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  WISE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Grocers. are located on Jefferson street, in
the McGee Hotel Block, the present firm consisting of Isaac H. and David Wise,
two brothers, who are sons of Bernhardt and Sarah G. (Alcon) Wise.

  Bernhardt Wise was born in Bavaria in 1811, and came to America in 1832,
locating in Cincinnati, where he engaged in business. He was a charter member of
Bethel Lodge, No. 4, Independent Order B'nai Brith, of that city. He came to
Huntsville in 1865, and embarked in business, which he continued for about
fifteen years. He served as a member of the city council several times, and was
the founder of the Jewish congregation of Huntsville, and has been its president
since its organization in 1876. Five children are now living: Mrs. Mary Moss,
wife of a large wholesale clothing merchant of Cincinnati; David, who was born
in Cincinnati in 1847, where he received a commercial education and followed
bookkeeping for a number of years. He came to Huntsville in 1866 and began his
business career, where he has continued since. In 1877 he became a partner in
the present firm by purchasing the interest of his brother, Abe W. He is a
member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and Knights and Ladies of
Honor, and is a director of the Huntsville Building and Loan Association. Meyer
B. Wise was born in Cincinnati in 1849, and came to Huntsville in 1865, entering
the store of his father as an assistant. In 1873 he established the present firm
of Wise & Co., and continued as the senior partner until he withdrew on account
of his health in 1881, consigning the business to I. H. & A. W. Wise. He
subsequently went to Mobile, and from thence to Texas. He is a member of Knights
of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and Knights and Ladies of Honor, and has served as
a member of the city council six terms. He is now connected with the firm as an
assistant. Isaac H. was born in 1851, and came with the family to Alabama in
1865. He was employed by his father for a time, and subsequently, in 1872, went
to Farmersville, La., and thence to Ouchita City, where he was elected the first
mayor. Returning to Huntsville in 1878, he has since resided there and
established a good business reputation. He is a Mason and a member of the
Knights of Honor. Mr. Wise was married in January, 1878, to Miss Nettie Shuster,
of Louisiana. Abe W. Wise was born in Cincinnati in 1853, and has been engaged
in mercantile pursuits all his life. He was for a time partner in the firm, but
is now an assistant; is a member of the Knights of Honor,,Knights of Pythias,
Knights and Ladies of Honor, and Ancient Order of United Workmen.

  It will thus be seen that the firm and assistants are all practical business
men, and their success is the legitimate result of a thorough knowledge of their
business. They have the largest retail grocery trade in Northern Alabama,
employing four delivery wagons in the city, and have a fair wholesale trade.
Their salesrooms are among the finest in the city.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART IV.
MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA,
TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE.


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