NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11319 UNKNOWN CO – JOHN R WISE – Wise, Berkey, Bolton, Edison 11319 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. pp. 802-3. John R. Wise, druggist, Bowling Green. This gentleman is a native of Kentucky, born January 1, 1832. He came to Pike county, Missouri, with his parents in 1842. His father, William Wise, was originally from Maryland; his mother, whose maiden name was Eliza Berkey, is a native of Kentucky. His father settled in Lincoln county, this state, where he lived until he removed to Louisiana [MO.] in 1845; in 1855 he came to Bowling Green where he lived until 1857, and then went to Audrain county, where he died in 1880. The mother is living with our subject, John R., who has resided in Pike county ever since 1855, where he acquired a good common school education. His first experience in mercantile business was clerking in his father’s store. When his father left here for Audrain our subject embarked in business for himself for one year; he then engaged as clerk in Dr. William Bolton’s drug store, holding this position until 1864, when he bought out Dr. Bolton’s stock, and has been actively engaged in the drug business ever since, his being the oldest establishment of the kind in the city. He married Miss Gabrielle Edison, daughter of H. D. Edison, one of the early settlers of this county. They have five children, three girls and two boys. Mr. Wise is a prominent Mason, and also a member of the Knights of Honor. He has been a member of the Baptist Church ever since he was sixteen years of age. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx