Henry Wysor family
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
Henry Wysor Family Papers
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).
James M. Wysor Letter
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.
John C. Wysor Letter
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.
Robert E. Wysor Account Book
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.
Rufus J. Wysor Papers
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.