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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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DANIEL WISE was born in Venango county, Pa., Sept 6, 1839, and there raised. His father, Samuel Wise, removed to Stephenson county, Ill., in 1855. Two years later the subject of this sketch went to Winneshiek county, Iowa, where he enlisted in the Third Iowa Infantry, serving four years, three months, and fifteen days. Spending a short time in Iowa after the war, he came to Jasper county in 1866, on a farm in section 36, township 28, range 34, where he owns a tract of 120 acres, and 80 of which are under cultivation; 42 acres in wheat averaged 18 ½ bushels, besides good crops of corn and oats. He was married to Reumah Klontz, in March, 1867, who was born in Illinois, in 1834. The children are Wilber M., Lillie M., Reumah, and Rebecca T. Mrs. Wise died Dec. 11, 1871, in this county. He was again married Nov. 18, 1877, to Louise J. Sheets, who was born in Athens county, Ohio, April 24, 1855, and was raised in Linn county, Kan. Her children are Rhoda E., Florence, Amy K., and Amelia. Mr. Wise is a member of the M. E. Church, There is a good orchard of three acres of bearing trees, and he has one of the best farms of the neighborhood.
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