Charles H. Wise (1859-1906)

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Date: 3/24/2022 at 11:32:23

Charles Hanslip Wise
(June 17, 1859 – March 14, 1906)

Charles H. Wise, of the firm of Crawford, Wise & Company, of Lohrville, is one of the leading bankers of Calhoun County, and is rapidly working his way to a foremost position among the prominent financiers of this section of the state. He is proud to claim Iowa as his native state, his birth having occurred in Cedar County, June 17, 1859. His parents were Isaac K. and
Emma; (Hanslip) Wise, the former born in Union County, Pennsylvania, the latter in Goole, England. In early life the father followed the miller's trade for fifteen years or more. On coming to Iowa, in 1836 he first located in Cedar County and afterward removed to Muscatine, being employed to haul government supplies from there to Fort Dodge. He has now retired from active business cares and makes his home in Blairstown, Iowa. He was mayor of that city for a number of years, and was engaged in the lumber business, and is one of its most prominent and highly respected citizens. In politics he is a Republican, and in religious belief is a Methodist. His wife, who was also a member of that church, died on the 20th of September, 1901. They were the
parents of five children, of whom our subject is the eldest. Jessie E. makes her home in Blairstown, Iowa, and Jennie M. is now a resident of Chicago, Illinois. Two children died in infancy.
Charles H. Wise grew to manhood in Wilton Junction and Blairstown, and received a good common school and academic education, which has well fitted him for the practical duties of life. Coming to Lohrville, in 1882, he embarked in the lumber business, which he carried on quite successfully for ten years, and then became connected with his brother-in-law, S. G. Crawford, in the banking business under the firm name of Crawford, Wise & Company. He has steadily prospered during his residence here and is today one of the representative business men of the place, being far-sighted, energetic and enterprising, as well as thoroughly reliable in all transactions. He has
interested himself in farming and owns several fine farms in Calhoun County which he rents.
In June 1892, Mr. Wise married Miss Elizabeth Crawford, a sketch of whose family is given in connection with that of her brother on another page of this volume. Mr. Wise is a staunch supporter of the Republican party, and has been a member of the city council since the city was incorporated. He is a prominent Mason, having for seventeen years been a member of the Commandery and Mystic Shrine, and socially his pleasant, genial manner makes him quite
popular. [Source – Biographical Record of Calhoun County, Iowa, by S. J. Clarke, 1902, p.233]