Martha Agnes Wiseman

Female31 January 1874–20 August 1959

Brief Life History of Martha Agnes

When Martha Agnes Wiseman was born on 31 January 1874, in West Virginia, United States, her father, John Lewis Wiseman, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Ann Bailey, was 29. She married Harvey P Wickline in 1896, in Monroe, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Sweet Springs, Monroe, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Sweet Springs District, Monroe, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 20 August 1959, in Zenith, Monroe, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Gap Mills, Monroe, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harvey P Wickline
1874–1962
Martha Agnes Wiseman
1874–1959
Marriage: 1896
Leonard Kyle Wickline
1898–1974
Athlene Wickline
1905–1966
son Wickline
1914–1914
daughter Wickline
1915–1915

Sources (17)

  • Mattie Wickline in household of Harvey P Wickline, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mattie A Wiseman, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Martha Agnes Wiseman Wickline, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1896Monroe, West Virginia, United States
  • Children (4)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 1

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 1

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 24

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from Middle English wise ‘wise, discreet’ (see Wise 1) + man, also wise-man ‘wise, thoughtful, rational, skilled, or intelligent person, a cunning man’ (Old English wīs + mann). The name may also have been used ironically.

    Americanized form of German Weismann .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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