Biographical Note

Henry C. Wysor was born in October 21, 1847, in Washington County, Virginia, to George Washington and Margaret Ann Wysor. During the American Civil War, he enlisted with the Confederate Army at the age of 16 in 1864 with the 45th Infantry. He primarily worked as a Life Insurance Agent who ran his own branch of the New-York Life Insurance Company in southwestern Virginia. He also owned an apple orchard and sold apples to people throughout southwestern Virginia and West Virginia. He passed away on August 7, 1927, in Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia.

Wysor married Mary Elizabeth Shipp in 1873. She was born on October 24, 1846, in North Carolina. She married Henry C. Wysor in 1873. She passed away on August 21, 1922 in Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia.

The two had six children, Mary S., William W., Henry, Cora R., Rufus J., and Davidson C. Wysor. Mary S. was born in May 1876 in Dublin, Virginia, William W. in March 1878, Henry in April 1880, Cora R. in July 1881, Rufus J. in December 1885, and Davidson C. in November 1888. William later resided in West Virginia working for a coal company, and Henry resided in Pennsylvania as a professor.

Sources:

U.S. Federal Censuses, 1900-1910

Henry Crockett Wysor, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38066024/henry-crockett-wysor, accessed May 01, 2023.

"Mary Elizabeth Shipp Wysor", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38064279/mary-elizabeth-wysor, accessed May 01, 2023.

"Henry C Wysor" in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/676433:1555, accessed May 01, 2023.

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