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Henry Wysor family

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Biographical Note

Henry Wysor (or Wiser, Weiser, Wyser) was born to Adam and Elizabeth Beck (or Turnipseed) Wysor on April 15, 1755, probably in Pennsylvania. He was an American Revolutionary War soldier, who served as a sergeant in the Continental Army, possibly in the 8th Virginia Regiment, known as Muhlenburg's German Regiment.

Wysor married Barbary An Ripseed [also Barbara Ann Rübsamen] on April 21, 1777. Barbary was born to Johann George and Eva Rübsamen on February 20, 1758, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They had several children, including George, Mary, Elizabeth, Henry, John, [Catharine?], Jacob, William, and James.

Barbary died on May 10, 1837, and Henry died on January 12, 1844. Henry is buried alongside several family members in the Wysor Cemetery in Dublin, Virginia.

Sources:

Henry Wysor Family Papers, Ms2015-026 (this collection)

"Henry Wysor", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196972812/henry-wysor

"Henry Wysor" in the U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/1116/records/6951, accessed Nov. 6, 2024.

Frederick Sheely Weiser, ed., The Weiser family: a genealogy of the family of John Conrad Weiser the Elder (d. 1746), pp. 875-876, [Mechanicsburg, Penn.]: John Conrad Weiser Family Association, 1960, available online from HathiTrust at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774730, accessed Nov. 6, 2024.

William Wirt Wysor and Frank J. Klingberg, Old Sherry ; Portrait of a Virginia Family, p. 11, Richmond, Va.: Garrett and Massie, incorporated, 1938. (Available in SCUA under call number CS71 .W428 1938 SCUA Large.)

Mark Edward Steinke, The Early Wysor Family : With Variant Spellings Weiser and Wiser and Associated Families of Trinkle, Anderson, Cecil, Shufflebarger, and Peck, p. 12-13, Cincinnati, Ohio: Mark E. Steinke, 1998. (Available in SCUA under call number CS71 .W97 1998 SCUA Ready Reference.)

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Henry C. Wysor Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-012
Abstract This collection includes three series of papers of Henry C. Wysor and his family members. The first series comprises personal correspondence sent to Henry C. Wysor, his wife Mary E. Wysor who is sometimes referred to as Mrs. Henry C. Wysor, and his daughter Mary S. Wysor. The second series consists of papers regarding Henry C. Wysor's two businesses, his Apple Orchard and Life Insurance Branch. The Apple Orchard papers include correspondences and ledger paper sheets. The Life Insurance...
Dates: 1869 - 1918

Henry Wysor Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-026
Abstract

This collection has photocopies of four family record pages from the Henry Wysor family Bible. The papers list the births, deaths, and marriages of the Wysor family line from the 1770s-1960s, starting with Henry Wysor (1755-1844) and his wife Barbary An Ripseed (ca. 1758-1837).

Dates: undated

James M. Wysor Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-035
Abstract

The collection contains a letter, dated June 15, 1864, from James M. Wysor to his mother. While stationed at Kennesaw Mountain, Wysor, a soldier in the 54th Virginia Infantry writes about picket and military activities and actions, rations, and deserters.

Dates: 1864

John C. Wysor Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-056
Abstract

The John C. Wysor Letter is a letter from physician John C. Wysor (1854-1919) in Clifton Forge, Virginia to his brother Henry C. Wysor, in Dublin, Virginia, written on May 3, 1912. The letter details one of John C. Wysor's patient's medical payments.

Dates: 1912

Robert E. Wysor Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-057
Abstract

The Robert E. Wysor Account Book is an account book from 1891-1914 that includes receipts, correspondence, and more. The documentation of the account book appears to be both personal and business related. Wysor (1862-1936) was a civil engineer and farmer from Dublin, Virginia.

Dates: 1891 - 1914

Rufus J. Wysor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-008
Abstract

The collection includes two letters from his father, Henry C., written in 1889 and 1904, as well as two forms from the VPI Military Department, dated 1905 and signed by Rufus J. Wysor.

Dates: 1889, 1904-1905