Tag Archives: Sniper

It looks as though my great, great, great, great, great grandfather, Clark Wise, may have been with Washington at Valley Forge

By Mark | January 13, 2020

While I’m tempted to make the case that my family’s Wise line goes all the way back to Colonel John Wise (1617-1695), who is thought to have arrived in the Virginia Colony from England in 1635, I think it’s probably more likely that the first Wise in my family to step foot in America was […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 11th Virginia Regiment, 14th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, 14th Regiment of the Kentucky Cavalry, 1777, 1817, 1870, bounty lands, census, Civil War, Clark Wise, Clarke Wise, Colonel John Wise, Continental Army, Culpeper, Culpeper Minutemen, Daniel Morgan, David Avery, Defense of Philadelphia, exposure, Franklin County, Gabriel Long, genealogy, George Washington, Illinois, Invasion of Canada, James Monroe, Jefferson Davis Wise, John Anderson Wise, Julia Long, Kentucky, Lafayette’s Division, land bounty, Lavina Tipton, Leonardtown, Lord Cornwallis, Louvina J. Tipton, Lucinda Etherton Wise, Mark's ancestors, Marquis de Lafayette, Maryland, Matilda Gill, Matilda Gill Wise, Minnie Florence Wise, Minnie Wise Florian, Monterey, Morgan’s Rifles, muster, Ohio, Owen County, pay stub, Revolutionary War, Richard Wise, Schuyler, Siege of Boston, slavery, St. Mary's County, Stamping Ground, starving, surveying, Valley Forge, Virginia, Virginia colony, War of 1812, White Sulpher, William D. Wise, William Woodford, Wise, Woodford Brigade, Woodford’s Brigade, Wythe Thomas Wise | 16 Comments

The infinitely adapting life form known as David Bowie has been called back home

By Mark | January 12, 2016

There was no way that David Bowie wasn’t going to be famous. His will was too strong. As childhood friends of his have said, he was already preparing for fame at nine, aggressively moving between fads, attempting to catch the right one at the right time in order to propel him toward celebrity. He was […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged another famous person has died, Apollo 11, Arnold Corns, Brian Epstein, celebrity, David Bowie, David Bowie Wants Idea, determination, fads, fame, Jeff Starship, Joey Ramone, Longwater, Lou Reed, Lour Reed, Love You till Tuesday, Madona, Major Tom, Moonage Daydream, rural pop, sociopaths, space, Space Oddity, The Ostrich, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men, Timothy Monger, trends, Ziggy Stardust | 43 Comments

Connect

Recent Comments

BUY LOCAL... or shop at Amazon through this link

Banner Initiative

John Maggie

Elsewhere

Shop at Amazon