Louis Albert Wiseman (1855 - 1923)

Born 14 Apr 1855 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jennie Ann Latson — married 15 Sep 1878 in Kansas, United States

Died 2 Jan 1923 at age 67 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Louis Albert /Wiseman/^[2][3][4][5]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 14 APR 1855

Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH^[6]

Birth:

Date: 1855

Place: Indiana^[7][8][9]

Birth:

Date: 14 APR 1855

Place: Cincinnati, Ohio or Spring Field,Illinois^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 14 APR 1855

Death

Death:

Date: 2 JAN 1923

Place: Hollywood, Calfiornia 4444 Santa Monica Blvd.^{[17][18][19][20]}

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hollywood Cemetery at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard^[21][22][23]

Occupation

Occupation:

Date: 1892

Place: Worked at the coal mine in Raton, New Mexico.^[24]

Occupation:

Date: BET 1903 AND 1907

Place: Railroad car carpenter for Santa Fe^[25]

Occupation:

Date: BET 1907 AND 1911

Place: Car foreman for Santa Fe railroad car repairs in Barsow, California.^[26]

Residence

Residence:

Date: BET 1855 AND 1878

Place: Cincinnati, Ohio^[27]

Residence:

Date: BET 1878 AND 1892

Place: Bever Creek, Oklahoma^[28]

Residence:

Date: BET 1892 AND 1907

Place: Willow Springs then later named Raton, New Mexico^[29]

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Raton, New Mexico^[30]

Residence:

Date: BET 1911 AND 1923

Place: Hollywood, California^[31]

Note

Note: #NI1548

Marriage

Husband: Louis Albert Wiseman

Wife: Jennie Ann Latson

Child: Ella May Wiseman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 15 SEP 1878

Place: KS^[32]

Marriage:

Date: 1878

Place: Oklahoma^[33]

Marriage:

Date: 15 SEP 1878

Place: KS or OK^{[34][35][36][37]}

Note: #NF01

Husband: John Andrew Wiseman

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Robinson

Child: Louis Albert Wiseman

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 22 SEP 1853

Place: Cincinatti, Cheviot, Hamilton Co., Ohio^{[38][39][40][41][42]}

Sources

1. ↑ Wiseman-596 was created by David Plowman through the import of FAUPEL.GED on Feb 15, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S22336 Note: Bill Hedgcock
3. ↑ Source: #S20949
4. ↑ Source: #S22597 Data: Text: Frank wrote Gary Faupel in early 1880. The letter is undated. Frank was in Cedar Crest, NM in the Albuquerque area. He wrote his father and brother had the same middle name, Albert. Louis Albert and Stephen Albert.
5. ↑ Source: #S50899 Data: Text: Family Group Record #34 Individual # 61
6. ↑ Source: #S50899 Data: Text: Family Group Record # 34 Individual # 61
7. ↑ Source: #S57170 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 11 Louis age 5 born in IN
8. ↑ Source: #S22655 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 20 Line 25 Louis age 15 born in IN
9. ↑ Source: #S58158 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 11 Line 30 Louis age 25 born in IN
10. ↑ Source: #S22336 Note: Bill Hedgcock
11. ↑ Source: #S20949
12. ↑ Source: #S22603
13. ↑ Source: #S22622
14. ↑ Source: #S57170 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 11 Line 10 Louis age 5 born in IN
15. ↑ Source: #S22655 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 20 Line 25 Louis age 15 born in IN
16. ↑ Source: #S58158 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 11 Line 30 Louis age 26 born in IN
17. ↑ Source: #S22336 Note: Bill Hedgcock.
18. ↑ Source: #S20949
19. ↑ Source: #S22603
20. ↑ Source: #S50899 Data: Text: Family Group Record # 34 Individual # 61
21. ↑ Source: #S22612
22. ↑ Source: #S20949
23. ↑ Source: #S50899 Data: Text: Family Group Record # 34 Individual # 61
24. ↑ Source: #S22336
25. ↑ Source: #S22336
26. ↑ Source: #S22336
27. ↑ Source: #S22336
28. ↑ Source: #S22336
29. ↑ Source: #S22336
30. ↑ Source: #S68030 Data: Text: ancestry.com, District 35, Page 46, Line 55.
31. ↑ Source: #S22336
32. ↑ Source: #S58158 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 11 Lines 30 and 31 Louis and Jennie are in the family of of Louis' parents and were married in 1878.
33. ↑ Source: #S50899 Data: Text: Family Group Record 59
34. ↑ Source: #S22336 Note: Bill Hedgcock.
35. ↑ Source: #S20949
36. ↑ Source: #S68030 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 46 Lines 55 and 56 Louis and Jennie married for 22 years, married in 1878. In 1880 census living in Windsor Township, Cowley, KS
37. ↑ Source: #S58182 Data: Text: Family page for Louis A. Wiseman and Jennie Latson CONT Married 15 Sep 1878 No location given
38. ↑ Source: #S20949
39. ↑ Source: #S22336
40. ↑ Source: #S22622
41. ↑ Source: #S50899 Data: Text: Family Group Record 35
42. ↑ Source: #S68030 Data: Text: ancestry.com page 45 Lines 68 and 69 John A. and Mary E. married 47 years

• Source: S20949 Title: Nevada File Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
• Source: S22336 Title: Hedgcock, Bill Repository: Call Number: Media: Letter
• Source: S22597 Title: Wiseman, Frank Repository: Call Number: Media: Letter
• Source: S22603 Title: Death certificate for Louis Albert Wiseman Repository: Call Number: Media: Official Document
• Source: S22612 Title: Obituary for Jennie Wiseman Repository: Call Number: Media: Newspaper
• Source: S22622 Title: Pension Papers for John A. Wiseman Repository: Call Number: Media: Official Document
• Source: S22655 Title: 1870 US Census for Franklin Township, Hendricks Co., IN Repository: Call Number: Media: Census
• Source: S50899 Title: Forbes, Lesley Ann Stickley Note: #NS508991 Repository: Call Number: Media: Other

No NOTE record found with id NS508991.

• Source: S57170 Title: 1860 US Census for Jackson Township, Ripley Co., IN Repository: Call Number: Media: Census
• Source: S58158 Title: 1880 US Census for Windsor Township, Cowley Co., KS Repository: Call Number: Media: Census
• Source: S68030 Title: 1900 US Census for Raton, District 35, Colfax County, NM Repository: Call Number: Media: Census

Notes

Note NI1548His birthday could be April 16, 1854 (Bill Hedgcock) or April 18, 1854 (Nevada File)

Bill Hedgcock compiled the following history from information from his mother,Grace, his uncle, Frank, and me. I have several sources; Carlas Schultz' Nevada File; information from Frank Wiseman in his letter to my brother, Gary Faupel; Justin's "Thumbnail" history; and Frank's daughter, Marian Brooks who sent me information about herself and her parents.

Louis was born in Cincinnati where his grandfather had bought some acreage in 1836. His parents moved to Kansas sometime before 1878 when Louis was around 20 years old. While living in Kansas, his parents took in a neighbor girl, Jennie Latson when she ran away from her abusive father. In 1878 Louis and Jennie eloped. Five of their children were born in Kansas. Sometime before the birth of Amy Myrtle in 1888, they moved from Kansas to Beaver, Oklahoma. Louis's parents accompanied them as did his younger brother. Stephen who had married Elizabeth Campbell, and his spinster sister, Kate who was 26 years old. Louis' other sister, Anna had married John Cresewell and they stayed in Kansas.

(In the 1880 census the family is living in Windsor Township in Cowley Co., KS. John A and wife Mary are ages 56 and 45; Louis and Jennie are 26 and 21who were married in 1878; Albert is 21, Kate is 18; Mrs. Annie Berlin age 22 is a widow with three year old Effie. Annie relationship to the head, JAW is as a border, not daughter as it should be. Another mystery is Louis has a mark in column 10 indicating that he is married, but Jennie his wife, has a mark in the column that she is single. An even larger mystery is Ella May the daughter of Louis, born 1879 is not in the census at all.)

Louis and Jennie's family increased to seven while in Oklahoma. Soon after the birth of Sadie born February 1891, the Wiseman family made yet another move further west. Those who accompanied Louis and Jennie were their 7 children, Ella May, Stephen, Elizabeth, Vera, Grover, Amy, and baby Sadie; Louis' parents, John and Mary Wiseman; Mary's brother, George Robinson; Louis' brother and his wife, Stephen Albert, called "Uncle Albert" and Elizabeth; Elizabeth's brother, William Earl Campbell; and Louis' sister, Mary "Kate". They traveled by covered wagon from Beaver, Oklahoma along the Cimarron River to New Mexico where they settled in Willow Springs which was later renamed Raton. The area was mostly Indian territories with Seminole, Navaho, and Apache tribes.

The had a crate of chickens and a milk cow. At night they would let the chickens out to run around their camp. The milk cow became sore footed and they were able to trade her for another along the way. On the trip, everyone took turns riding in the wagon, but when they came to a mountain all would have to hike up the hill. Along the way they stopped at Dodge city, Kansas to buy supplies and while they were there, witnessed an unusual event. While in the store, a man came in and when the clerk saw him, the clerk ran out the back door and jumped into a well. The man ran after him, found the clerk hiding in the well and shot him. Frank, the one who told this story, didn't know why this had happened or which one was the "good guy" or the "bad guy".

John and Mary's daughter, Kate died along the trail. She was buried en route to New Mexico. Raton became the final home for John and Mary. They are both buried in Farimont Cemetery in Raton. Stephen and Elizabeth did not have children. The land records in the Colfax court house show they owned large tracts of land in Raton. They both eventually moved to California where they died in Long Beach.

Louis kept a diary which his youngest son, Frank had in his possession. This diary is the source of the following.

(Bill Hedgcock recently learned this diary has been lost.)

Louis worked in the coal mines in Raton for a good number of years before going to work for the Santa Fe Railroad in 1903 as a carpenter to repair train cars. He earned 22 and 1/2 cents per hour, working ten hour days. His arthritis or rheumatism became so severe that he had to be hospitalized for over a year, during which time the railroad took care of all his needs. His doctors recommended a move to a warmer climate so he was transferred to Los Angeles on February 23, 1907. He and Jennie, along with 6 of their children, Grover, Amy, Sadie, Grace, Louellen, and Frank left Raton on Sunday, February 24, arriving in Los Angeles two days later on Tuesday the 26th. Louis reported to work on the 28th. He had a physical examination on March 10th. But there were no positions available and he did not find work until the first day of December when he was hired in Barstow to repair railroad cars. He moved his family there and started work on Thursday December 5th. Four years later, Louis quit working with the Santa Fe Railroad and moved back to Los Angeles where he worked in Hollywood for 12 years until his death in 1923.

From Justin Faupel's "Thumbnail" history 1984

Louis and Jennie Wiseman left Beaver, Oklahoma in 1893 for Raton, New Mexico. It was called Willow Springs then. Jennie had seven children when they left Beaver. Sadie was the baby. John and Mary's daughter, Kate died on the way. They stopped some place and had a funeral. (At this point, Justin's account stops and information is given for John Albert Wiseman Sr. and his son, John Albert Jr. See "More About" in the family pages for these two ancestors.)

(Justin repeats some of the above when he continues the story about the move to Raton.)

Ella Mae Wiseman and family including her grandparents, John and Mary Wiseman and Uncle Albert, Elizabeth, all migrated from Beaver, Oklahoma in 1893 to the Cimarron country in New Mexico by covered wagon. Mae was about twelve. Several of her brothers and sisters were included. They had a crate of chickens. When stopped for the night, they let the chickens loose. They also had a milk cow which became sore footed and were able to trade it for another on the way.

Everybody took turns walking, when they came to the first mountain, they stopped and all climbed it (the mountain). May and family made a trip to Dodge City, Kansas to buy supplies. A clerk was waiting on them and a man came and told him (the clerk) they wanted to see him. When he had finished waiting on them (the Wiseman family), he (the clerk) ran out back and jumped down an old well. They shot him in the well.

Obituary:

Word has been received in this city of the death of Louis A. Wiseman, a brother of Mr. S. A. Wiseman. Death occurred at 4444 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, on January 3, 1923. Burial was made at Hollywood Cemetery.

Mr. Wiseman was a resident of Raton for many years with his family, but has been living in California for a number of years. He is survived by his widow and several children, among them being Stephen A., Grover and Frank Wiseman; Mrs. Charles Vaughn, Mrs. W. M. Secord, Mrs. D. E. Evans, Mrs. W. W. Hedgecock. Another daughter, Mrs. H. F. Faupel, is a resident of this city.