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Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Henry Wysor Family Papers, Ms2015-026, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Henry Wysor Family Papers were donated to Special Collections in 2005.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Henry Wysor Family Papers was completed in July 2015.

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.)

Scope and Content

The Henry Wysor Family Papers consist of photocopies of the Henry Wysor Family Bible. The four photocopies of the family record pages list the births, deaths, and marriages of the Wysor Family from the 1770s to the 1960s, starting with Henry Wysor and his wife Barbary An Ripseed. Names on the record include Henry and Barbary and their descendents: George W. Wysor, H.C. Wysor, Emma Wysor, Elizabeth Wysor, Dr. John C. Wysor, Robert E. Wysor, Col. Robert E. Wysor, Mary Walker Blackmore, Captain J.D. Wysor, and Chantland Wysor.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by page number.

Related Material

Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives maintains several related Wysor family papers:

Rufus J. Wysor Papers, Ms1968-008

James M. Wysor Letter, Ms2013-035

Henry C. Wysor Family Papers, Ms2023-012

Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor, Ms2024-051

F. P. Miles Letter to Henry C. Wysor, Ms2024-052

John C. Wysor Letter, Ms2024-056

Robert E. Wysor Account Book, Ms2024-057

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Genealogy
• Henry Wysor family
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Henry Wysor Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).