Obituary of Martha Clementine McMillian Wisler, 1912 - Carroll Co. VA

Martha Clementine McMillian Wisler passed away on February 7, 1912. She was 
born in Carroll County, Virginia, on May 8, 1873, the daughter of Captain 
James Lee McMillian and Sarah Jane McMillian, and the granddaughter of Dudley 
McMillian and Elizabeth Hicks.

She was married in 1891 to Walter Ambrose Wisler, a well-known and respected 
school teacher in Carroll County, son of William Wisler and Elitha Susan 
Smith; and grandson of Jacob H. Wisler and Mary Tyson, and of Ewell A. Smith 
and Massey Mankins. The Wisler family, originally of Pennsylvania, were 
educators and founders of St. Paul School in Carroll County, Virginia, and, 
along with the Towe family, founders of St. Paul Church of the Brethren.

Martha Clementine McMillian Wisler is survived by her husband Walter, and 
eight children: Nellie Ethel Wisler, Roland Benton Wisler, Roy Ambrose 
Wisler, James William Wisler, Myrtle Edith Wisler, Alton Porter Wisler, 
Benjamin Dean Wisler, and Violette Meade Wisler. She is further survived by 
her mother Sarah Jane McMillian, and three brothers: Alexander McMillian (and 
wife Elizabeth Tahulda Hiatt McMillian); Richard Lee McMillian; and Lafayette 
F. McMillian (and wife Martha (Mattie) Law McMillian).
She was preceded in death by her father Captain James Lee McMillian, and one 
brother Samuel Dudley McMillian.

Martha Clementine was named after her g-grandmother Martha Blansett, wife of 
Stephen McMillian. She was affectionately called "Babe" and "Clemmie," and 
remembered for her beautiful thick black hair, which came to be known by 
family and friends as "McMillian hair."

She will be placed to rest in the McMillian Family Cemetery
at Cana in Carroll County.


Submitted by William Harrold <Sealighter@aol.com>

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