I'm new to the Wise list...I'm looking for information on the WISE clan from Winona, Minnesota. If anyone has WISE ancestors from Winona, Minnesota, please contact me. Thanks! Jacob Wise GERMANY > New York > Missouri > Minnesota. Jacob Wise (b. abt 1834, d. bef. 1880) married Catherine Schmidt/Smith and they had two children, Julius (b. 1857) and Margaret (b. 1862), in New York. They moved to Utica, Livingston County, Missouri and had four more children, George, Caroline, John Martin, and Thomas Edward. Jacob Wise served in the Civil War. Jacob died before 1880, because Catherine Wise and the children are listed without him on the 1880 Missouri census. Catherine and family came to Winona, Minnesota in about 1882-3 and are listed on the 1885 Winona census. Several of the Wises worked for the Railroad as blacksmiths, yardmen, or hostlers.