Parker R. WISE

• General Notes
  • b. OH est. 1808, f/m b. VA/VA
    removed OH > IN > 1822 and < 1824 (brothers' births)
    resident in Franklin Cty, IN in 1830
    appears on 1834 tax list for Highland, Franklin, IN
    acquires SWSW 21/ T8N R2W Franklin, IN on 16 Oct 1835
    father Samuel acquires W1/2NW 28/ T8N R2W Franklin, IN on same date
    m. Franklin Cty, IN 5 Nov 1835 to Nancy ROBESON
    children b. 1836-1857 IN
    resident in Franklin Cty, IN Jun 1840 (census)
    resident in Jackson, Ripley, IN 1850, 1860, 1870
    resident in Jackson, Ripley IN 7 Jun 1880 (census)
    d. > 7 Jun 1880
    
    Note:  sole Jackson Twp community is Napoleon, where eldest dtr Elizabeth is reportedly buried.
    
    citation from researcher Pam Shelton-Anderson:
    Title: Ripley County Indiana History 1818-1988
    Author: Ripley County Indiana History Book Committee
    Publication: 1989
    Repository:
    Note: FHL
    Call Number: 977.214 H2r
    Media: Book
    Text: Parker Wise was born in Ohio, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Wise
    
    researcher Andy Peplow 2/06:
    Nancy Robeson Wise is the daughter of James Robeson and Elizabeth Stafford [according to] a biography of Thomas H. Robeson in a Franklin County history:
    
    "The paternal grandparents of Thomas H. Robeson were James Robeson and wife, the former of whom was born in North Carolina and came to Kentucky early in life, and later, about 1809, settled in Franklin county, Indiana, his death occurring in this county in 1871.  Grandmother Robeson died in 1858 in Ripley county, Indiana, at the home of one of her daughters, Mrs. Nancy Wise."
    
    1880 US Census (Jun 7), residing at (no street address given), Jackson, Ripley, IN, dw/fam 83/83 in order of vis, head of h/hold is Parker R. WISE, farmer, age 70 (est. birth year 1810), b. OH, both parents b. VA, living with wife Nancy R., age 66 (est. birth year 1814), b. IN, f/m b. NC/KY.  Nbrs include John/Rhoda WISE, age 32/30, school teacher/keeping house, self/f/m b. IN/OH/IN and OH/OH/OH, and their children Maud, May, Claud, Clyde and Lulu, age 5 down to 6 months.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: T9_307; Family History Film: 1254307; Page: 429.1000; Enumeration District: 156; Image: 0700.
    
    1870 US Census (Aug 10), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, post office Napoleon, head of h/hold is Parker WISE, farmer, age 62 (!) (est. birth year 1808), b. OH, living with Nancy age 57, b. IN, Juda A. 28 IN, Mary E. 26 IN, John A. 22 IN, William H. 15 IN, and Allice M. 13 IN.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M593_355; Page: 141; Image: 283.
    
    1860 US Census (Jun 7), residing in Jackson, Ripley, IN, post office Napoleon, head of h/hold is Parker WISE, farmer, value of real/pers estate 2000/500, age 50, b. OH, living with Nancy 46 b. IN, Julia A. 18 IN, Marietta 16 IN, John A. 12, William H. 5.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1860; Census Place: Jackson, Ripley, Indiana; Roll: M653_293; Page: 17; Image: 17.
    
    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) (Charles B. 1819), two males 15-20 (1820-1825)(Tully Robert 1822 and George Washington 1824), one male 10-15 (1825-1830) (Jonathan S. 1828), one female 50-60 (1780-1790) (Elizabeth 1786), and one female 5-10 (1830-1835) (unknown daughter).  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.
    
    Franklin Cty, IN GenWeb 1840 census name index, with page numbers:
    Wire, Samuel  304
    Wise, Daniel  304
    Wise, Parker  305
    
    evident match:
    Ohio Land Records:
    Name:    PARKER WISE
    Land Office:    CINCINNATI 
    Document Number:    4476 
    Total Acres:    40 
    Signature:    Yes 
    Canceled Document:    No 
    Issue Date:    October 16, 1835 
    Metes and Bounds:    No 
    Statutory Reference:    3 Stat. 566 
    Multiple Warantee Names:    No 
    Act or Treaty:    April 24, 1820 
    Multiple Patentee Names:    No 
    Entry Classification:    Sale-Cash Entries 
    Remarks:    LANDS IN INDIANA 
    Land Description:    1 SWSW   1ST PPM No 8 N 2 W 21
    (cf. cite for Samuel WISE)
    
    orig. land patent says "in the South West quarter of the South West quarter of Section Twenty One.  in Township Eight of Range Two West in the District of Lands subject to sale at Cinncinnati Ohio (Lying in Indiana) containing Forty Acres."
    
    Indiana State Library Genealogy Database:Marriages through 1850:
    Last Name: WISE
    First Name: PARKER
    Spouse- Last Name: ROBESON
    Spouse- First Name: NANCY
    County: Franklin
    Date: 11-5-1835
    
    source:
    http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/isl/whatwehave/dbindex.html
    
    1834 tax lists, Highland, Franklin, IN:
    
    Wise, Parker
    Wise, Samuel
    Wise, William  B.
    
    Note:  No WISE in 1828 tax lists for Highland, Franklin, IN.
    
    source:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~infrankl/
    
    1830 US Census, Franklin Cty, IN:  head of h/hold is Samuel WISE,
    one male age 70-80 (1750-1760) (?), one male age 40-50 (b est 1780-1790) (Samuel 1785 VA?), one male age 30-40 (b est 1790-1800) (poss. error for Parker 1809 thus age 21; alt. Daniel? William B.? see 1840 census), one male age 10-15 (b est 1815-1820) (Charles B. 1819 OH?), three males age 0-5 (b est 1825-1830) (Tully R. 1822 OH, George W. 1824 OH, Jonathan S. 1828 IN?), one female age 50-60 (1770-1780) (Elizabeth 1786?), one female age 10-15 (1815-1820) (?).  Note son Parker married Nancy ROBESON in 1835.
    
    Image Source: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Franklin, Indiana; Roll: 27; Page: 320.

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