Adams County OhArchives Photo Person.....Wisecup, Joseph Elwood Abt. 1900
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Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com November 8, 2008, 1:45 pm

Source:             Old Family Photo, Received From John H. Cokonougher, Grandson Of Joseph Wisecup.
Name:               Joseph Elwood Wisecup

Date Of Photograph: Abt. 1900
Photo can be seen at:
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This is three versions of the same photo of Joseph Wisecup.  The smallest was 
about 1 inch by 1 1/2 inches in size, and the largest was about 2 1/2 feet by 
3 feet.  The original was paper on cardboard.  These pictures were owned by my 
grandfather, John H. Cokonougher, who was the grandson of Joseph E. Wisecup. 

Additional Comments:
	Joseph Elwood Wisecup was born 20 March 1830 in Ohio to Jacob Jackson 
Wisecup and Nancy (Franklin) Wisecup.  During his lifetime, he was a farmer 
and a sheriff in Adams County, Ohio.  He may have also been a lawyer.  
	Joseph was married, and widowed, four times.  His first wife was 
Phoeba Frost, born about 1830, and died August 1859, of consumption.  She and 
Joseph had four female children – Mary, Margaret, Providence, and Sydilla 
Wisecup.  Providence and Sydilla died two years after their mother.  Mary 
married Zackariah Cokonougher and moved to Ross County, Ohio.  I am descended 
from Mary and Zackariah.  Margaret married Willis Smalley, who was actively 
involved in local and state politics.  
	Joseph’s second wife was Isabel Skidmore, born about 1837.  She and 
Joseph had three children – Stephen, Joseph Jr., and Sarah “Salley” Wisecup.  
Joseph Jr. married Ruth Herdman and moved to Buckskin Township in Ross County, 
Ohio, near his sister Mary.  “Salley” married Charles McMullen.  It was at 
Salley’s home that Joseph Sr. passed away in 1906.  
	Joseph’s first wife, Isabel, was reported to be a very mean step-
mother to his first four children.  She reportedly gave them beatings, and 
refused to let them eat when Joseph was away on business.  After Isabel gave 
Margaret a severe and bloody beating with a switch cut from a thorny rose 
bush, Joseph took his first wife’s two surviving daughters, Mary and Margaret, 
away from their step-mother.  He then placed them with their maternal 
grandmother, Proba Frost, with whom they lived until they reached adulthood.
	Joseph’s third wife was Martha King, and his fourth wife was Rebecca 
Jones.
	Joseph Wisecup died on 11 January 1906.  His obituary says that he 
was “consciencious, warmhearted and true and ever maintained the confidence of 
all who knew him.  In his neighborhood where he spent most of his life his 
table was set for all.  At his home church during revivals or protracted 
meetings everybody was welcome to go to Bro. Wisecup’s.  His pleasant and 
amiable disposition endeared him alike to young and old.”  



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