Great Granny worked in the Wiseley store!

      In June I received a most welcome Email from Carrie. She is the great granddaughter of  Blanche Gertrude (Wiseley) Frederick, who was a daughter of Electious Wiseley.  I think we finally have it settled that Electious is really how he spelled his name. 
      The reason Carrie wrote me was because she had read this blog about the Wiseley store in Oakwood, Ohio and sent me the following information.
       Carrie said they had just started to go through the family "stuff" and found Electious bible, journals, photographs and a treasure trove of wonderful information. She was kind enough to send me the following information.
       
       Electious Wiseley married Mary Jane McCullough September 29, 1867.

Electious Wiseley was born April 20, 1844.

Mary Jane McCullough was born March 9, 1850

Their children were as follows:

Sanford Seymour                 August 28,1868
Artie Meckie                            August 3, 1870   ( She was also called Art and Artemesia)
Ada Ernestine                   March 23, 1873
Bertha Leona                    September 25, 1876
Loa Eugenia                             February 24, 1879
Vesta Velonia                   April 14, 1882
Blanche Gertrude                March 4, 1885   ( My great grandmother)
Clive Cliffton                          September 13, 1887

Deaths are listed as:

Sanford Seymour       August 23, 1869  ( difficult to read so may have died the day he was born or may have lived around one year)
Bertha Leona              June 18, 1883      ( says she lived 6 years, 8 months and 23 days)
 

During a recent trip to Springfield, IL I stopped at the marvelous new Allen County Library and found some of the following information related to Electious.  This obituary (sorry I was in such a rush I forgot to write the date...Duh!) lists the death of one of Electious brothers. This obit refers to Electious as Lechus of Oakwood, OH.  
    

From my own research I have found that Clive moved from Oakwood and died in South Bend, Indiana. 


      A big thank you to Carrie for sharing the information she sent me. I hope to meet her sometime and get some photos of the bible and related materials. This is really such a treasure. Just imagine all the photos, diaries, journals, and related information that is stashed away in boxes, bags, file drawers etc. If you have such a collection may I encourage you to go through some of it and make notes of who is in the photos, some info about who there are, names, dates, events, etc.  I am sure we all wish we would have taken the time to talk with relatives who are no longer with us. The stories they could tell!  Those that follow us may have the same desire for information. Please take time to leave them some clues. They will love you even more for it. 
      When i visited President Garfield's home near Cleveland, OH I learned that Mrs Garfield spent years going through letters and paperwork to explain who the people were that were mentioned in letters, and leaving other pertinent information. Her husband was only in office 200 days and she wanted the memory of him to be complete and accurate. Historians today could just hug that woman. 
     Again thank you for reading this blog. Please send me any information you may have on any Wiseley, Wisely, Wisly that would be hard to find in a database somewhere.  Again thanks to all who have already generously shared their family information with me. Every clue helps to add to a clearer picture of who we are and where we came from.