Tag Archives: Minnie Wise

The story about my great, great grandfather nearly severing the leg of his brother with an axe

By Mark | March 7, 2020

Not too long ago, as you may recall, I shared a few family stories here that had been handed down by my great grandmother’s cousin, Mattie Belle Wise (1892-1992). Well, I’ve got another family story to share with you today. This one, however, comes from my recently-discovered fourth cousin, Stephen Wise. [Stephen reached out to […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged axes, Billy V. Wise, Caesarea Church of Christ, Elkhorn Creek, family history, fishing, Fox and Hounds, geneology, George Henry Wise, Georgetown, James Monroe Wise, James Monroe “Roe” Wise, Jefferson Davis Wise, Jennie Tucker Wise, John Anderson Wise, legs, Lexington, Long Branch, Minnie Wise Florian, Minorsville, Scott County, Seth Wise, Stamping Ground, Stephen Wise, Thomas Richard Wise, tobacco, trotline | 6 Comments

Finding my family’s version of “Little House in the Big Woods”

By Mark | February 4, 2020

Quite often, I find myself thinking things like, “If not for this one thing having happened, I likely wouldn’t be where I am today.” I wonder, for instance, if my father hadn’t gotten into an accident that kept him from shipping off for Vietnam, how my life might have turned out differently. Or I start […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1900, 1918, 1918 flu, adoption, Bessie Roberts Wise, biscuits, Carrie Wise, census, Charles Maynard, Church of Christ, Cleve Wise, crackers, Curt Florian, Curtis Florian, Edgar Emerson Wise, Edgar Wise, family history, farming, feather bed, feathers, flu, food preservation, foster parents, Franklin County, geese, geneology, Georgetown, Gladys, Gladys Florian Phillips, Grover Cleveland Wise, Hattie Wise, horses, Jefferson Davis Wise, John Calhoun Wise, Kate Wise, Kentucky, land bounty, land warrant, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, log cabin, Ma Florian, Mark's ancestors, Matilda Gill Wise, Mattie Belle Wise, Mattie Wise, midwife, Mimi Gladys, Minnie Florian, Minnie Wise Florian, Minor Branch, Minorsville, natural childbirth, old maid, orphans, Owen County, Pa Florian, poverty, public education, Sarah Catherine Emerson Wise, Scott County, smoking, spring house, Stamping Ground, subscription school, teaching, tobacco, War of 1812, Wise, Woodlake, Wythe Thomas Wise | 10 Comments

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