My uncle lives in Elgin, Ok. it is a very recent connection with OK!!(1960's) Wendy J. Lucas wrote: > Mitchell, > Where is your Oklahoma connection? My great grandmother was Mary Lois Wise. > She married Joe Warren in Nov. 1898 in Lamar County, TX. My grandfather > J.E. Warren was born in Blossom, TX. They later moved to Soper, Oklahoma. > According to grandpa, they are buried in the Sugar Creek Cemetery, north of > Soper. Soper is located near Hugo, OK in S.E. Oklahoma. > > An interesting thing to note, my grandpa says her father was "Will Wise". > Does that correlate with your research? > > Wendy > > ---------- > >From: "Mitchell L. Wise" <mitchlwise@tusco.net> > >To: WISE-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Wise in Iowa > >Date: Tue, Oct 27, 1998, 11:01 AM > > > > >Harvey, > >Ever heard of the Dotts Family?? > >here is the Whole Story--- > > > >THE IOWA CONNECTION > > > > My name is Mitchell Wise. I live and have spent most of my life in > >Ohio, > >particularly Tuscarawas County, in the Village of Newcomerstown. I am 40 > >years > >old, having been born in 1958. > > I knew growing up as a kid that I had some close relatives living > >in Oklahoma, > >but not until my recent research into my family's geneology did I > >discover I had an > >"Iowa Connection". > > My great-great grandfather, William T. Wise was a private in the > >32nd Ohio > >Volunteer Infantry Division. William T. had a difficult military career. > >He was > >taken prisoner of war in 1862, had his gun explode in his face in 1863, > >and was shot > >in the left leg just above the left knee at the seige of Atlanta in > >1864. > > After returning from the war in 1865, William T.'s trouble may have > >only just > >begun.While working for the railroad in 1875, a small sliver of iron > >from a rail he > >was cutting lodged in his left eye. This eye would be removed within the > >next few > >years leaving him with only the sight of his right eye which was > >affected by the gun > >exploding in 1863. > > William T. , the father of five children, still worked for the > >railroad though his > >eyesight made it very difficult.He was drawing a pension of $6.00 per > >month from > >the army for the gun shot wound, but needing more he tried (without > >success) to get > >addition pension money for his right eye. > > A special examiner was sent to the area to obtain depositions from > >family, friends, > >neighbors, employers, and doctors as to the condition of William T. > >before he went > >into the Army and his condition upon returning. From these handwritten > >depositions > >we have learned a tremendous amount about William T.'s life before, > >during, and > >after the Civil War. > > William T. gave his deposition February 16th,1892. In it he states: > > > >"After my discharge, I was at home for two months but did no work. In > >September '65 > >I went to Eddyville, Wapello County, Iowa and drove team for Phillip > >Dotts (or Dutts), > >a coal dealer and farmer to the march of 1867. I boarded with Dotts > >(Dutts). I knew > >Hiram (Shoben?), farmer, Ira Brown, laborer, Samuel (Crow?), laborer, > >and others > >which names I cannot give. I had the (billions?) fever soon after I went > >there and a > >doctor from Eddyville treated me for it, I can't give his name, I was at > >Dotts' at the > >time. I came home in the spring of 1867 and ...." > > > > Annie M. Wise, William T.'s older sister also added this > >information in her > >deposition: > > > >"I think he (William T.) stopped at Eddyville, Iowa with our uncle > >George Wise, now > >dead. Don't know how long he was there, nor can I tell whether he was at > >work > >then.Thomas Dotts (Dutts), our uncle lives at Eddyville." > > > > The special investigator taking the deposition spelled "Dutts" as > >you see here but > >the handwriting on William T.s deposition makes it unclear and a I am > >unsure of the > >correct spelling. > > William T.'s brother, Samuel I. Wise also fought in the Civil War > >and after he > >returned home in 1865 to Ohio, he married Sarah Norris and began his > >family. > >Samuel died in 1928 in Missouri and his obituary contained this Iowa > >connection: > > > >" moved his family of five children and his first wife, Sarah Norris > >(from Ohio) to a > >farm near Ottumwa, Iowa in 1881" > > > > Samuel and his family left Iowa five years later and moved to > >Caldwell County, > >Missouri and later he was living in Cameron when he died. Samuel and > >Sarah were > >married in 1872 so when they left Iowa in 1886 their oldest child was > >probably not > >yet thirteen years old so I suspect all of his children left Iowa with > >him. > > Checking the road atlas, I discovered Ottumwa and Eddyville are > >only separated > >by 20 miles of Iowa farm land. > > Another twist to this story is a man named Elias Kendall, William > >T. and > >Samuel's Mother's brother, their uncle.The 1860 Ohio census for > >Tuscarawas > >County, Jefferson Township, has a 41 year old laborer named Elias > >Kendall > >boarding on a farm owned by Thomas Dotts. Mr. Dotts, age 56, also has an > >18 year > >old son named Thomas B. Dotts. > > We know William T. returned to Ohio and Samuel went on to > >Missouri. The > >George Wise mentioned may have returned to Ohio with William T. or he > >may have > >been living there before William arrived and stayed there when he left. > > There is a George Wise buried in Bethel Cemetery, Salem Township, > >Tuscarawas > >County, Ohio along side three of William T. and Samuel's siblings, but > >he died in > >1875 at the age of 84. If this is the same George Wise that was in Iowa, > >he would > >have been in his late 70's while doing this traveling. > > My best guess is the George Wise that was in Iowa is William T.'s > >father's > >brother, his uncle and the George Wise buried in Ohio is William T.'s > >grandfather. > > The Dotts family on the other hand could be related to William T.'s > >mother's side > >of the family. At this point that is unclear. But is is very clear that > >the Wise family in > >Ohio has an "Iowa Connection". > > > >Anyone having any interest, information, or question about this story is > >encouraged > >to contact me at (614)-498-4562. Or write to > > > >Mitchell L. Wise > >335 N. College St. > >Newcomerstown, Ohio 43832 > > > >E-mail - mitchlwise@tusco.net > > > > > > > >