Dyas Neel Wise

Brief Life History of Dyas Neel

When Dyas Neel Wise was born on 10 November 1846, in Wadestown, Monongalia, Virginia, United States, his father, James Wise, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Garrison, was 33. He married Jane Lough on 16 December 1866, in Scotland, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Monongalia, Virginia, United States in 1850. In 1900, his occupation is listed as farmer . He died on 24 February 1941, in Jefferson Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Conyers Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dyas Neel Wise
1846–1941
Jane Lough
1848–1935
Marriage: 16 December 1866
James Samuel Wise
1868–1941
Mollie Wise
1870–1956
Judge David Alexander Wise
1871–1963
Olive Wise
1874–1966

Sources (20)

  • Dias N Wise, "United States Census, 1930"
  • birth and death of Dyas Neil Wise
  • Dyas M Wise, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

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World Events (8)

1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established

Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a wise or learned person, from Middle English wise, wisse ‘wise’ (Old English wīs). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs and De Wijs, a nickname meaning ‘(the) wise’, and possibly cognates in other languages.

English: topographic name for someone who lived by the withies or willows, from Middle English withi, Old English wīthig ‘withy, willow’.

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Weiss ‘white’.

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

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