What the records say
- When
- 24 Jul 1863
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 5
- Coordinates
- 42.60° N, 97.25° W
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Wiseman massacre
The Wiseman massacre was an incident that led to the deaths of five children allegedly at the hands of Native Americans on the morning of July 24, 1863, in what is now Cedar County, Nebraska. The children's parents were Henson and Pheobe Wiseman. The five children who died and their ages were Arthur, 16, Hannah, 14, Andrew, 9, William "Henry", 8, and Loren, 4.
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