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David Pitman Wiseman

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David Pitman Wiseman

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
18 May 1917 (aged 76)
Burial
Nehawka, Cass County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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David is the son of Solomon Wiseman and wife Mary "Polly" Graham of Harrison County, Indiana.

He married Sarah Ann "Sallie" Harper in Harrison County, Indiana on 1 March 1863. James C. Harper, J.P. married them. (Marriage Record Book E page 313, Harrison County Clerk's Office, Corydon, Indiana.

1880 Federal Census; Harrison Twp; Harrison Co; Indiana:
David P Wiseman (age 38, b. Indiana); wife Sarah A (age 34); dau Mary E (age 15); son George H (age 13); son James E (age 11); dau Emalin C (age 9); son John M (age 6); dau July A (age 4); son Solomon E (age 2).

1900 Federal Census; Nehawka pct; Cass Co; Nebraska:
David P Wiseman (age 59, b. Indiana) and wife Sarah (age 56) listed in B.F. and Julia (Wiseman) Moore household. They were living with their daughter and son-in-law.

The following is reported in a newspaper article about David:
On 18 May 1917, just five weeks after going to Hillsdale, Wyoming to visit his daughter, Julia, David was riding in a car with his son-in-law, Frank Moore, granddaughter, Mildred, a friend of Mildred's named Mary Zigler, and Miss Boman, an intermediate teacher in the Hillsdale school. The next day was Mildred's birthday. They were returning from Cheyenne at 6:30 p.m. when the car skidded in loose dirt where some grading had recently been done and the car rolled over one and a half times. All were thrown from the Ford car. David was pinned under the rear end of the car. When Frank and Miss Boman sufficiently recovered their senses, they realized what had happened. All they could see of David was his lower limbs sticking out from under the car. Frank then raised the car far enough off the lifeless body to allow Miss Boman to pull him out. When Frank saw that his father-in-law's head was crushed and mangled, he passed out. Miss Boman attempted to revive him [Frank] not knowing whether he was also dying or had just collapsed. She then heard a car coming and ran back to the top of the hill and hailed down Mr. Durham who took her and the two girls back to Cheyenne. If David had lived until the following day, he would have been 77 years old. His body was returned to Nehawka, Nebraska for interment.
(Obituary, The Corydon Democrat, Corydon, Indiana, Wed. 11 July 1917, Vol. 62 No. 15, section 2, page 5, column 6)
David is the son of Solomon Wiseman and wife Mary "Polly" Graham of Harrison County, Indiana.

He married Sarah Ann "Sallie" Harper in Harrison County, Indiana on 1 March 1863. James C. Harper, J.P. married them. (Marriage Record Book E page 313, Harrison County Clerk's Office, Corydon, Indiana.

1880 Federal Census; Harrison Twp; Harrison Co; Indiana:
David P Wiseman (age 38, b. Indiana); wife Sarah A (age 34); dau Mary E (age 15); son George H (age 13); son James E (age 11); dau Emalin C (age 9); son John M (age 6); dau July A (age 4); son Solomon E (age 2).

1900 Federal Census; Nehawka pct; Cass Co; Nebraska:
David P Wiseman (age 59, b. Indiana) and wife Sarah (age 56) listed in B.F. and Julia (Wiseman) Moore household. They were living with their daughter and son-in-law.

The following is reported in a newspaper article about David:
On 18 May 1917, just five weeks after going to Hillsdale, Wyoming to visit his daughter, Julia, David was riding in a car with his son-in-law, Frank Moore, granddaughter, Mildred, a friend of Mildred's named Mary Zigler, and Miss Boman, an intermediate teacher in the Hillsdale school. The next day was Mildred's birthday. They were returning from Cheyenne at 6:30 p.m. when the car skidded in loose dirt where some grading had recently been done and the car rolled over one and a half times. All were thrown from the Ford car. David was pinned under the rear end of the car. When Frank and Miss Boman sufficiently recovered their senses, they realized what had happened. All they could see of David was his lower limbs sticking out from under the car. Frank then raised the car far enough off the lifeless body to allow Miss Boman to pull him out. When Frank saw that his father-in-law's head was crushed and mangled, he passed out. Miss Boman attempted to revive him [Frank] not knowing whether he was also dying or had just collapsed. She then heard a car coming and ran back to the top of the hill and hailed down Mr. Durham who took her and the two girls back to Cheyenne. If David had lived until the following day, he would have been 77 years old. His body was returned to Nehawka, Nebraska for interment.
(Obituary, The Corydon Democrat, Corydon, Indiana, Wed. 11 July 1917, Vol. 62 No. 15, section 2, page 5, column 6)


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