Lewis Wise

As printed in 1881

LEWIS WISE, farmer; P. O. Greentown; is the youngest in a family of ten children, born to.John and Barbara (Auble) Wise, who were natives of Union Co., Pa., where John Wise was engaged in farming. While Lake Tp. was in an unimproved condition, this family left its home in the native state for the purpose of founding a new home in the west; after a journey, that in these days would be termed tedious and adventurous, John Wise arrived in Lake Tp. He settled on a farm, and after a few years of hard labor he converted it into a productive farm. He remained a resident of Lake Tp. up to the time of his death. The subject of this sketch was born in Lake Tp., Stark Co., Ohio, his birth occurring Majl-i, 1837. The early years of his life were spent in the labors of the farm, but little interrupted by educational pursuits, as facilities for procuring an education in those days were scanty and of an inferior order in the region of his home. At the age of 81 he began working in Aultman & Miller's works, where he remained one year, he then bought 80 acres of land, upon which he settled and lived 16 years. He then settled on the farm he now occupies, consisting of 136 acres. In 1848 he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Raber, who was a native of Lake Tp.; from that marriage ten children were born, viz. — Calvin, Milton, Alvin, George, Ida, Catharine 0., Frank, Frances, Charles, and Wilbur. Mr. and Mrs. Wise united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in early life, and still remain consistent members of the same body.

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