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Wise, John – Withee, Levi
Wise, John
aëronaut, author, was born Feb. 24, 1808, in Lancaster, Pa. He was a noted aëronaut; and the author of System of Aeronautics; and Through the Air, or Forty Years' Experience as an Aeronaut. He died Sept. 29, 1879, on Lake Michigan.
Wise, John Sergeant
soldier, lawyer, congressman, author, was born Dec. 25, 1846, in Brazil. He was elected a representative from Virginia to the fortyeighth congress. He now practices law in New York city; and is the author of Diomed, the Life, Travels and Observations of a Dog.
Wise, Morgan R
state legislator, congressman, was born June 7, 1830, in West Bethlehem, Pa. He was a representative in the Pennsylvania state legislature from 1874 to 1878; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat.
Wisner, Henry
congressman, was born in 1725 in Goshen, N. Y. He was a delegate from New York to the continental congress from 1774 to 1776. He died in 1790 in Goshen, N. Y.
Wisner, Moses
soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born in 1818 in Aurelius, N. Y. In 1843 he was appointed prosecuting attorney for Lapeer county, Mich. In 1858 he was elected governor of the state. He died Jan. 5, 1863, in Lexington, Ky.
Wisser, John Philip
soldier, journalist, was born July 19, 1852, in St. Louis, Mo. During 1874-80 he was second lieutenant of the first artillery, United States army; and since 1880 has been first lieutenant, with headquarters at Fort Monroe, Va. He is the editor of The Journal of the United States artillery; and the author of Chemical Manipulations; Modern Gun Cotton; Practical Instruction in Minor Tactics and Strategy; and Report on Military Schools of Europe.
Wister, Owen
lawyer, author, was born in 1860 in Pennsylvania. He is a lawyer and writer of Philadelphia; and the author of The New Swiss Family Robinson; The Dragon of Wantley, a romance; and Red Men and White, a collection of frontier stories. WISTER, MRS. SARAH [BUTLER], author, poet, was born in 1835 near Philadelphia, Pa. She is a Philadelphia writer who has published A Boat of Glass, a poem; and translations from Alfred de Musset.
Wiswall, Ichabod
clergyman, poet, was born in 1638 in England. From 1676 until his death he was pastor of the church in Duxbury, Mass. He published a poem on the comet of 1680. He died July 23, 1700, in Duxbury, Mass.
Witcher, John S
soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born July 15, 1839, in Cabell county, Va. He entered the volunteer army in 1862 as a lieutenant, and rose by degrees to the rank of brigadier-general, serving to the end of the war. In 1865 he was elected to the West Virginia state legislature; and in 1866 was elected secretary of state.
In 1868 he was elected a representative from West Virginia to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Witham, Samuel Mosher
contractor, builder, poet, was born Jan. 14, 1843, in Old York, Maine. He is a successful contractor, builder and dealer in real estate in Haverhill, Mass., where he has filled numerous public positions of trust. Several of his poems have been set to music; and he is represented in Poets of America and other standard works.
Withee, Levi
lumber merchant, state senator, was born Oct. 26, 1834, in Norridgewock, Maine. He moved to Wisconsin in 1853; and is a successful lumber merchant in La Crosse. In 1892 he was elected a state senator in the Wisconsin assembly; and received the re-election to the same office in 1896.