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1819 Heinrich Weise, son of Friedrich and Eva Elisabeth Weise, was born on April 1. He was baptized on May 31 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [1]

1840 Henry Wise married Matilda Musselman on 27 October 1840 at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [2] The marriage was announced in the newspaper. [3]

1850 Henry Wise (age 31) and Matilda Wise (age 27) lived in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with daughters Mary M (age 8) and Caroline (age 6). [4]

1858 Land of H. Wise and of Hy Wise was shown in the Bridgens map of Cumberland County in South Middleton Twp. Nearby was land of Jb Musselman. [5]

1860 Matilda Wise, wife of Henry Wise, died on November 30, at age 38y 29d, and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Her stone was adjacent to the stone for Henry. [6]

1870 Henry Wise (age 51) and Margaret Wise (age 42) lived in Southampton Twp, Franklin County, Pennsylvania with son Willis Wise (age 20). [7]

1880 Henry Wise (age 61, born in Pennsylvania), married, self (head), Farmer, lived in Southampton, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in Pennsylvania) with Margaret Wise (age 52), and Willis H. Wise (age 29). [8]

1883 Henry Wise died on March 21, at age 63y 11m 20d, and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His stone was adjacent to the stone for Matilda. [9]


Footnotes:

[1] Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, [FamilySearchRecord].

[2] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940, [FamilySearchRecord].

[3] Mary Anne Capell Wilson, Marriages and Deaths from the Carlisle Herald and Expositor (Carlisle, PA), 1837-1844 (Closson Press, 1998), 39, [GoogleBooks].

[4] United States Federal Census, 1850, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[5] Henry F. Bridgens, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys (Philadelphia: Friend & Aub Lith., 1858), [LibraryOfCongress].

[6] Find A Grave Memorial 88031293, [FindAGrave].

[7] United States Federal Census, 1870, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[8] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[9] Find A Grave Memorial 88031213, [FindAGrave].