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WISE, LEWIS N. school teacher, Sec. 28, P.O. White Hall. Mr. Wise is a native of Greene County, born Dec. 15, 1836, the youngest of a family of nine children. The early years of his life were passed upon a farm. Early evincing a taste for knowledge he applied himself assiduously to his studies and acquired a liberal education. At nineteen he entered Shurtleff College; remaining one year, he became versed in the higher English studies. Attaining his majority, he determined to adopt teaching as a profession, and for a period of seven years was a teacher of a district school. During this time he united his fortunes to Miss Rebecca Jones, a daughter of David B. Jones. For a period of sixteen years he has taught school in Greene County, and, his attainments being far above the average, he gives general satisfaction. In his twenty-fourth year he was elected justice of the peace and township treasurer. In 1869 he made his way to Kansas, where with his family he settled in Montgomery County. At Independence he conducted a successful merchandise business, but in the midst of prosperity his devoted wife sickened and died. Disheartened at the death of her who had shared his fortunes, he returned to Greene County, where he is the owner of 40 acres of valuable land, but still continues his old vocation.