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Jerome Smallwood Vize

Jerome Smallwood Vize

Male 1820 - 1891  (70 years)

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  • Name Jerome Smallwood Vize  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 25 Nov 1820  Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Apr 1891  Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, Union Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    William Theodore Vize,   b. 1790, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  (Father) 
    Susannah Norris,   b. 20 Jul 1732, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1774, St. Mary's County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 43 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
    Person ID I9187  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father William Theodore Vize,   b. 1790, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Brittania Smallwood,   b. 18 Apr 1788, Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1857, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1808  Baltimore County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • From: GSVize@aol.com
      Subject: [SMALLWOOD-L] Basil Smallwood
      Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 17:39:38 EDT

      Looking for other researchers of:

      Basil Smallwood b England (?) m Mary Gough b MD - had daughter Brittania b Baltimore, MD, who married William Theodore Vize in Baltimore County, MD, on June 11, 1808.

      Glenda
    Family ID F3211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy "Nannie" Elam Maddox,   b. 12 Sep 1826, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1914, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jul 1852  Methodist Episcopal Church, Union Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John William Vize,   b. 30 Apr 1857, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1903, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)

     2. Llewellyn "Lou Ellen" Vize,   b. 8 Oct 1857, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935 (Age 77 years)
    ▻ James Madison Russell  m. 16 Nov 1880

    ▻ James Madison Russell  m. 16 Nov 1880
     3. Minerva Brittania "Minnie" Vize,   b. 15 Nov 1859, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1966, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 106 years)
    ▻ James Irvin Thomas  m. 1878

    ▻ James Irvin Thomas  m. 1878
     4. Susan Brittania Vize,   b. 1860, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1870 (Age < 9 years)
     5. Thomas Henry Vize,   b. 2 Apr 1862, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1884, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)
     6. Emma Catherine "Kate" Vize,   b. 1865, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    ▻ Travis Stout Chamberlain  m. 1890

    ▻ Travis Stout Chamberlain  m. 1890
     7. Mary E Vize,   b. 1867, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Benjamin Jerome Vize,   b. 28 Jun 1868, Union County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1963, Los Angeles County, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    ▻ Annabelle Wathen  m. 7 Oct 1896

    ▻ Annabelle Wathen  m. 7 Oct 1896
    Family ID F2684  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • Brothers Jerome and Ben Vize helped with wagons and teams to build the first Catholic Church in Union County at St. Vincent. The bricks were made there and the timbers, sills, etc were made from the surrounding forest. Before this Church was built, religious services were few and far between. This was before the Civil War. Father Durbin, the first Catholic priest in Western KY, was a Circuit Rider and periodically came to the Vize home on Casey Creek and always spent the night or nights there. He rode horseback over many miles in KY to tend his flock. When the Nuns first came to Union County to start a Convent at St. Vincent, they came by horseback from Louisville and stayed at the Vize house on Casey Creek. As far back as tradition goes in the Vize family, they have always been Catholic.

      Jerome first acquired a 200 acre tract near Uniontown, KY. Later on, he bought another farm between St. Vincent and Morganfield where his family lived. He added to his holdings by adding two or three more farms. In addition to these ventures he and Vest Pike started the first bank in Union County. Uncle Jerome, as he was called by the rest of the family, was quite a trader and with it all he became one of the wealthiest men of the county.

      [Source: essay written by James Leroy Vize, grandson of Benjamin Vize]
      -Karen Neeley Thomas

  • Sources 
    1. [S5798] Vize, William Theodore.

    2. [S3779] Find a Grave.

    3. [S7194] Vize Family Tree.

    4. [S5119] Marion County - White Baptisms.