Josiah James WISE

• General Notes
  • b. IN, f/m b. OH/IN
    resident in Franklin Cty, IN in 1840
    resident in Jackson, Ripley, IN in 1850
    resident in Jackson, Ripley, IN in 1860
    m. Adams Cty, IL on 28 Feb 1864 to Florinda T. STEWART
    resident in Wakenda, Carroll, MO in 1870
    resident in Spring Creek, Saline, KS in 1880
    
    unable to locate family members in 1900, 1910 censuses
    
    1880 US Census (Jun 9-10), residing in Spring Creek, Saline, KS, dw/fam 74/74, head of h/hold is James WISE, white, male, age 42, married, farmer, b. IN, f/m b. OH/IN, living with wife Flora T., white, female, age 40, house keeping, b. IL, f/m b. ME/ME (yes, Maine), son Frank 12 MO, dtr Bertha 10 MO, dtr Ellen J. 4 MO.  Immed nbrs James ARMSTRONG and Alexander TANYER.  No other WISE on page.  Also in Spring Creek is (brother) boarder William WISE age 24 (b est 1856) IN, f/m IN/IN (sic), R. R. fireman, unemployed 2 mos during census year, residing at dw/fam 238/238 in hotel of Peter DILL.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Spring Creek, Saline, Kansas; Roll: T9_396; Family History Film: 1254396; Page: 114.4000; Enumeration District: 294; Image: 0010.
    
    1870 US Census (Sep 17), residing in Wakenda, Carroll, MO, post office Carrollton, dw/fam 693/694, head of h/hold is James WISE, age 32, male, white, farmer, val of real/pers est 3500/1711, b. IN, living with Flora T., age 30 (b est 1840), female, white, keeping house, b. IL, Frank male 2 MO, and Berta 3/12 female MO.  Immed nbrs are William AUSTIN and A. DOUGHERTY.  No other WISE on page.  Only other WISE heads of h/hold in Carroll, MO in 1870 are Mason 1845 MO in Grand River, and Aaron 1846 MO in Morris.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Wakenda, Carroll, Missouri; Roll: M593_766; Page: 436; Image: 411.
    
    marriage record:
    Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
    Name: James Wise
    Gender: Male 
    Spouse Name: Florinda T. Stewart 
    Marriage Date: Feb 28, 1864 
    Marriage County: Adams 
    Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1845384 -1845385.
    
    1860 US Census (Jun 7), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, post office Napoleon, dw/fam 118/118, head of h/hold is farmer Henry HOTTENSDOFER 41 Byrnes (b est 1819).  Also in h/hold is farmer James WISE 22 IN.  Next door (top of next page) at 119/119 is (father) Parker WISE.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M653_293; Page: 16; Image: 16.
    
    1850 US Census (Oct 15), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, dw/fam 94/94 in order of vis, head of h/hold is Parker R. WISE, farmer, val of real est 1000, age 40, living with Nancy 36 IN, Elizabeth 14 IN, Josiah J. 12 IN, Judy A. 9 IN, Marietta 6 IN, John A. 2.  Only other WISE heads of h/hold b OH in Ripley, IN in 1850 are Charles B. (Laughery Twp), Tully R. (Laughery Twp), and George (Brown Twp)
    
    Image Source: Year: 1850; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M432_169; Page: 368; Image: 357
    
    1840 US Census, Franklin Cty, IN has a Samuel WISE (misindexed as WIRE) 00121001-01000001, thus one male age 50-60 (1780-1790) (Samuel), one male 20-30 (1810-1820), two males 15-20 (1820-1825), one male 10-15 (1825-1830), one female 50-60 (1780-1790), and one female 5-10 (1830-1835).  On same page are Daniel WISE (misindexed as WIRE) 0000001-0000001, thus one male 40-50 (1790-1800) and one female 40-50 (1790-1800), and William ROBESON 11001-12001, Abraham, James John ROBESON.  (Parker 1809 OH s/o Samuel married Nancy ROBESON.)  Also in county is Parker WISE (misindexed as WIRE) 100001-10001, thus one male age 30-40 (1800-1810) (Parker 1809), one male age 0-5 (1835-1840) (Josiah J. 1838), one female age 20-30 (1810-1820) (Nancy 1814), and one female age 0-5 (1835-1840) (Elizabeth C. 1836), on page 305.  (Ancestry misindexes to Fountain Cty, IN.)
    
    Image Source: Year: 1840; Census Place: Not Stated, Fountain, Indiana; Roll: 80; Pages: 304-305.

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