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Marriage: Children:
  1. Ethel Marian Wise: Birth: 28 JUN 1905 in Whiting, Monona Co., Iowa. Death: 04 MAR 2006 in Sterling Living Center, Sterling, Colorado

  2. Edna Verna Wise: Birth: 04 APR 1907 in Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa. Death: 22 JUN 2010 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA

  3. William Arthur Wise: Birth: 12 SEP 1909 in Whiting, Monona Co., Iowa. Death: 17 OCT 2000 in At his home, Chico, Butte Co., California

  4. Person Not Viewable

  5. Wayne Lewis Wise: Birth: 10 NOV 1914 in Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa. Death: AUG 1982 in Akron, Washington Co., Colorado

  6. Person Not Viewable

  7. Harold Marion Wise: Birth: 03 MAY 1918 in Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa. Death: 12 MAY 2004 in Akron, Washington Co., Colorado

  8. Arthur Edward Wise: Birth: 25 AUG 1920 in Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa. Death: 05 JUL 1987 in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado

  9. Person Not Viewable


Sources
1. Title:   Iowa State Census 1885
Author:   Quigg, Gary, comp.
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - See Description for original data sources listed by county.Original data: See Description for original data sources listed by county.;
2. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Oto, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T625_520; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 191; Image: .
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;
3. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Little Sioux, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T625_520; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 187; Image: .
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;
4. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1930; Census Place: Oto, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: 689; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 23; Image: 307.0.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;
5. Title:   1910 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1910; Census Place: West Fork, Monona, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;
6. Title:   World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Page:   Registration Location: Woodbury County, Iowa; Roll: 1643418; Draft Board: 0.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admini;
7. Title:   Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa v;
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Author:   Ancestry.com
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Link:   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-b
9. Title:   1940 United States Federal Census (Beta)
Page:   Year: 1940; Census Place: Oto, Woodbury, Iowa; Roll: T627_1214; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 97-23.
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;
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Author:   Ancestry.com
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Author:   Ancestry.com
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Notes
a. Note:   Arthur is described as having been a tall strong man who once bet a man a team of mules and a wagon that he could carry two kegs of nails, one in each hand, from one end of town to the other. He won the bet, the mules & the wagon.
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 Arthur was raised on a farm and when he married Rickie Schultz they settled on a farm about 1-1/2 miles west of Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa.
 The couple raised a family on the farm along with crops of corn, wheat and oats, they also had orchards of apples and cherries.
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 Arthur also worked as Town Marshal in Oto, Iowa from the 1920's to the 1950's. Arthur died in Oto, Iowa.
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 In 1910 Arthur was again living in West Fork Township (Whiting Town), Manona Co., Iowa, next door to his brother Alpha's family.
 They are listed as follows:
 Wise Arthur L., Head, Male, White, 27, Married 6 years, b. Iowa , Father b. ?, Mother b. ?, Laborer (odd jobs).
 - Retta, Wife, Female, White, 24, Married 6 years, b. Iowa , Father b. Ger., Mother b. Ger.
 - Ethel M., Daughter, Female, White, 4, b. Iowa , Father b. Iowa , Mother b. Iowa .
 - Edna V., Daughter, Female, White, 3, b. Iowa , Father b. Iowa , Mother b. Iowa .
 - William A., Son, Male, White, 7 mo., b. Iowa , Father b. Iowa , Mother b. Iowa .
 (E.D. 73, SH. 16-A).
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 An column "News from Oto" from the May 1, 1913 Correctionville News stated "Frank Hall shot a wolf in his pasture a few days ago. Arthur Wise and some others who own hounds, caught one old wolf and seven young ones."
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 April 2, 1914
 Correctionville News stated Art Wise was paid a $20.00 bounty by the county (likely for wolf control), Agenda Item: A3445.
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 Arthur registered for the WWI draft on September 12, 1917.
 At the time he stated he was living in Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa and was married to Rickie. He was farming there, and he was described as tall with a medium build, dark hair and brown eyes.
 He indicated his birthdate as September 25, 1881, and his current age as 36.
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 The 1920 census shows Arthur and his family twice;
 First: (1-17-20) Little Souix Township, Woodbury Co., Iowa (E.D. 187, Sheet 3A).
 Second: (4-30-20) Oto Township, Woodbury Co., Iowa (E.D. 191, Sheet 3A).
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 1930 census:
 State Street, Dist. 23, Oto, Woodbury Co., Iowa
 Arthur L. Wise, Head, M, W, 48, Married at 23, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA, Officer Marshal
 Rickie Wise, Wife, F, W, 47, Married at 21, b. IA, fa. b. GER, mo. b. GER
 Ethyl M. Wise, Dau., F, W, 24, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
 William A. Wise, Son, M, W, 20, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
 Alice L. Wise, Dau., F, W, 17, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
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 Wayne Wise, Son, M, W, 15, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
 Myrtle M. Wise, Dau., F, W, 13, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
 Harold M. Wise, Son, M, W, 10, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
 Arthur E. Wise, Son, M, W, 7, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
 Betty L. Wise, Dau, F, W, 1, Single, b. IA, fa. b. IA, mo. b. IA
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 Newspaper Article:
 February 6, 1957, "The Sheldon Mail" (Sheldon, Iowa)
 Primghar, Iowa City Council Munites (Jan. 1957)
 "Moved by Potter and seconded by De Waay that we serve a non-resident notice on Arthur L. Wise and Woodbury County be notified of his legal residence there. Motion carried."


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