Wiseman Family Association

Wiseman Family Association      (See two invitations below in Red or Green)

Wiseman Family Association, a national organization of people whose ancestors were Wiseman's. WFA was first organized in 1908 by Dr. B. W. S. Wiseman, Isaac Wiseman and others. Dr. B. W. S. Wiseman compiled and authored a Wiseman genealogy.  

  The entire Wiseman Family Tree has been added to this website, the same data that was available on MyFamily.com several years ago. In order to build upon this tree, you will need to submit your individual family branches. Please check your branch of this tree for any corrections or updates and submit them to the webmaster (see bottom of this page). This tree will not be revised but added to the New Wiseman Tree (click above button) using data that can be documented as factual. Do not send copied data from other websites because several have incorrect data. Please don't expect immediate updating, this project takes time. Please try your best to identify the source of submitted data and note if it is probable or possible if you do not know for sure. Feel free to submit GEDCOM files to avoid retyping which only causes mistakes. 

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 Invitation to our 2021 WISEMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION REUNION August 7th and 8th, 2021:

Greetings to all the Wiseman cousins, kinfolk, and friends,

            The 108th Wiseman Family Association Reunion (113th Anniversary) will be held on Saturday and Sunday, August 7th and 8th, at the Proctorville VFW, located at 32 Twp Rd 1225, Proctorville, Ohio, 45669.  The VFW is providing a meeting room for the genealogy workshops on Saturday and the Sunday luncheon and business meeting. There are many accomodadations for logding around Protorville, OH, Barboursville, WV, and Huntington, WV area for those who want to stay the night.

            Plan to attend the genealogy workshop and friendship meeting  Saturday, Aug 7th. Our historians and genealogists are eager to share their information and help you with your family tree.  The Wiseman Family Association was first organized in 1908 by Dr. B. W. S. Wiseman, Isaac Wiseman, and others.  Dr. B. W. S. Wiseman compiled and authored a Wiseman genealogy.  The extensive lifetime collections of Ernest Newton Wiseman and other family historians will be available for your research.  Several members have had their DNA done by AncestryDNA, and we are interested to see if others have done so in order to compare results.

On Sunday, Aug 8th, we will gather informally at the Proctor VFW beginning at 9 am.  A potluck luncheon will be served at 12:30 pm.  Please bring a covered dish and/or dessert to share.  WFA will provide baked ham and chicken at no charge. Please notify Jim Davisson of your intention to attend so that we know how much ham and chicken to get for the luncheon at 740-884-4126 or   Email:  jimdeb@[email protected]

The business meeting will follow the luncheon, and then we will hold an auction to raise funds for support of the WFA. Please bring items you wish to donate for sale at the auction.  Items with historical connections are especially appreciated.  Wiseman Family Association T-Shirts with the Wiseman crest will be on sale. 

Please feel free to invite members of your families and add their names to our mailing list.  If you would like to receive communications by email, please send Jim Davisson your email address.  This reunion belongs to all of us, and we especially encourage our younger people to become involved.  Copies of the WFA mailing list will be available at the meeting.  We are losing contact with some of our members due to moves, address changes and deaths, and we need your help to update our mail list.  Especially, we need to add the names of descendents of former active members.  If you have moved and this letter is forwarded please inform Jim of your new address.  Dues are $5 per person or $10 per family and can be mailed if you are unable to attend.

We look forward to seeing you in Proctor in August!   

Jim Davisson, Secretary    June 2121

            Click here to read invitation letter sent by Ernest Newton Wiseman in 1973

   

2021 WISEMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION OFFICERS  

James R. Davisson, Secretary/ VP                    Barbara Mahaffey, President                   Richard Ingles, Treasurer                                  

918 Francis Lane                                              PO Box 332                                             19094 State Route 141                                           

Chillicothe , Ohio 45601-9541                         Chillicothe , Ohio 45601-0322                Patriot , Ohio 45658-9132

Email:  [email protected]           Email:  [email protected]             Email:  [email protected]                    

Phone:   740-884-4126                                     Phone:  740-701-7475                              Phone: 740-379-2909                                              

 

                                                                                                              WISEMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION HISTORIANS  

Robert N. Wiseman, Senior Historian                 Sandy Wiseman, Historian                     Dawn Tonneman, Historian                    John Schweickart, Historian

782 County Road 70                                           8247 State Route 243                              9976 Midland Oil Road                          8856 Mathias Unit #35          

Proctorville , Ohio 45669                                    South Point, Ohio 45680                        Glenford, Ohio 43739-9624                  Grosse Ile, Michigan 48138

Email:  [email protected]                Email:  [email protected]      Email:  [email protected]                 Email:  [email protected]

Phone:  740-886-5778  Cell: 304-634-3097        Phone: 740-867-8729                             Phone 740-787-2018                              Phone:  734-692-5904

 

Marge Hess, Historian                                                                                                      Webmaster:  Walter E. McLendon

1675 Northwood Drive NE                                                                                              1006 Copeland Street

Lancaster, Ohio 43130-1118                                                                                            Lufkin, Texas 75904

Email:  [email protected]                                                                                  Email:  [email protected]       

Phone:  740-654-2934                                                                                                       Phone 936-632-7099  

Please frequent our WFA Website.   Check out your Wiseman connections and add genealogical data from your own family tree.   Walter McLendon is our webmaster.

            Hall of Honor                 Invitation letter sent by Ernest Newton Wiseman in 1973              WFA incorporated in Ohio as a non-profit organization so your donations or legacies are tax deductible. Efforts are on the way towards increasing WFA membership. Dues are used for mailing reunion notices to members and pay for some costs of the reunion. 

                              Webmaster: Walter McLendon in Texas is a Wiseman decendant of the Tennessee Branch 

Invitation to the 2017 Tennessee Wiseman Family Reunion on August 26, 2017 at noon at McKendree 

Methodist Church, 208 Wheeler Street, Portland, TN. 

IS IT JUST ME, OR HAS THIS YEAR JUST FLOWN BY?  HOPE EVERYONE IS UP FOR OUR ANNUAL FAMILY REUNION THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THE LAST SATURDAY OF THIS MONTH.  I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE SURE THEY ARE ALL INVITED.  PAPER PLATES, NAPKINS, CUPS, KNIVES & FORKS WILL BE FURNISHED so  BRING YOUR FAVORITE DISHES TO SHARE. FAMILY IS SUCH A BLESSING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OF YOU.         SINCERELY, MYRNA MINTON, JIMMY & SHIRLEY JOHNSON   PH. 615.300.1931

     Wiseman Cemetery Revived in 2003

The Wiseman family cemetery in Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tennessee has been hidden away for over a century with the last known burial in 1910. Jim Wiseman of Hendersonville, TN learned of the cemetery in the Sumner County Archives where two ladies had compiled the cemetery records in 1981. It took Jim a few years to find the cemetery and then in August 2003, several of Wiseman cousins gathered to clear the brush and fence it just in time for our annual Wiseman family reunion. Cattle had been free to roam through the cemetery under the cover of trees, obviously an ideal spot for cattle to lay protected from the heat and the sun. The largest head stones had been toppled and broken, only the ones buried survived destruction. Eight legible stones were found among an estimated 47 graves of which all the others were marked with simple field stones.

The significant thing about our Wiseman cemetery is that Elder John Wiseman is buried there. John was born in Rowan County, NC in 1780 and actually walked to Tennessee alongside his two-wheel horse drawn tar cart carrying his wife and infant son. There, an incredible story about an impoverished Baptist minister began, impacting the history of Tennessee and the Baptist faith in the region. John’s son married Mildred Weatherred, another significant name in Tennessee, connecting to the Bate family who gave Tennessee a governor and U.S. senator. Mildred’s great-grandmother, Patience Sumter was a sister to General Thomas Sumter for whom Fort Sumter was named. Mildred’s uncle Francis Marcus Weatherred, Jr. was called by his friend Sam Houston to help fight Santa Anna in the new Republic of Texas, where Francis later helped write their first constitution as he served as a representative of the people. Five generations of Wiseman’s are buried in our cemetery including Weatherred’s and Troutt’s.

The Wiseman Cemetery is hopefully, prepared for another century. Despite its rural isolated location, many Wiseman descendants contributed to a modest maintenance fund to try to prevent the re-growth of destructive brush so that the legible headstones can survive. The following is our recent transcription of the existing headstones: 

Elder John Wiseman Faith Minister of the Gospel for more than half a century Jan 24, 1780 to Mar 14, 1864  (son of Jacob Wiseman & Elizabeth Henderson)

Anna "Anny" Hunt  1780 to Jul 25, 1842 (wife of John Wiseman, only a field stone marks her location beside John)

Elder Jonathan Wiseman Sep 29, 1804 to Oct 18, 1869 (son of John & Anna Wiseman)

Mildred B. Weatherred May 16, 1810 to Nov 10, 1884 (wife of Jonathan Wiseman-dau of John   Weatherred & Elizabeth Gilmore)           

Agnes E. Weatherred Jones  Feb 4, 1803 to Dec 1, 1878 (wife of James Thomas Jones & sister of Mildred B., Jonathan’s wife)

William M. Wiseman  May 13, 1831 to Apr 4, 1849 (son of Jonathan & Mildred Wiseman)

Frank W. Troutt Jun 29, 1879 to Feb 13, 1882 (son of John Albert Troutt & Nancy Cooper Wiseman-dau of James R. Wiseman & Lucinda Wilks) [this stone was buried about 6 inches and is in excellent condition]

Found footstone with the letters F. W. T. was found some distance from Frank W. headstone and now we have confirmation from a Troutt cousin that it should be Frank’s footstone.

John W. Jones Sep 28, 1879 to Apr 22, 1880 (son of John W. Jones & Minerva B. Wiseman-dau of James R. Wiseman & Lucinda Wilks)

Malinda Sue Payne Apr 18, 1836 to Jun 21, 1885 (first wife of John Wilson Wiseman & dau of Edwin Payne & Elizabeth Haynes)

There is a record of Barks Jones being buried in this cemetery on Oct 1, 1910. Barks was a 27 year old nephew to Wilson Wiseman. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~providence/obit_sep-oct_1910.htm

Wiseman Cemetery is about .8 miles inside private property of son of Dr. Stevenson, about 5 miles north of Castalians Springs on Homer Scott Road. We hope to find Wiseman descendants who might have proof of others buried in our cemetery.

1 John Albert TROUTT
 + Nancy Cooper WISEMAN
     2 Frank Wilson TROUTT b: 6-29-1879  d: 2-13, 1882 buried Wiseman Cem
     2 James “Jimmy” Robert TROUTT + ?
         3 James Robert TROUTT doctor in Gallatin, TN

    

This website was initiated on August 22, 2003

Contact WFA webmaster [email protected] for any questions and information.