Henry Wismer

  General Notes:

A death that came as a shock to the community of Warren township was that of Henry S. Wismer on January 11, 1913. A veteran of the Civil war, from which he bore a wound that was always a badge of honor and distinction in later life, Henry S. Wismer was for more than forty years identified with Huntington county, and as a sol­dier, a citizen, a farmer and industrious worker was held in high esteem by all who knew him.
Henry 8. Wismer was born in the State of New Jersey March 23, 1838, and was at the time of his death seventy-four years, nine months and eighteen days of age. His father, Moses Wismer, moved to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, when Henry was a boy, he acquired a common school education in that county, and at the age of eighteen moved to Wayne Co. Ohio. It was from the state of Ohio that he went out to battle for the preservation of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war. In 1862 his enlistment made him a member of the First Ohio Volunteers, and he continued a faithful private soldier until a year later, during the campaign in North Georgia, when he was wounded. For more than a year he was unable to walk, and suffered more or less from the impairment of his physical energies for a number of years. In 1870 Mr. Wismer moved to Huntington county, settling on a farm in Clear Creek township. That was his home until 1881, in which year he moved to the farm where he died, three miles east of Bippus in Warren township.
Mr. Wismer was married in Wayne county, Ohio, July 9, 1861, to Margaret A. Rice, and they lived together as man and wife and faithful companions for fifty-one years and six months. Mrs. Wismer is still living, with her home at Bippus. Mr. Wismer was also survived by two sisters: Mrs. Lydia Long of Wordsworth, Ohio; and Mrs. Mary Wismer of Trenton, New Jersey. The late Mr. Wismer was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Huntington, and was always popu­lar among his old comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Henry married Margaret A. Rice, daughter of Frederick Rice and Diana Firestone, on 9 Jul 1861 in Wayne County, Ohio. (Margaret A. Rice was born on 25 Feb 1841 in Wayne County, Ohio, died on 8 Feb 1927 in Huntington Co. In. and was buried on 11 Feb 1927 in Clear Creek Cemetery-Huntington Co. In..)