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INTERESTING SKETCH j
OF WISEMAN FAMILYj
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Story of The Wiseman Family in Rutherford,)
Mitchell and Avery Counties Interesting- ;
ly Told —Descendants of William
Wiseman, of England.
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Names are always of peculiar in-
terest, first names, middle names and
last names* We often are led to
wonder what possessed a father or
mother to give a child such a first
name as Zero, Touse, or Larceeny.
And just as often are we led to
wonder where so many folks all by
the same family name originated.
Every section has its own particu
lar bevy of familiar names.
When in Yancey county a fairly
safe salutation is "Good morning,
Mr. Ray." Rutherford has its Ran
dalls, and its Harrills in large num
bers. Mitchell its Pendleys, Pitmans,
Burlesons and Buchanans, while in
Avery the stranger is introduced to
Wisemans on every side, and here
is where our story begins.
Away back in 1745, nearly 200
years ago, there lived a family on
St. James street, in London, Eng
land, by the name of Wiseman.
The father was dead, and the daugh
ters all married. The youngest child
12-year-old lad was left with his aged
mother, who was none too indulgent
with the boy. He resented the seem
ing injustices heaped upon him from
day to day, and dreamed of the
country across the big river and of
the wonderful things he could ac
complish there. So when he had
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J barely reached his 13th birthday, h
.' and two pals of about the same ag
! hid themselves away on a vessc
j bound for the United States.
Three Youngsters.
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1 1 The three youngsters were will
Jiam Wiseman, William Pendley an
} William Davis. They had taken
r generous lunch, thinking that in tw
'or three days they would reach thei
' 1 destination. However, three day
, passed, —four days— five days pass
ed— the lunch was gone, and n
land in sight. And a 13-year-old bo;
can get hungrier, perhaps, than an:
other human being in the world, am
so they had to cdme out from thei]
hiding places. The ship's crew took
them in charge and put them to wor!
for their board.
Upon landing somewhere on the
shores of the New England states,
the three boys were sold for their
passage over, and William Wiseman
fell into the hands of a blacksmith
who A was also a cabinet maker, for
the price of two pounds sterling, or
about SB.OO. The lad had finished
his apprenticeship as a woodworker
before leaving England and so prov
ed a valuable asset to the old black
smith. After serving for some time
in this capacity, he became an ex
pert cabinet maker, and through a
wager upon who could make the
finest cabinet, he gained his freedom.
Before he had reached his twen
tieth birthday, he made his way to
North Carolina, married Miss Mary
Davenport and settled on John's
River, near what is now Colletts
ville, N. C. To this union were born
11 children, namely, Thomas, Doro
thy, William, Mary, Davenport, Mar
tin, James, John, Celestial, Susan
nah and Robert. The mother died in
1796, the children grew up and set
tled in different localities throughout
the United States and the father was
married the second time to Miss
Lydia Bedford. He purchased a large
boundary of land on North Toe Riv
er and established his home on the
present site of Sunnybrook Farm,
now owned by Robert Wiseman in
Avery county. Being a man of strong
character, he soon made a place for
himself, being magistrate and lead
er in that section of the country.
Seven children came to bless the
[second marriage, and it is the des
cendants of these children who make,
up a large part of the population of
Avery, Mitchell and adjoining coun
ties. The first son, born in 1799,
was named Bedford for his mother! |
The second was Alexander, being the j
forefather of the Avery county and ;
the Rutherford county Wisemans.
Jennie Mae, the third child, born ;
in 1802, married Daniel English, be
coming grandmother of the well
known Englishes and Rowes of this ;
section. Josiah Wiseman, grandfath-1
er of the late Sheriff Ade Wiseman, j
was born in 1806. Elizabeth, anoth-j
er daughter, married an Ollis, be
er ming the mother and grandmother
of the Ollis generation in Avery
county. Lydia was the sixth child, j
and Antney Center the seventh, the j
latter being the grandfather of John
Wiseman of Linville Falls.
Family Of Twelve.
Alexander, the second son of the
old man by his second marriage, set
tled at the. old home place, married
Miss Delilah Fox, of near Morgan
ton, and raised a family of 12 boys
and girls, all of whom grew to man- j
hood and womanhood. The eldest i
daughter of this couple, Lydia Louise I
j married J. C. Keener, their daughter !
becoming the wife of Brownlow Bur-'
leson and the ancestor of the Avery
county Burlesons. The second daugh
ter, Minerva, married John Woody,
and was v the grandmother of Dr. L.
G. Woody of Toecane, James Wise
man, of Ingalls, and grandfather of
Dr Earl Wiseman, of Indianapolis,
d-, and "Skyland Scotty" Wiseman
of Fairmont, W. Va. William Daven
j port Wiseman was married to Miss
| Victoria Durham, and settled in
Rutherford county, being the father
of Dr. Baxter Wiseman, of Henriet
ta. Luanda Adelaide married Ben
jamin Fortune, of near Asheville.
becoming the mother of Mrs. Myers,
Dr. Fortune, and Robert Fortune, of
Asheville. Alexander the sixth
son, died with measles while in the
Confedei-ate Army.
The seventh child was Josiah La
fayette, born in 1842, and married
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Miss Sara Beunavista Blalock, and
Jis the father of R. L. Wiseman and
, | Miss Cordia Wiseman. Nancy Matil
da, another daughter, was married
|to Reuben Young, one of the pioneer
! residents of Bakersville, and be
,jcame the mother of George Young,
| prominent merchant of that pl» ce
j Delilah Beunavista was married tc
j John Huss, and was the mother oi
i Charlie and Hudson Huss, of Gas
jtonia, a grand daughter being th«
! private secretary of A. L. Bui win
jkle, of Gastonia, at present. Mal'isss
e Evaline grew to young womanhooc
eland died at the age of 21 years, un
1 i married. Stanhope Carson Wisemai
married Nannie V. Childs. Thi
youngest daughter, Helen Augusta
;was born in 1854 and married Jess*
;R. Greene who lives at Spruce Pine
,'lShe was the mother of Mrs. Ma
Li 
I Franklin of Linville Falls and Len
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r j oir, and several other children, som
iof whom now live in California.
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i The grave of the first Willian
5 ! Wiseman can be seen in the garder
,i of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wisemar
' i
T at Sunnybrook Farm in Avery coun
l'ty, thg old home of this rugged pion
. i eer. Many were the hardships en
i dured back in those early days when
| this country was a wilderness. Tra
jdition has it that at one time Mr.
j Wiseman's second wife wished to v'sit
1 some friends and relatives on the
j opposite side of the Blue Ridg?
| mountains, and set out alone on
horseback. There were no mails in
those days, and so she set the day
jfor her return before leaving.
I Fails To Appear.
The set day came for wife and
{mother to come home, but she fail
led to show up. The following morn
i ing about 9 o'clock the horse with
j out saddle or rider came into the
j barnyard, and consternation reiarn
;ed in the household. A party of men
j set out at once to look for Mrs.
j Wiseman, but went only a short
j distance when they met her carry
i ing the saddle. The afternoon pre
vious she had given the horse the
I rein while she ate a lunch, thinking
j tha horse would take her directly
i home. The horse, however, decided
:to go to a distant mountain where
he had been in the habit of graz-
I ing, and so weHt quite a distance
| before the rider noticed that she
| was off the trail. It was then almost
idark, so dismounting, she her
horse to a tree, wrapped herself in
hei saddle blanket and slept beneath
the stars. Next morning she turned
j the horse loose, knowing he would
igo home, and then she followed with
! the saddle on her shoulder,
i Another story is told of one of
i William Wiseman's neighbors, a
family by the name of Bright, who
ihad several girls and boys in their
| k° me - During a severe winter in the
early years of the 18th century, a
family by the name of Grant com
ing from the South, stopped for a
night's lodging at the Bright home.
Next morning a blizzard was raging
and as there were no roads, and the
blizzard kept up for days, the Grants
had to remain until spring before
they could move on. There were also
boys and girls in the Grant family
and during the long stay there were
several intermarriages between the
two families, so when the time came :
to continue the journey northward !
the Brights joined the caravan and
all went on together. It is claimed
that these Grants were the ancestors
of General U. S. Grant.
The Wisemans are numbered a
mong the knights of old. Charles
t e Second's Surgeon was a Wise
man, and the present holder of the
title is Sir William Wiseman of Lon
don,. during the World war held
much the same position under the
ing that Colonel House held under i
President Woodrow Wilson.
It is of interest, to know that both 1
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the comrades of William Wiseman
who came over as stowaways, William
Pendfey and William Davis, event
ually came to North Carolina and
settled, many of the descendants of
William Pendley being residents of
Mitchell county—but theirs is an
other story.
PIEDMONT SCOUT LEADERS
PLAN CAMP CONFERENCE
Tryon, N. C., May 24. —Scout
leaders of the Piedmont Council of
the Boy Scouts of America plan to
hold their annual camp training con
ference at the Piedmont Boy Scout
camp at Lake Lanier, June 5, 6, and
7th.
Scoutmasters, Troop committeemen
and members of the Piedmont Coun
cil in the counties of Gaston, Cleve
land, Lincoln, Rutherford, Polk, Alex
ander, Caldwell Burke, Iredell, Cataw
ba, and McDowell will take part in
the conference which will be divid
ed into two periods, one beginning
with supper on Friday night, June
sth at 6:30 o'clock and ending with
noon dinner on Saturday, the second
session will start with supper on Sat
urday night, June 6th at 6:30 o'clock
and close with noon dinner on Sun
day.
The conference will be under the
direction of Scout Executive R. M.
Schiele and his associates on the staff
of the Piedmont Boy Scouf camp.
Several hundred men are expected
to be in attendance at the confer
ence and will enter into various
scouting activities.
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LOST 47 LBS.
In 3 Months and
Feels Years Younger
Mrs. S. A. Solomon of New Bern, (
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217 to 170 lbs. She feels much
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looks better as all her friends tell
her.
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glass of hot water every morning
before breakfast.
Attention to diet will help cut
ont pastiy and fatty meats—go light
on potatoes, butter, cream and su
gar—the Kruschen way is the safe
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THE NORTH CAROLINA AUTOMOBILE
LAW AND WHAT YOU MUST
KNOW ABOUT IT
THE LAW
The Financial Responsibility Law pertaining to the
operation of Motor Vehicles in the State of North
Carolina, effective July 1, 1931, compels the Commit
sioner of Revenue to revoke the license and registra
tion of a person, when a judgment in excess of §IOO
has been rendered against such person, arising out of
the use of a motor vehicle, where such judgment re
mains unpaid after 30 days, unless such person shall
furnish proof of his ability to respond in damages for
future accidents.
The failure OH the part of operators to fulfill the
requirements of this law, as explained in this ad, will
cause the Commissioner of Revenue to revoke their
operating license and registration certificates thereby
depriving them of the privilege of operating a motor
vehicle.
PENALTIES
If any person fails to return operator's license and
registration certificates after failure to prove finan
cial security he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
subject to a fine of not less than SIOO, nor more than
SIOOO.
If any person shall forge any evidence of financial
security he shall be guiltv of a misdemeanor and sub
ject to a fine of not less than SIOO or not more than
SIOOO, or not more than 30 days in jail, or both.
OBJECT
Is to protect the public from operators oi motor ve
hicles who are unable to pay for the damage caused
by an accident. After a judgment has been rendered,
such as described herein, and is not paid, the owner
must present evidence of financial responsibility be
fore he can again operate his automobile.
FORMS OF RESPONSIBILITY
REQUIRED
Financial responsibility may be established in the
following manner:
A certificate of insurance issued by an insurance
company licensed to do business in the State, certify
ing that the owner carries public liability insurance
of not less than SSOOO for one injured person and not
less than SIO,OOO for two or more persons injured in
any one accident, and property damage insurance of
not less than SIOOO for damage to property.
A bond of either a surety company or two personal
sureties.
COMPLIANCE
Obviously the simplest and best way to comply
with the law is to buy an automobile liability and
pioperty damage insurance policy. The automobile
°^l er ma y have difficulty in obtaining insurance
AFTER the occurrence of an accident and to avoid
ppatJ S wise t0 * NSURE . NOW. BE READY AND
rKOTECTED. Without insurance, delays and incon
venience will be experienced owing to the cancella
lon and reinstatement of the operator's license dur
ing the procedure of securing a policy.
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Thursday, May 28, 193 1