My Genealogy Hound

H. C. Wyman, chief of police at Fort Smith, was born in Rock County, Wis., June 16, 1855, and is a son of C. L. and Emily (Adams) Wyman, natives of New York State. Our subject attained his growth in Knox County, Ill., whither his parents had removed, and in 1869 went to Jefferson County, Iowa, spending four years at Fairfield. He then ran a stage line in Henry County, Mo., three years, went to New Albany, Ind., and spent two years in Kansas, after which he located at Fort Smith. In 1878 he established a stage line, which ran from Fort Smith to Muskogee, and engaged in the liquor business. He spent some time in Kansas and Texas before Fort Smith became a thriving city. In 1887 he was appointed sergeant of the police, and upon the resignation of John Nevil, in 1887, became the chief. He was married in 1882, at Fort Smith, to Miss Eliza Dodson, daughter of Joseph Dodson. [See sketch.] Mrs. Wyman is a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. They have a family of two children: Mamie and Henry. Mr. Wyman’s father was born in Syracuse, N. Y., and traced his ancestry to a period prior to the Revolution, in which war the grandfather of our subject, John Wyman, participated.