Lewis Wise

As printed in 1881

LEWIS WISE, farmer; P. O. Springfield. Mr. Wise was born in this county Dec. 14, 1829; he has followed farming all'his life, and is of a true, genuine, hospitable nature. He was married, Sept 18, 1856, to Melinda Hatfield, daughter of James and Margaret (Kitchen) Hatfield; they have had six children, viz., Alice, Joseph, Charles James H., Minnie E., John S., all living except Alice and Joseph, who have crossed the river to that pure and better home in heaven. Mrs. Wise was born in this county Sept. 8, 1833: Mr. and Mrs. Wise moved to their present home a few days after their marriage, being their first and only moving. Mr. Wise is the son of Jesse and Debora (Strong) Wise; Jesse was a native of Virginia, and, when but a small boy, his father died, leaving the mother with the care of their two children, Jesse and Polly, and, in 1807, she, with her children, came to Ohio and to this county, traveling all the way from Virginia here on horseback, with one of the children before and the other behind her on the horse. Mrs. Wise's father, James Hatfield, was a native of Keritucky, and her mother of Pennsylvania, he coming to Clark County in 1806, and she in 1812. Lewis’ mother died in 1832, and his father in 1876. The farm cn which Mr. and Mrs. Wise now live was entered by her Grandmother Hatfield about the year 1808, and has remained in the possession of some of the family ever since; and on the 25th of August, 1850, when a family re-union was held on the old farm, there being present 100 persons, all relatives, except three, of Mrs. Wise; during the day, the older ones related many interesting incidents which had occurred on the old farm during their boyhood days.

As printed in The History of Clark County Ohio, (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.