Sacramento County
Biographies
JOSEPH LINCOLN WISE
JOSEPH LINCOLN WISE.---A
representative of an old time family, and himself a native son proud of his
association with the Golden State, is Joseph Lincoln Wise, the son of Joseph
and Nancy (Phipps) Wise, pioneers of California and among the worthy families
of Sacramento County. The parents are
represented more fully elsewhere in this history.
Joseph L. Wise was born at Walnut Grove
October 5, 1863, and received a good education in the public school at Walnut
Grove, finishing with a business course at Atkinson’s Business College in
Sacramento. Since reaching maturity, his
activities have all been centered in Sacramento County. For a number of years he had a butcher
business in Perkins. Returning to Walnut
Grove, he became one of the successful ranchers of the district, the owner of a
100-acre property, which he has brought to a high state of productiveness and
manages in a thorough and business-like manner.
For many years he has been a trustee of Reclamation District No. 554, at
Walnut Grove. The levees in the district
give ample protection and are in splendid shape, and the district is out of
debt with the exception of money spent for this last year’s improvements. Mr. Wise has also been trustee of Walnut
Grove school district for sixteen years, and is clerk of the board. In addition to his business interests, he has
found time to enter into the fraternal and social life of his community, and
for the past eighteen years has been a member of Florin Lodge, No. 364, I. O.
O. F.
On December 5, 1895, at Walnut Grove,
occurred the marriage of Joseph L. Wise to Miss Winnie Mahala
de Jarnett, born at Sedalia, Mo., a daughter of Mayo
and Marietta (Hill) de Jarnett, farmer-folk of
Missouri, where their deaths occurred.
The seventh in a family of fifteen children born to her parents, Winnie de Jarnett received her
education in her native state, and in 1894 she came to California alone. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Wise; Joseph Eugene, who died at the age of two years; Laura Louise, deceased
at eight years; and Albert Mayo, who is assisting his father on the home
ranch. Mr. Wise is a very energetic man;
and being deeply interested in the development and growth of his section of the
county, he has always demonstrated his willingness to give of his time and
means, as far as he is able, towards the improvement and upbuilding
of his community.
Transcribed by Suzanne Wood.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Pages 428-433.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Suzanne Wood.