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Wiseman, Benjamin

Flourished: 1834-1836 Menard County, Illinois

Wiseman lived in the New Salem area from at least 1834 to 1836. He worked with Abraham Lincoln on surveys several times.

Election Returns for the New Salem Precinct in Sangamon County, Illinois; Statement of Payment from Sangamon County Commissioners' Court to Abraham Lincoln for Surveying School Section; The History of Menard and Mason Counties, Illinois (Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1879), 334-35.


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