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Marcus L. Wiser
Jr.Submitted by Clem
M. Wiser, Jr., great grandson of Marcus L. Wiser Sr.
Marcus
L. Wiser, Jr., son of Marcus L. Wiser, Sr., born 7 Oct 1864, Linesville, PA; died 12 Dec 1900,
Louisville, KY, married Mary Etta Adams.
Marcus L. Wiser Sr. was the son of son
of Eli B. and Mary E. Slocum Wiser of Linesville and the grandson of Harmon
and Mary E. Gallup Wiser who are buried in Linesville Cemetery.
Marcus
L. "Mark" Wiser left Crawford County, PA in 1861 for Branch
County, MI, where on 17 Aug 1861 at Coldwater, he enlisted in the Union Forces
for 3 Years of service. He enrolled in Captain Barretts' Company (1st
Northwestern Rifle Regiment) , which later became Company B 44th Illinois
Infantry. He was at the Battle of Chaplin Hills, KY, and then
transferred to Company F 15 Regt. Veterans' Reserve Corps. He was discharged at
Washington, D.C. on 24 Aug 1864. He reenlisted 9 Sept 1864, at Dunkirk,
New York, for 1 year, in Company H 90th Regt. N.Y. Vol. Infantry. Transferred to
Co. F 90th Battalion, N.Y. Infantry, he was reported missing in action at Cedar
Creek, Virginia on 19 Oct 1864. Prisoner of War records show him captured at
Cedar Creek on 19 Oct 1864, confined at Richmond VA, Oct 23, and sent to
Salisbury, NC. 4 Nov 1864. He escaped from Salisbury on 5 May 1865 and rejoined
the Union Forces at Lexington, KY, reported to Camp Parole, Maryland 23 May 1865
and was discharged at New York City 20 June 1865.
On
27 Mar 1864, in Owen Township, Clark Co., IN, Marcus L.
Wiser married Nancy M. Bowyer, daughter of Felix
Bowyer (1818-1760) and Lucy Hawkins (b.
1813). She was born 14 Feb 1846 in Bowyers Landing, Clark Co., IN, and
died 19 Jan 1936 in Charlestown, IN.
They
became the parents of:
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Marcus
L. Wiser, Jr., born 7 Oct 1864, Linesville, PA; died 12 Dec 1900,
Louisville, KY, married Mary Etta Adams.
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George
W. Wiser, born 3 Jun 1866, Linesville, PA; died 17 Jul 1937,
Birmingham, Ala., married Mary Eliz. Paley.
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William
H. Wiser, Sr., born 31 May 1867, Charlestown, IN; died 25 Dec 1943,
Louisville, KY, married Margaret Eliz. Clark and
Margaret Isabell Rogers.
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Samuel
E. Wiser, born 14 Dec 1868, Whitley, IL; died 17 Mar 1955, Mill
Valley, CA; married Martha E. Johnson.
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John
F. Wiser, born 14 Feb 1871, Charlestown, IN; died 1 Aug 1900; married
Lillian Quinton.
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Lillian
May Wiser, born 14 Oct 1875, Charlestown, IN; died 1944, Harrodsburg,
KY; married W. S. VanArdsdale Sr.
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Claudia
A. Wiser, born 8 Jun 1878, Charlestown, Clark Co., IN; died 19 Mar
1919; married James Connors.
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Arthur
G. Wiser, born 19 Apr 1881, Charlestown, Clark Co., IN; died 18 Oct
1939, Louisville, KY; married Verda ?
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Jesse
E. Wiser, born 4 May 1885, Charlestown, Clark Co., IN; died Sept
1966, Louisville, KY; married Amelia Joyce.
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infant
Wiser, male
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infant
Wiser, male
After the Civil War, he and his family resided
Linesville, PA, for two years, Moultrie County, IL, 3 years, Charlestown, IN, 20
years, Harrodsburg, KY, 6 years and moved to Louisville, KY in 1896.
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