Wise, Alexander Franklin
(circa 1836-1871)




Birth: 1836
Death: February 1871
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Spouse: Eliza Jane Nuckols
Known Children: S. K.
Family Photographers: nephew Cornelius T. Dorwin
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Individual Number: 71


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1864-1870 A. F. Wise Studio owner Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN





December 1864*-1871* A. F. Wise Studio owner Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN S. side Main St., Empire Block
Wise's Fine Art Gallery over Bowers' Store























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FamilyInPhotography: nephew Cornelius T. Dorwin
OriginalNotes: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal (Crawfordsville, Indiana), December 10, 1868, p. 8
"Married - Wise - Lansbury. On the 7th inst., by Rev. Mr. Johnson, A. F. Wise and Mrs. Lida J. Lansbury, off of this city. The Journal folks tender the happy pair whose marriage is recorded above, their heartiest congratulations, with the ope that they may enjoy an abundance of the blessings of this life, and groe Wise-r as the days come and go."

1870 Census, Crawfordsville, 2nd Ward, Montgomery County, Indiana
A. H. Wise, 34, photographer, b. Pennsylvania
L. I. Wise, 27, keeps house, b. Indiana
S. K. Wise, 6/12, male, b. Indiana, December

Indiana Historical Society, Eliza Jane Hartman Collection (SC 1630) finding aid (Accessed January 6, 2021 : https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/eliza-jane-hartman-collection.pdf)
Eliza Jane Nuckolls (b. 1843 in Indiana, d. 1900 in Indianapolis) 1st married Lieut. James W. Lansbury in 1864; he likely died in the Civil War and there were no known children. She married photographer Andrew Franklin Wise on December 7, 1868. He died in Crawfordsville in 1871 and they had at least two children: Frank Kent Wise and Mary Wise. Elize then married in 1873 David Wallace Hartman. Collection includes a "small box of calling card examples created by A. F. Wise (Folder 2). Within an album are photographs of Andrew Franklin Wise seated, Jane Mills (his sister), Belinda Dorwin (his sister) Uriah Wise of Kansas City (his brother). 50th anniversary invition of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Wise, 1838-1888, Van Wert, Ohio.

Crawfordsville Weekly Journal (Crawfordsville, Indiana), March 4, 1871, p. 4
Resolultions of Condulence [sic], Rooms of the Y. M. C. A., Crawfordsville, Feb. 28, 1871 upon the death of brother A. F. Wise
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Name: A. F. Wise
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OriginalSource: 1864-65 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 409

Map of Montgomery Co, 1864, Cowles & Titus, Philadelphia:
list of Crawfordsville businesses: F. E. Wise, photographer

1866-67 State Gaz. & Shipper's Guide, p. 546 A. F. Wise, Crawfordsville

1869 Logansport Directory and Classified Business Directory of Indianapolis, Lafayette, and 100 Surrounding Towns (Cowen, Indianapolis): p. 278, A. T. Wise [sic], Crawfordsville

1870 Census, Crawfordsville, 2nd Ward, Montgomery County, Indiana
A. H. Wise, 34, photographer, b. Pennsylvania

CDV with tax stamp: A. F. Wise, photographer, dealer in frames, albums, stereoscopes, etc.

Zach, "Photographers of Montgomery County"
Thriving business in 1870, died 1871.
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PersonID: 65 CATNUM: 71 NameFirst: A. NameLast: Wise LocationID: 1432 Address1: S. side Main St., Empire Block Address2: City: Crawfordsville State: IN StudioID: 1403 ---------------------------------- ID: 1403 StudioName: A. F. Wise SeeAlso: SeeAlsoPeople: SeeAlsoStudio: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:51:56 PM CreatedBy: sa LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM ModifiedBy: sa ---------------------------------- Name: A. F. Wise Alternate Studio Names: Wise's Fine Art Gallery StartMonth: 12 StartDay: StartYear: 1864 StartCA: True EndMonth: EndYear: 1871 EndDay: EndCA: True KnownMonth: KnownDay: KnownYear: KnownCA: StudioLocationID: 1438 SeeAlso: SeeAlsoStudio: SeeAlsoPerson: StudioSummary: Sources: Output: False County: Montgomery Country: USA Longitude: Latitude: NameNewFirst: Alexander KnownDates: 1864, 1865 OriginalLocationNotes: OutputStartMonth: 12 OutputStartYear: 1864 OutputEndMonth: OutputEndYear: 1871 OutputStartStar: * OutputEndStar: * OutputStartS: OutputEndS: NameMiddle: Franklin NameMaiden: PersonHonorificTypeID: OriginalSource: ca. 1860s/ early 1870s CDV: A. F. Wise's Fine Art Gallery, South Side Main St., Crawfordsville, Indiana, Dealer in Oval & Square Frames, Pictures, Stereoscopes, Views, & c., Negatives preserved Crawfordsville Weekly Journal (Crawfordsville, Indiana), October 5, 1865, p. 1 Ad: Fine Art Gallery! A. F. Wise's New Photographic Gallery, Empire Block, over Bowers' Store, Crawfordsville, Indiana. Pictures of all styles and sizes executed promptly and in the finest style. Call and see our work. Hours for children, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. December 8th, 1864. -- tf. Crawfordsville Weekly Journal (Crawfordsville, Indiana), December 9, 1865, p. 1 List of Premiums Awarded at the Fair of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society, Sept. 26-29, 1865 A. F. Wise, Sun Pictures, any kind, best - $2 A. F. Wife, Collection of Sun Pictures, best - $4 Crawfordsville Weekly Journal (Crawfordsville, Indiana), April 18, 1872, p. 3 "Spirit Pictures. A. D. Willis is prepared to take spirit pictures for all who are civil and well disposed. He offers his services as an artist, and nothing more. His operating rooms are on the third floor in Empire Block, the ones formerly used by A. F. Wise." OriginalWorkerType: Studio owner PersonSexTypeID: PersonColorTypeID: PersonStudioLocationID: 1441




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