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Source: Southwest Louisiana and Biographical and Historical by
William Henry Perrin published in 1891;  page 307.



                          SOLOMON WISE
                         Abbeville, LA

Solomon Wise was born in Russia, May 26, 1824.   He emigrated to
America in 1854,   locating, at Perry's Bridge, Vermilion parish,
Louisiana,where he became all itinerant merchant in the dry goods
line. In 1859 he located in Abbeville and opened a store with
a stock of general merchandise. In this business he has continued
until the presenttime.   Mr. Wise came to Vermilion parish when
it was sparsely settled and has been largely instrumental in
building up the country. He is very successful in his business 
affairs. Beginning with a very small capital he has added to it
until now he is the most extensive dealer and the largest
business man in the town of Abbeville.  His stock of general
merchandise is worth fifteen thousand dollars. He has also
two thousand acres of land, besides a sugar plantation of
about seventeen hundred acres. He owns a residence and business
property in Abbeville assessed at forty thousand dollars. He was
married in Europe before he came to America, in 1849, to Miss
Fanny Truskalaski. To them have been born four chlidlren,
two sons and two daughters, viz: Anna, wife of J. A. Bergman;
Isaac, Harriet, wife of L. Sakaloski; Eli.