BIO: WILLIAM WISE, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 358-359
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    WILLIAM WISE (deceased). In 1869, at Boiling Springs, Pa., passed away one
  of Cumberland county's representative men, at his home in that town. For many
  years he was an honored and respected citizen, and
    
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  his loss was deeply felt by many outside the home circle.
    
    John Jacob Wise, father of William, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in
  1767, and devoted his life to farming. After attending school in his native
  township, and when quite a large boy, he came to Cumberland county with his
  father. He enlisted in the War of 1812 and when it was over returned to his
  native township, and there bought a tract of woodland, consisting of about
  Too acres. He lived to see the timber cleared off, his land placed under
  cultivation, and excellent buildings on the property. John Jacob Wise was one
  in the following family, all of whom are now deceased: George, John Jacob,
  Frederick, Leonard, Michael, Mary and Susanna. His own children were:
  Elizabeth, who died in 1873; Joseph, who died at the age of nineteen years;
  and William.
    
    William Wise was born in 1812, and died as before stated, in 1869. Like the
  other boys of his neighborhood, he attended the public schools of South
  Middleton township, and worked upon his father's farm. In 1833, he married
  Rebecca Brechbill, a daughter of Frederick and Anna M. Brechbill, of South
  Middleton township. The young couple went to live with the parents of William
  on the home farm, and remained there until 1869, when he removed to Boiling
  Springs. That same year he died. The following family was born to himself and
  wife: Anna M., in 1875, married Joseph Pipher, who died in 1893, in Boiling
  Springs, South Middleton township, and in 1900 she came to live with her
  sister at Boiling Springs; Jacob married Amelia Zug, daughter of John and
  Elizabeth B. Zug, of Mt. Holly, and he died Oct. 28, 1902, at Boiling Springs
  (he owned a farm in South Middleton township); Henrietta married John Shupp,
  and died in 1886 at Boiling Springs, her husband passing away the same year;
  Elizabeth A., born in 1841, at Boiling Springs, has traveled extensively
  throughout the country, and is a very charming and accomplished lady; William
  F. married Jane Bushman, daughter of Eli and Sarah Bushman, and lives in South
  Middleton township; Clarissa, died in 1847, in Boiling Springs, South
  Middleton township; Catherine, born in 1850, lives with her sister Elizabeth
  A., at Boiling Springs; George, born in 1853, died in 1856, at Boiling
  Springs, South Middleton township; John P., who married Rebecca Deitch,
  daughter of David and Catherine Deitch, owns a farm in South Middleton
  township, but lives in Monroe township.
    
    In politics the late William Wise was a Republican, and in religious
  connection both he and his wife were consistent members of the Lutheran
  Church, in which he held several offices. For some years he was a school
  director, and served as supervisor of South Middleton township, and was one
  of its most respected and influential citizens.