Hi Frank I have a little more that may be a connection. The Montgomery County 1880 census lists the following family: 100-102 Wise William W M 43 Saloon IL _ _ Cherryvale town Addie W F 22 Wife KS. IL. IL. Luther W M 22 son Clerk IL. IL. IL. Albert W M 20 son Clerk IL. IL.IL. John W M 14 son IL. IL. Edward W M 7 son KS. IL. IL. Myrtle E. W F 9/12 dau KS. IL.IL There is a notation which says: Wise Children - see William Seth 461-461 Seth William W M 39 Land Agent Ind. _ _ Independence Matilda W F 35 wife Ind. Ind. KY Dora Wise W F 6 s-dau KS. Pa. Ind. Carl Wise W M 3 s-son " " " Myrtle E. Wise at age 9 mos in 1880 would have been about 17 years old in 1896. The question is, could William Wise be the George in the announcement? If the census asked for first name and IF George was his middle name and IF he went by his middle name, it is possible that they are the same family. That may sound far-fetched, but many people use their middle names so exclusively that the only place the first name appears is on legal papers. My parents are a case in point. Both of them go by their middle names. In fact my mother's birth certificate has her listed as Ruth Neel, even though her entire given name is Sarah Ruth Neel. My dad's name on anything legal always ended up William Goble, but my wedding invitation, announcement listed me as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Goble. Anyway, there it is for what it is worth. BTW, there were several other Wise families in Montgomery Co at the time of the 1880 census but not our elusive Sylvester. Barbara Goble Volker -----Original Message----- From: The Wise Family <Macmhuirich@email.msn.com> To: WISE-L@rootsweb.com <WISE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 8:00 AM Subject: George & Myrtle Wise >I was going through my files and found an announcement I copied from the >Coffeyville [KS]Journal (Dec 26, 1896): > >"Mr. & Mrs. George Wise have issued invitations to the marriage of their >daughter, Myrtle to Mr. Claude Welker, on Wednesday evening, December 30th >at eight o'clock at the Baptist church. The reception will take place at the >residence of the groom from nine till eleven o'clock of that evening." > >Does anyone have any information on this Wise family? Please contact me at >the email address below. > >Happy Hunting, > >Frank W. Wise [mailto:macmhuirich@email.msn.com] > >Researching WISE, BLEVENS, BITNER, LASLEY, SANDS, NOBLETT, GRAY >My wife, Nancy's lines are: STOFFER, WEBBER, BOYNTON, OWEN, LUTHY, FAGAN >Sylvester J. Wise where are you? >=================================== >Visit our WISE family website at http://geocities.com/heartland/fields/4363/ >Distant Cousin Genealogy: http://distantcousin.com >ICQ #8931206 > >