From the "History of Stark County Ohio" Vol III The
S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago 1928
For forty-two years the name Lorin C. Wise
has been a familiar one in the legal circles of Stark County and he has
honored his community by his sterling qualities of citizenship, so that
he well merits the high place which he holds in public esteem Mr. Wise was born in Plain township, Stark County, Ohio, August
13, 1862, and is the son of Reuben Z. and Lydia (Gans) Wise. The Family
is of German descent and was founded in this country during colonial days.
Mr. Wise's great-grandfather, who was a s dier in the Revolutionary war, died October 5, 1821, and was interred
in Marlboro cemetery, in Stark county, being the only Revolutionary soldier
buried there, and one of the very few who rest in Stark county. The paternal
grandparents were Peter M. and arbara (Forner) Wise, who settled in Stark county about 1806. Peter,
a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was a farmer and also
a finisher and fuller of cloth. He was active in public affairs, having
served as a member of the state legislature d as a member of the board of county commissioners. His death occurred
in 1877, at the age of eighty-three years, and his wife died about 1882,
aged seventy years. Reuben Z. Wise was born in Plain township, Stark County,
August 26, 1836, and was a farme surveyor and civil engineer. He was a veteran of the Civil
War, having served in the militia in the one-hundred-day service. He gave
his political support to the republican party and was a member of the Reformed
church. His death occurred in 1893, at t age of fifty-seven years. His wife was born in Stark county,
Ohio, in 1836, and died in 1878. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Susan
(Williams) Gans, the former a farmer in Lake and Marlboro townships, and
both are now deceased, he dying in 1891, at e age of eighty-two years. To Reuben Z. and Lydia Wise were
born five children, four of whom survive, namely: Mabel, the wife of Ed
S. Wise, of Auburn, Indiana; Nettie, the wife of Jacob Kaufman, of Columbus,
Ohio; Edith, who lives in Columbus, Ohio; C rles, who died December 6, 1907, in the great mine disaster at Monongah,
West Virginia; and Lorin C. Lorin C. Wise attended the public schools
and Mt. Union College, and his early boyhood days were spent on his father's
farm. When twenty-two years old he entered the law office of Judge Joseph
Frease, of Canton, spent two years in the study of Kent nd Blackstone, and in 1886 was admitted to the bar. He at once
engaged in the practice of his profession in Canton and has been
closely and actively identified with it continuously since. He has always
been a close student, keeping in touch with the l est court decisions and precedents, and has been uniformly successful,
both as a trial lawyer and as office counselor. He belongs to the Stark
County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. On October 4, 1890, in Massillon, Stark
county, Mr. Wise was united in marriage to Miss Violet M. Young, who was
born and reared in that city and is the daughter of Cyrus and Margaret
(Shaffer) Young, who were early settlers in Massillon. Mr. and M . Wise have three children: Cyrus, born in 1891, was married to
Miss Lucille Kahler and they have a daughter, Mary Margaret.; Reuben Z.,
born in 1894, married Miss Marie Hawkins and they have a son, Reuben Z.,
Jr.; and Margaret, born in 1898, is the wif of Karl Sisterhen, of Canton, and they had a son Lorin C. Wise,
Jr., who is deceased. The family home is at 140 Belleflower avenue, northwest,
Canton. Politically Mr. Wise has always supported the republican party
and has been actively interested in loc public affairs, having served four years as a member of the
city board of education. He and his wife are members of Trinity Reformed
church, to which they give liberal support. Mr. Wise has been a stalwart
supporter of those things which tend to promot the public welfare and his consistent and honorable life has won
for him the unqualified confidence and respect of his fellowmen. **************************************************************************************