Sarah Chisman

1848 - 1918  (69 years)

• Name	Sarah Chisman  [1, 2]
  Birth	27 Aug 1848	Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Apr 1918	Anamosa, Jones, Iowa   [3]
  Burial	Riverside Cemetery, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa   [3]
  Person ID	I36795	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John Buckner Chisman,   b. 29 Oct 1817, Virginia d. 9 Apr 1882, Johnson County, Iowa (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane Whitley,   b. 22 May 1824, Indiana d. 20 Dec 1896 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	17 May 1845	Indiana   [5]
  Family ID	F21625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Monroe Alphonso Wightman,   b. 19 Apr 1848, Manchester, Bennington, Vermont d. 15 Mar 1910, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1870	Marion, Linn, Iowa   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Franklin Logan Wightman,   b. 31 Mar 1887, Anamosa, Jones, Iowa d. 25 Dec 1959, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F21626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Her Find a Grave page, which identifies her as the wife of Monroe Wightman -- who, according to George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (citation details below), married a Sarah Chisman -- says she was born 27 Aug 1848 (which date is visible on her gravestone) in Manchester, Dearborn County, Indiana. And the 1850 US census of shows Sarah S. Chisman, age 2, born in Indiana, in the Manchester, Dearborn, Indiana household of John Chisman, 32, born in Virginia, and Sarah J Chisman, 26, born in Indiana. (ancestry.com mistranscribes the family's surname as "Chrisman," but the handwriting on the census register clearly reads "Chisman.") Additionally, Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934 on familysearch.org shows the 1 Sep 1913 marriage of Sarah Wightman, daughter of John Chisman and Sarah Jane Whitley, to John Young, at Anamosa in Jones County. John Young's age is given as 61 and his parents as William Young and Elizabeth Merritt. Sarah Wightman's age is given as 60, which would appear to trim five years off her actual age, but that seems par for the course. It is absolutely clear that this Sarah Wightman is the widow of Monroe Alphonso Wightman (d. 1910) marrying a second time, and that she was a daughter of John Chisman and Sarah Jane Whitley.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6095] Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951, on ancestry.com. [S6074] George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. (1632-1721/2) and Descendants: Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, Whitman, Whytman, Wightman, Wyghtman by Mary Ross Whitman. Chicago, 1939. [S6086] Find a Grave page for Sarah Chisman Wightman. [S2228] 1850 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year only. [S3642] Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001, on ancestry.com.