WISE

- 1795

• Name	WISE,
  Gender	Male
  Died	1795	Nelson County, Kentucky (In Spring Or Early Summer)
  Person ID	I8436	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family	Possibly Elizabeth,   d. Between Oct 1811 and 1812, Galatin County, (Now Trimble County ), Kentucky Or Indiana
  Married	Bef 1788	Maryland
  Children	1. WISE, Matthew,   b. 28 May 1788, Maryland ,   d. 9 Oct 1874, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana  (Age 86 years)   2. WISE, James,   b. Abt 1791, Probably Eastern Shore, Maryland ,   d. 26 Sep 1880, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana  (Age ~ 89 years)   3. WISE, Mary,   b. Bef 1793,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. WISE, Susanna,   b. Bef 1793,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. WISE, Thomas,   b. 28 Sep 1793, Eastern Shore Maryland ,   d. 7 Jan 1881, Monroe Township, Jefferson County, Indiana  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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. - 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. - 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). - Yet another biography regarding Bennett Wise stated the family was of Irish origin.