Col. J.C. Wise, Rapides Parish, La
Submitted by: Suzanne Shoemaker

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Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville,  1890

     COL. J. C. WISE.

     In ancient times the sacred plow employed
     The kings and awful fathers of mankind,
     And some . . . . have held the scale of empire,
     Then, . . . . with unwearied hand, . . . . 
     Seized the plow, and greatly independent lived.

Mr. Wise was born in St. Mary's County, Md., November 29, 1823, and came to
Rapides Parish, La., in the year 1841.  He was appointed sheriff in 1849,
by Gov. Walker, to fill a vacancy, after which he was re-elected and served
as sheriff until 1860.  When it became known that war was inevitable, he
organized Company B, First Louisiana Regiment, Blanchard's Brigade, Huger's
Division, Army of Virginia.  In 1862 he was promoted to major of the
regiment, and in 1864 was appointed quartermaster-general of the State of
Louisiana, by Gov. Henry W. Allen, serving in that capacity until the war
terminated.  In 1879 he was elected to the Legislature, and re-elected in
1882, since which time he has been engaged in planting.