Lyman, W. D. "An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of Washington." W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1901. p. 409. JONATHAN T. WISEMAN a farmer residing in Walla Walla, a pioneer of 1853, was born in Warren county, Tennessee, September 5, 1833. He was reared and educated in Arkansas, whither his father had taken him when he was five years old. His mother had died in 1836, and his father, one of the earliest settlers of Arkansas, also passed away in 1848. When Mr. Wiseman reached the age of twenty years he started in life for himself, and knowing that the opportunities for a young man were better in the west, he at once started for California, making the trip with ox-teams. When the party reached Fort Bridger, just east of Salt Lake, Utah, they decided to come to Oregon, so directed their journey northward a little. Mr. Wiseman stopped three months at Whitman station, then proceeded to Portland, where he remained until April, 1855, engaged as steward on the "Belle" and the "Lot Whitcomb," steamboats plying on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. After leaving their service he went to California to engage in placer mining in the Yreka district. In this he was fairly successful, but in June, 1857, he started on a return trip overland to Arkansas, the state in which his early youth had been passed, where he farmed for two years, thereafter coming overland again, his objective point being Walla Walla. This was the third time he had crossed the plains. Upon arriving here Mr. Wiseman took a homestead on Dry creek and engaged in the business of stock raising, an industry which he followed successfully for fifteen consecutive years. He then resided in Walla Walla for five years, thereafter purchasing a six-hundred-and-forty-acre farm on Eureka flat, which he still owns and farms, and on which he lived until 1898, when he moved back to the city. Our subject is the owner of an elegant home and six lots on Second street, and is passing the evening of his life in peace and abundance. He has long been a leader in the industrial development of the county, and has manifested an active interest in the public institutions of his vicinity and in the cause of education. He served as school director in his district for twelve years. Mr. Wiseman married, on March 20, 1859, Miss Nancy E. Estes, a native of Arkansas, and their union has been blest by the advent of eleven children: William N.; Jeff Davis; Josephine, now Mrs. Harry Abbott, of Walla Walla; Irene F.. wife of Thomas Cope, of Clyde, Washington; Mary E., wife of Joseph Harvey, of this city; Charles H., deceased; Dollie E., B. Ethel, Martha E., Thomas Arthur, Elmer E., all at home with their parents. The family are members of the First Christian church of Walla Walla. Mrs. Wiseman's father, Mr. Thomas Estes, was born in North Carolina in March, 1799. He came to this valley in 1861, and died here in August, 1886. His good wife followed him to the tomb on November 19, 1889, and the two lie buried together in the cemetery on Eureka flat. Mr. Estes was a strong southern Democrat, but was always an opponent of slavery and never owned a slave. Both he and Mrs. Estes were highly esteemed by all, and possessed the sincere affection of not a few. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in January 2010 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.