.D. 170, SH. 6-B).
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Peter and Lucretia later retired outside Smithland, Iowa. By 1920 they were found living with their son Thomas and his wife Daisy. Edna, Peter's granddaughter, recalled as a child watching her grandfather putting his boots on. She also wished he would shave off his long grey beard so she could see how he looked. Peter had a brother who owned a race horse named "Western Brew", which he gave to Peter when the horse stopped racing.
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Edna (Wise) Barcal remembered him telling stories of the Indians there coming to the house demanding food.
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Peter is buried at Oto Cemetery, in Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa.

Peter married WILLIAMS, Lucretia Elizabeth 29 Jul 1858, Schuyler County, Missouri. Lucretia (daughter of WILLIAMS, John M. and SMITH, Nancy) was born Nov 1845, Indiana; died 1929, Iowa. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In 1920 Lucretia stated her father was born in Indiana and her mother in Illinois.
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Lucretia (Lucinda) Elizabeth was described as a pretty woman.
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The Williams family is said to have been connected to Esther Williams the Olympic swimmer and Hollywood actress (This has yet to be proven).

Notes:

There is a record of a Peter Wise marrying a Lucinda E. Williams on July 29, 1858 in Schuyler , Missouri. If this is the case, she was very young when the marriage took place.

Notes:

Much of the data in these notes has been compiled from several decades of research by M. Lee Wise, to whom I owe a great debt of gratitude.
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James was born in Maryland in the region called the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. According to a biography written about Thomas Wise, James' brother, the family moved from Maryland to Kentucky in about 1795. About 1 year after their arrival the father died, leaving a wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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From a biography by the descendants of Thomas Jefferson Wise (James' grandson), James' father was killed while fighting Indians about two years after the family's arrival in Kentucky.
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When Great Britain attacked the United States in the War of 1812 James enlisted on August 1, 1812 at Georgetown, Gallatin Co., Kentucky. He was a private in Capt. James Meade's 17th Regiment, W.O. Infantry of the Kentucky Militia. James Wise fought at the Battle of River Raisin and was wounded in the shoulder there. His Captain was killed and he was transferred to Captain Holt's Company.
The battle fought on January 22, 1813, was one of the largest engagements of the War of 1812. Of 934 Americans who fought here, only 33 escaped death or capture.
The battle sequence was as follows:
The British attacked. On the morning of January 22, 1813, 597 British and Canadian soldiers, six cannons, and 800 Indians launched an attack. As they moved forward in the pre-dawn darkness, they were discovered by an American sentry. Although surprised, the Americans took positions quickly and returned fire.
The fighting had been raging for twenty minutes when the U.S. 17th infantry, which James Wise fought with, camped on the right in an open field, was flanked by Canadian militia and Indians. Orders were given to retreat to the river and make a stand, and 240 more Americans were sent from the center lines to help. The retreat became a disastrous flight for Ohio. Of the 400 Americans who ran, nearly 220 Americans were killed, about 147 including General Winchester, were captured. Only 33 escaped to safety.
At the same time, the left wing of nearly 500 Kentucky militiamen were fighting from behind a puncheon fence. They successfully repulsed three British frontal attacks and drove back the British cannons with their rifles. These Americans, with only five killed and 40 wounded, expected the British to ask for a truce. They saw a British officer with a white flag, but were shocked to find he carried a message from General Winchester advising them to surrender. The Kentuckians reluctantly surrendered, after insisting on terms that the American wounded be protected from the Indians.
The British withdrew hurriedly, due to heavy casualties and news that more Americans under command of General Harrison were nearby. The American wounded were left behind in the homes of the settlers. On the morning of January 23, 1813, all of the British guards, who were supposed to be protecting the wounded, left. Indians returned to the River Raisin. They plundered homes and the wounded for valuables, and then killed and scalped Americans who could not walk. Bodies were tossed into burning houses that the Indians had set aflame. Those able to walk were claimed by the Indians and taken to Detroit where they were ransomed. Over 60 unarmed American wounded were killed. This was later known as the "Massacre of the River Raisin".

Americans in the west rallied to the flag. Eager for revenge, their battle cry became "Remember the Raisin!"

Among those killed from the 17th U.S. Infantry were:
Capts. Robert Edwards, James Meade,
Lts.: Robert Logan, Thomas Graves,
Ensigns: Philip Sharer, Levi Wells, Thomas Overton,
Surgeon: Alexander Montgomery,
Privates: Braxton Blake, John Gardner, William Redding, Thomas Wells, Henry Downey, Beverly Blake, Robert Reed.
Many others were killed from other Regiments.

SOURCE: http://co.monroe.mi.us/Museum/american_dead.htm
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James continued in service and saw more fighting during the siege at Fort Meigs. James was honorably discharged on November 8, 1813 in Detroit, Michigan.
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James had taken up residence in Jefferson Co., Indianna shortly after the War of 1812, and on Christmas day 1814 he and Rachel Watts were married there.
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Vawter's Tax List of persons owing taxes in Jefferson County, Indiana Years; 1815-16 list Thomas Wise, James Wise, Mason Watts, Matthew Wise and Daniel Wise.
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On April 25, 1817 it was noted that the stock ear mark for James Wise, was a crop and two slits in the right ear and an upper bit in the left ear, Jefferson County, Indiana.
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1820 census, Jefferson Co., Indiana.
1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0
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On May 15, 1823 James purchased 80 acres in Ripley Co., Indiana.
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James and Rachel moved to Decater Co., Indiana by 1830, and were enumerated there as follows:
Wise, James
Males
3,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,
Females
1,1,1,0,0,1,0,0
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In the early 1840's, to Washington Township, Brown Co., Indiana.
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Sadly James and Rachel lost their son Williamson, to yellow fever. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 26, 1847, exactly 2 months after his honorable discharge from service in the Mexican War. James made a claim as heir to Williamson's land bounty rights (160 acres) in 1848, as Williamson left no wife or children when he died.
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On the 1850 census James was a farmer in Washington Township, Brown Co., Indiana and he owned land valued at $2,500.00. He and Rachel raised at least 10 children in Indiana ( Peter appears as an 11 year old child, attending school ).
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On the 1860 census James and Rachel along with sons Matthew, Mason, Peter and daughter Margaret (Wise) Jeffers, moved on to Salt River Township, Schuyler Co., Missouri.
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On the 1870 census in Salt River Township, Schuyler Co., Missouri finds:
James 76, farmer, b. Maryland
Rachel 72, keeping house, b. Kentucky, Rachel indicated she could not read or write.
Nearby are sons Matthew and John with their families.
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On the 1875 census James and Rachel are living north at Clarinda, Nodaway Township, Page Co., Iowa.
Sometime after December 1875 James and Rachel returned to live the remainder of their lives with son Bennett in Washington Township, Brown Co., Indiana.
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1880 census:
(Washington Township, Brown Co., Indiana)
Bennett Wise Self M Male W 50 IN Farmer MD MD
Talitha Wise Wife M Female W 47 IN Keeping House IN IN
Catharine Wise Dau S Female W 23 IN IN IN
Bennett Wise Son S Male W 20 IN IN IN
Ralph M. Wise Son S Male W 16 IN At Home IN IN
Charlotte Wise Dau S Female W 14 IN At Home IN IN
Arminta Wise Dau S Female W 11 IN IN IN
Olinda Wise Dau S Female W 8 IN IN IN
John T. Wise Son S Male W 6 IN IN IN
Charles N. Wise Son S Male W 3 IN IN IN
James Wise Father M Male W 98(actually 89) MD MD MD
Rachel Wise Mother M Female W 83 KY KY KY
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After living into his 89th year James died and was buried at Duncan Cemetery, in Nashville, Brown Co., Indiana on September 28, 1880.
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There was a Thomas and a Matthew Wise on the 1815/1816 Jefferson Co. IN Tax List. This fact is of interest because James named one of his sons Matthew and there was no indication of the name Matthew on Rachel's side of the family. (Our James also appears on the same tax list). The above mentioned Thomas was born about 1793 in Maryland according to the 1850 Shelby, Jefferson Co., Indiana census. He was married to Jane McDaniel in Jefferson Co., IN on June 1, 1817, about 3 years after James and Rachel.
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( The following letter was written to Bennett Wise from his father James)
May the 20th 1860.
Dear Son and Daughter, again will I attempt to address you after the silence (sic) of several weeks.
We are well in the enjoyment of health and hope this will find you the same. Times are very hard here indeed, there has been no rain of any consequence (sic) here since last fall until today. We have had a very nice rain today.
I want you to write as soon as you get this and let me know if whether Minor has got my money ready for me or not.
There is more sickness here at this time than common, we think it is on account of the dry weather. I have nothing of importance to write nothing that will interest you.
I forgot to tell you that corn looks very well, all that has come up, and we have not had the flue (sic) very bad yet and do not think we will.
Tell Dock and Mary that we would all be very much pleased to see them and tell them to write to us and tell us how they are getting along.
I do not expect I will ever have the pleasure of seeing all my children together again in this world, it would be a very great pleasure to me indeed to see them all together once more. I must now bring my letter to a close. I hope you will write on receipt of this so no more at present......
James and Rachel Wise

James married WATTS, Rachel 25 Dec 1814, Jefferson, Indiana. Rachel (daughter of WATTS, Mason and RYKER, Deborah) was born 12 Dec 1796, Shelby County, Kentucky; died 16 Mar 1889, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The1840 census finds John jr. living in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana (p. 379).
John Williams jr.
Males
1 age 0-4
1 age 15-20
Females
1 age 15-20
John's parents were nearby on the same census sheet.
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John and his family appear on the 1850 census living in Madison, Putnam Co., Indiana as follows;
John M. Williams, 29, Male, Farmer, b. Kentucky
Nancy, 29, Female, Indiana
William, 10, Male, Indiana
Martha, 9, Female, Indiana
Lucretia, 7, Female, Indiana
Henry, 3, Male, Indiana
Columbus, 1, Male, Indiana (must have died before Dec. 1851).

The family was living next door to John's parents;
John Williams, 74, Male, Farmer, b. Virginia
Martha, 60, Female, b. Virginia
Sarah, 30, Female, b. Kentucky
America, 18, Female, b. Indiana
Census indicated John & Martha couldn't read or write.
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Sometime after 1857 the family lived for 1 winter in Iowa before moving to North Lancaster in Scuyler Co., Missourri.
Per (City of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois : a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, Chicago: Pioneer Pub. Co., 1910, 1260 pgs. )
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By 1860 John had moved to Liberty Township, near Lancaster, Schuyler Co., Missouri (Roll 646 Book 1, Page 617).
The family was recorded as follows;
J. M. Williams, 38, Male, Grocer, b. KY
Nancy ", 37, Female, b. IN
M. E. ", 17, Female, b. IN (Martha)
Henry ", 14, Male, b. IN (John Henry)
Charles ", 12, Male, b. IN (Columbus)
T. N. ", 7, Male, b. IN (Nelson)
Emily ", 3, Female, b. MO (Emma)
E. ", 5 mo., Female, b. MO (Alice)
A. M. Smith, 30, Female, b. IL (may be Nancy's sister?)
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By 1870 John had moved to Quincy, Adams Co., Illinois (Roll 187 Book 1, Page 441b ).
The family was recorded as follows;
Williams, John M., 48, Male, White, Retired Grocer, $800, b. Kentucky
- , Nancy, 47, Female, White, Keeping House, b. Illinois (actually Indiana)
- , Emily, 13, Female, White, b. Illinois (actually Missouri)
- , Alice, 11, Female, White, b. Illinois (actually Missouri)
- , Ida F., 8, Female, White, b. Illinois
- , Stephen A.D., 6, Male White, b. Illinois
Runburg, Anna, 17, Female, White, Domestic Servant, b. Prussia
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John married SMITH, Nancy Bef 1841, Probably Putnam County, Indiana. Nancy (daughter of SMITH, William Holloway and LISENBY, Eleanor) was born Abt 1823, Indiana; died Aft 1870. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The parents of Nancy shown as William Holloway Smith and Eleanor Lisenby is purely speculation at this writing (Feb. 2004). Further research is required to prove or disprove this relationship.

Notes:

Thomas Wise's interview disclosed that the family migrated from Maryland's Eastern Shore by packhorse to Pittsburgh in 1795, where they joined five other families, purchased two boats and floated down the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Wise died within twenty two days of reaching their destination in Nelson County, Kentucky.
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Title: Fauna Mihalko Family Files
Author: Fauna Mihalko
Publication: In Jefferson County, Indiana, Historical Society archives
Note: Wise Family File. Thomas Wise, son of this individual, discussed his father's death in an interview published in 1873 in the Madison (Indiana) Courier. The article is found in this file.
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Another biographical account by Thomas Jefferson Wise, great-grandson of Mr. Wise, states that Mr. Wise was killed by indians, shortly after reaching Kentucky. (Unconfirmed).
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Yet another biography regarding Bennett Wise stated the family was of Irish origin.

married Possibly Elizabeth Bef 1788, Maryland. Possibly died Between Oct 1811 and 1812, Galatin County, (Now Trimble County ), Kentucky Or Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

After the death of her husband in 1795, Mrs. Wise and her family remained in Nelson County, Kentucky until 1800, when "old Drakeford Grey" offered them a job running his mill on Corn Creek, three miles south of Milton on the Bedford Road in what is now Trimble County. Mrs. Wise was ill in 1811 when the Pigeon Roost massacre occured in Indiana. She died that October.
Mr. Gray donated some property near his mill to a Baptist congregation, where the Corn Creek Baptist Church was established. One of the founding members was an Elizabeth Wise.

Notes:

Mason was a soldier of the Revolution. Mason Watts married Deborah Riker and was the father of twelve children.
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Jefferson County: First Visitors and First Settlers
Copyright 2000 by Robert W. Scott
"The next documented visitor was George Logan in 1801, according to an 1885 publication. That same book also cites Col. John Ryker as the first permanent settler of Jefferson Co. in 1804 in the Eagles Springs area of what would become Rykers Ridge. According to John Smock, John Rykers sister Rachel and her husband Samuel Smock (John Smocks parents), sister Deborah and her husband Mason Watts, and their brother Samuel Ryker crossed the Ohio and Corn Creek and settled near Hanover in 1805. (Samuel Ryker may have moved back to Kentucky, returning in 1810.)"
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Before 1809, Mason Watts built a log cabin two miles north of the present site of Canaan, in present day Jefferson Co., Indiana. Mason appears on the 1830 census as living in Ripley Co., Indiana and in the 1840 census in Decatur Co., Indiana. Mason is buried at Brush Creek Cemetery, Campbell Township, Jennings Co., Indiana. Deborah is buried in the Mavity Cemetery in Ripley County, Indiana.
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MASON WATTS Born Fauquier Co., Va. 1765; died Ripley Co., Ind., March 2, 1850. He enlisted in 2nd State Regiment of artillery in 1778 in his home country. (Pension application S17760, see also Aaron Watts, supra). (Watts Family, p. 69)
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Mason Watts, born (???)1765; died at Jennings Indiana, March 2, 1850. He enlisted in the second State Regiment of Artillery in Fauquier County, Virginia in 1778., under Lieut. Blackwell and was in actual service, although only a boy. He applied for a pension from Campbell County, Kentucky, April 22, 1833, giving his address as Ripley County, Ind. Apparently he is the same Mason Watts who appears in Shelby County, Kentucky where he married Deborah Ryker, June 18, 1793. He was in the Fayette County, Kentucky tax records in 1794. In October, 1795 he appraised the estate of William Robux, Shelby County, Kentucky. With his wife, Deborah, he sold their land in Shelby County, Kentucky, November 4, 1806. His pension papers bore the name of Peter Watts and were witnessed by James Alexander Watts. (Rev. War Pension Application S. 17760).
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30 Petitioners for a Justice of the Peace In 1807 Original Petitions in the Archives Division Indiana State Library, Indpls, IN, October 24, 1807

Indiana Territory Clark County
To his excellency William Henry Harrison Governor of the aforesaid Territory The memorial sundry Inhabitants and citizens living in the aforesaid Territory and county.

Your petitioners humbly sheweth you that we are destitute of a Justice of the Peace amonguest us and are at the distance of twenty miles from any to administer the necessary duties of that office. We therefore pray that your wisdom may deem it prudent to send forward a commition for John Vawter as he is the choice of his fellow citizens in these parts as weill bee seen by the list of names hereto annexed done in presents of
Abraham Huff Esq. a resident of Illinois grant this 24th October 1807.

Gideon Underwood Jas. Vawter Jas. Underwood
Wm. Offall Jas. Edwards John Lively
Elzaphan Jackson Joshua Jackson Ralph Griffin
William Hall Jesse Vawter Esquire Hall
John Griffin John Davis James Robb
Mason Watts John Ryker Stephen Green
James Grissom John Hall Samuel Smock
Wm. Vawter Joseph Laine Peter Laine
Isaiah Blankinship Joel Jackson Colby Underwood
Bernard McKlain Robert Greer Isaac Green
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Early Settlers of JEFFERSON COUNTY, IN

Mr. Mason Watts also came to the county in 1808. He was the first white man who settled in Marengo township. He lived there for many years, but afterwards went to Ripley county. His wife made for herself the first loom made in the county, out of a white walnut tree, doing the entire work with her own hands, so says the authority for this sketch. Mr. Watts was a man noted for his great strength, and prowess as a hunter. He followed hunting as his profession.
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Mason married RYKER, Deborah 18 Jun 1793, Shelby, Shelby County, Kentucky. Deborah (daughter of RIKER, Gerardus and DEMAREST, Rachel) was born 23 Jan 1777, Tappan, Rockland County, New York; died Abt 1837, Ripley County, Indiana; was buried , Near Rexville, Ripley County, Indiana (Unmarked). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Deborah was baptized February 16, 1777 at Old Tappen, Bergen Co., New Jersey. She was buried at Mavity Cemetery, near Rexville, Indiana.

Notes:

Permission was granted for the marriage by step-father John Van Cleave and mother Rachel Van Cleave.

Notes:

John was born about the same time the War of Independence broke out. From census records we believe he was born in Virginia and moved to Kentucky about the time he and Martha were married.
Sometime between 1821 and 1830 John moved his family to Indiana.
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The1830 census:
Putnam Co., Indiana (p. 438?).
John Williams
Males:
1 age 5-9 (John 1820-1825)
1 age 15-19 (Dennis 1810-1820)
1 age 50-60 (John 1770-1780)
Females:
1 age 10-14 (Celia 1815-1820)
1 age 15-19 (? 1810-1815)
1 age 20-30 (Emily 1800-1810)
1 age 40-50 (Martha 1780-1790)
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John made some Putnam Co., Indiana land purchases in 1834 and 1835.
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The1840 census finds John sr. living in Greencastle, Putnam Co., Indiana (p. 379).
John Williams sr.
Males
1 age 60-70
Females
1 age 5-10
1 age 15-20
1 age 60-70
John's son, John Jr., was nearby on the same census sheet.
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John and his wife Martha appear on the 1850 census living in Madison Township, Putnam Co., Indiana.
John Williams, age 74, male, farmer, $800 of real estate, b. VA, can't read or write.
Martha Williams, 68, female, b. VA, can't read or write.
Sarah Williams, 30, female, b. KY, can't read or write.
America Williams, 18, female, b. IN.
(Son John and his young family were next door).
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The 1860 census Warren Township, Putnam Co., Indiana, indicates John had passed away, and Martha, age 80, was living in the home of her daughter America, who had married Jonathan Sears, some 8 years earlier.
Also America's sister Sarah (Celia) Williams age 40 was there.

John — MARTHA. was born Between 1780 and 1782, Virginia; died Aft 1870, Probably Putnam County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1 NAME William Halloway /Smith/


William Holloway Smith was a Methodist minister of the Northwest Indiana Conference.
(Per anntesar@hotmail.com)
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WHITE COUNTY ILLINOIS MARRIAGES, 1816-1865, Davis, Page 95.
Smith, William H / Lisenby, Elinor 28 Feb 1819 Marriage Book 1/Marriage Box 1
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1820 White Co. IL census: (Page 194, Line 28)
William H Smith
1 male 0-10
2 males 16-26
1 female 16-26
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1840 Parke Co., IN census:
Wm. H. Smith
Males:
1, <5 (Benjamin)
1, 10-14 (?)
1, 20-29 (John)
1, 40-49 (William)
Females:
1, <5 (Mariah)
4, 5-9 (Louisa, Tabitha, ?, ?)
1, 20-29 (?)
1, 40-49 (Eleanor)
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1850 Parke Co., IN census:
William H. Smith, 54, M, ME Preacher, b. GA
Eleanor ", 48, F, b. NC
(next page)
Tabitha Smith, 25, F, b. IN
Louisa A. ", 18, F, b. IN
Mariah H. ", 13, F, b. IN
Benjamin H. ", 11, M, b. IN
William L. ", 6, M, b. IN
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1860 Parke Co., IN census:
William H. Smith, 64, M, ME Clergyman, $4000 RE / $1500 Personal, b. GA
Eleanor ", 57, F, Lady, b. NC
Mariah H. ", 23, F, House keeper, b. IN
Benjamin H. ", 20, Farmer, M, b. IN
Charles W. L. ", 16, M, Student, b. IN
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1870 Greencastle, Putnam Co., IN census:
William H. Smith, 74, M, W, Preacher, $5000 RE / $200 Personal, b. GA
Eleanor ", 66, F, W, Keeping House, b. NC
Mariah H. ", 28 (33), F, W, Music Teacher, b. IN
William L. ", 25, M, W, Music Teacher, b. IN
William H. ", 21, M, W, Student, b. IN

William married LISENBY, Eleanor 28 Feb 1819, Carmi, White, Illinois, Unites States. Eleanor (daughter of LISONBY, James) was born 19 Jul 1802, State Line Between North Carolina and South Carolina, Near Chesterfield; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]