Find A Grave Memorial# 23538278
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Progressive Men of Western Colorado
Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill.
R.C. Wise
The progressive and enterprising citizen of Mesa county, Colorado, to whom this brief review is dedicated, and who lives on a good farm which he has brought to a high state of cultivation and enriched with comfortable buildings, located twelve miles east of Grand Junction, is a native of Ohio, born at Ashtabula in 1846, and the son of Cornelius and Betsy (Chatfield) Wise. The father was a native of Pennsylvania and a carpenter by trade, and lived a life of useful industry, portions of which were passed in his native state, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri. He died in the last named state in 1872, at the age of sixty-four. The mother, a native of Connecticut, died in 1868, at the age of forty-eight.
Their son, R.C. Wise, passed his boyhood in Ohio and Illinois to the age of thirteen. In 1859 he accompanied his parents and the rest of the family to Missouri, where he remained until 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, Twelfth Missouri Infantry, in defense of the Union, and in that regiment he served to the close of the war. He then went to California and for a number of years was employed in driving stage in that state. Returning to Nebraska, he conducted a butchering business and meat market for seven years, then moved to Leadville when the gold excitement was at its height over that place. Some little time later he left there and took up his residence in Grand valley on the ranch which has since then been his home. During the Spanish-American war he enlisted for the Philippines campaign in Company L, First Colorado Volunteers, for a term of two years, and at the end of his term returned to his old Mesa county residence.
He was married in 1884 to Miss Lizzie Wallace, of Nebraska. She died in 1888, leaving four children, Anna M., Laura B., James C. and Walter F., her age being thirty-two years at the time of her death. Fraternally Mr. Wise is connected with the Odd Fellows (Lodge No. 58, at Colorado Springs), the Red Men (Neago Tribe, No. 38, at Lake City, Colorado), and the Knights of Pythias (Lodge No. 8, at Salt Lake City, Utah).
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USA Census, 1880
Name: Richard Wise
Event Place: Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Drayman
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1841
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Richard Wise Self M 39 Ohio
Lizzie Wise Wife F 26 Ohio
Annie Wise Dau F 6 Nebraska
Laura Wise Dau F 5 Nebraska
James Wise Son M 3 Nebraska
Walter Wise Son M 0 Nebraska
District: 154 , Sheet Number and Letter: 260A , GS Film Number: 1254743 , Digital Folder Number: 004242184 , Image Number: 00529
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COLORADO STATE CENSUS 1885:
RESIDENCE: Delta, Colorado
Martin Mitchell 49 Male Batchelor
Richd C Wise 49 Male Batchelor
Wm Williams 21 Male Batchelor
Pat Mcnamara 40 Male Batchelor
Household ID: 299 , Line Number: 15 , GS Film number: 498505 , Digital Folder Number: 004640515 , Image Number: 00229
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USA Census, 1900
Name: R Cal Wise
Event Place: Lincoln Township, Grundy, Missouri
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Brother
Birth Date: Feb 1847
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Birthplace: Ohio
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Frank Wise Head M 55 Ohio
Cathrine Wise Wife F 54 Ohio
Peter Wise Son M 23 Missouri
Emma Wise Dau F 22 Missouri
William Wise Son M 21 Missouri
Ira Wise Son M 17 Missouri
Gussie Wise Dau F 14 Missouri
Frank Wise Son M 11 Missouri
Mabel Wise F 9 Missouri
R Cal Wise Brother M 53 Ohio
District: 54 , Sheet Number and Letter: 9A , Household ID: 187 , Line Number: 44 , GS Film Number: 1240857 , Digital Folder Number: 004118779 , Image Number: 00145
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USA Census, 1910
Name: Richard C Wise
Event Place: Collbran, Mesa, Colorado
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Hired man
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
John Esher Head M 40 Wisconsin
Richard C Wise Hired man M 67 Ohio
Wayne Fleming Hired man M 18 Nebraska
District: 90 , Sheet Number and Letter: 3B , Household ID: 37 , GS Film number: 1374135 , Digital Folder Number: 004327325 , Image Number: 00963