Individual Details

Census

Solomon age 41 is a blacksmith. Solomon was born in Pennsylvania and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. His wife R. J. is also 41 years old and born in Pennsylvania. John W. a 19 year old son was born in Pennsylvania, and Wilmer age 10 was born in Illinois. Brena K. their daughter was born in Illinois and is 6 years old. James a son is 3 and also born in Illinois.

Death

Birth: Feb. 8, 1874, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Death: Feb. 10, 1928, Katy, Harris County, Texas, USA
Irena was the daughter of Solomon Wise and Rebecca J. Roller.
Informant: Mrs. Ray Southard
(Sources: Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982; and, 1880 U.S. Census in Penn, Shelby County, Illinois)
Irena first married John Cowper as Katherine Wise on September 05, 1897 in Andrew County, Missouri. (Source: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002)
They had the following children: Lena M., Russell C., Mary E., and Frank C. Cowper.
She next married Jacob A. Hoover on August 24, 1908 as Mrs. Irena K. Cowper in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. (Sources: Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002; and, according to the 1910 U.S. Census in Arcade, Phillips County, Kansas, this confirms it is her second marriage.)
She last married Giles Elam Romack on February 13, 1914 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
(Sources: Galveston Daily News; and, 1920 U.S. Census in Justice Precinct 8, Harris County, Texas)
  Solomon Wise (1838 - 1908)
  Rebecca J. Roller Wise (1838 - 1904)
  Spouse:
  Giles Elam Romack (1856 - 1929)*
Children:
  Russell Cowper (1899 - 1920)*
  Mary Ethel Cowper Southard (1901 - 1985)*