Person:Richard Wise (10)

Watchers
m. Nov 1840
  1. Richard Alsop Wise1843 - 1900
  2. Margaretta Ellen Wise1844 - 1909
Facts and Events
Name Richard Alsop Wise
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Sep 1843 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death? 21 Dec 1900 Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Burial[1] Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond City, Virginia, United States

Notes

  • Civil war - officer, 10th Virginia Cavalry
  • Civil war - Captain and Assistant Inspector General on the staff of his father
  • 1869-1881 - professor, College of William and Mary
  • 1885-1887 - Superintendent of the Eastern Virginia Lunatic Asylum, Williamsburg, VA
  • elected to US House of Representatives as a Republican from Virginia's 2nd Congressional District
    • 1898-1899 - 1st term
    • Mar 1900 - Dec 1900 - died while serving his 2nd term
References
  1. 6918653 , in Find A Grave
    includes photos, last accessed Sep 2022.