[49-443] WELLINGTON L. WISE, b Dec. 16, 1852; s William H. and Rebecca (Levengood) Wise [49-129]; m Feb. 7, 1880, ROSA ELLEN RHOADS, b May 12, 1857; dau Maberry A. and Mary Ann (Schaeffer) Rhoads [49-313]. Retired farmer; res. Stowe, Pa. (1919.)
Children (11):
Howard Wise graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, in the Spring of 1914, from the Veterinary Dept. He began practice at Birdsboro and enjoyed good patronage until the outbreak of World War, when he enlisted for 5 years, left wife and child, as eall for veterinarians became urgent and he sailed from Hoboken, Oct. 16, 1917. He served two years, part of the time with the Army of Oceupation in Germany at Coblenz; at that time new diseases, heretofore unknown, broke out among horses and mules at Kripp Remount depot. Dr. Wise was ordered to use all possible means to stamp it out, and succeeded in doing so. The number of animals at Remount were 18,000. Dr. Wisereturned to Elverson, November 29, 1919, where he has a large practice.
Parents’ family: [49-129] William H. Wise (Weiss) and Rebecca Levengood