Governor Henry Alexander Wise

1806 - 1901  (94 years)

• Name	Henry Alexander Wise
  Prefix	Governor
  Birth	3 Dec 1806	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jul 1901	Richmond, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I98168	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Maj John Wise,   b. Abt 1763, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Sarah Corbin (Sally) Cropper,   b. Bef 1799   d. 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 13 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1799	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F35859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Jennings,   b. Bef 1828   d. 1837 (Age 9 years)
  Marriage	Oct 1828
  Family ID	F35862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Seargent,   b. Bef 1840   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1840
  Children	1. John Sergeant Wise,   b. 27 Dec 1846, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil d. 12 May 1913 (Age 66 years)   2. Richard Alsop Wise,   b. 2 Sep 1843, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. 21 Dec 1900, Williamsburg, Virginia (Age 57 years)   3. 3 Further Children Wise
  Family ID	F35863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Lyons,   b. Bef 1853   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1853
  Family ID	F35864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  He was an American statesman from Virginia, as well as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In nineteen years of marriage with two wives, Wise fathered fourteen children, only seven of whom survived to adulthood. Note: Wikipedia has September 12, 1876 as date of death