Wise, Joseph M.

Posted By: Carol Eddleman
Date: 22 July 2004

Joseph M. Wise was born near Bradford, Ohio, December 19, 1889, to Moses B. and Anna Miller Wise.

He attended the public schools of Darke County.

On April 25, 1914, he married Mary C. Fulker, at Troy, Ohio. They became the parents of two sons, Joseph F. and James F. His wife died on August 3, 1932. Later he married Mrs. Cora M. Foster at Dayton, Ohio. A daughter, Jane Ann, was born to them.

Brother Wise has been an active layman in the Harris Creek, Covington, and Piqua churches. He was a charter member of the latter church and since its organization has served in the capacity of Sunday-school superintendent, deacon, church treasurer, teacher, and chairman of the building committee.

He was one of the early promoters of Men's Work in the district, has been on the Welfare Board, and for eighteen years has been the director of adult work. For years he has been the business manager of the Southern Ohio Herald.

He taught school for seven years. Later he became an employee of the United States mail service, retiring recently after more than thirty-five years in this work.

The Wise family resides in Piqua.

(Source: Church of the Brethren in Southern Ohio, H. H. Helman, Editor: Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Ill., p. 468-9.)

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