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��WILER, JOHN U. ; mechanic and jeweler. He was born in Mansfield April 20, 1824 ; he learned the jew- eler trade in the city ; in September, 1848, he formed a partnership with the late John A. Lee, which termi- nated in four years, when he continued the business until 1857 ; he was afterward connected with the saw- mill for a number of years, since which time he has been engaged constantly at his present vocation, as- sisted by his sons, Jolin J., Hervey H. and David Ephraim, who also are expert workmen. Mr. Wiler was married Nov. 14, 1850, to Miss Anna Louisa Rob- bins ; they are the parents of three sons, named above, and one daughter, M. Eva.

WINTERS, GEORGE H. ; printer and stationer: successor to E. B. Sturges & Co. He calls the atten- tion of manufacturers, corporations, professional men, merchants, societies, banks, churches, farmers and others, that he is more fully prepared than ever to do every kind of printed work, such as pamphlets, legal briefs, posters, sale-bills, horse-bills, handbills, circu- lars, dodgers, cards, bill and letter heads, statements, envelopes, programmes, labels, tickets, invitations, checks, notes, tags, and all other descriptions of job printing in superior style ; every order will have special attention, with first-class workmen ; he has made recent additions of late-style type, fine presses, and all necessary elements of a successful printing office, making job printing a specialty (no newspaper connected with their concern), and with a disposition to please all patrons, and execute only the best class of work at the most reasonable prices.

WISE, GEORGE C, grocer; a descendant of a Penn- sylvania family ; his grandfather, Col. John Wise, having command of a Pennsylvania militia regiment in the war of 1812. Jacob Wise, the fiither of the subject of this sketch, was born in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn., in the year 1802; he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Mansfield in 1825. George C. Wise, the third child, was born on the 23d of October, 1828, on the northwest corner of Third and East Diamond streets, Mansfield ; at the age of 18 years, he com- menced the trade of cabinet-making, which he con- tinued four years ; on the 8th of August, 1853, he began in the store of Mr. E. Clapp as cierk, on the corner of Fourth and Main streets, and was taken into the firm as a partner, under the name of E. Clapp & Co., in 1865 ; in the year 1866, the firm of Clapp & Wise removed to the Miller Block, where they con- tinued the business until Feb. 6, 1873, when Mr. Wise purchased the interest of E. Clapp, since which time he has carried on the business alone. George C. Wise was married in Mansfield Feb. 1, 1854, to Ellen M. Clapp, a daughter of his employer, to whom have been born six children, four of whom are living — Alice C, now Mrs. Frank D. Gadsby ; Charles E., at present in business with his father; Lillie E. and Nettie B. George C. Wise holds the position of one of the repre- sentative business men of Mansfield.

WOLFF, BARNARD, carpenter; he was born in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn., April 17, 1827, being the sixth child of David WolfiF of that place ; as soon as he arrived at a sufficient age, he entered a carpenter-shop to learn that trade, which he accom- plished in the usual time ; in the year 1849, while yet

��in poor circumstances, he was married to Miss Jane McCleary, a resident of Chambersburg ; in the month of June, 1850, they removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where he has since resided ; on the 9th day of October, 1875, his wife died after a long and painful illness, and on the 17th day of April, 1877, he was again married in Plymouth, to Miss McClinchey of that place ; during Mr. Wolff's residence in Mansfield, he has been closely identified in the city's growth and her improvements ; he is the owner and builder of the Sherman House, which he erected in 1870, on the northwest corner of Fourth and East Diamond streets, thereby adding much to the good appearance of that part of the city, and a benefit to the traveling public ; Mr. Wolif has also been the contractor and builder of many of the larger edifices in the city, both public and private, and also the large depot and freight house at Orrville ; during his residence in Mansfield, he has always been con- sidered one of her stanch citizens ; he resides on East Fourth street.

WOLFF, SAMUEL M., carpenter; CoL Wolff was born in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn., June 1, 1839, and came with his parents to Richland Co. in 1854, where he worked with his father on the farm, two and one-half miles north of Mansfield, until the year 1859, when he came to Mansfield and commenced the trade of carpentering in the shop of his brother, where he served an apprenticeship of two years. At the break- ing-out of the war in 1861, he enlisted in the first company organized in the evening of the noted 17th day of April ; his name appears among the first in Co. I, 1st 0. V. I., three-months service, under Capt. Wm. McLaughlin ; with this company he served his full term of enlistment, and with it was in the two engage- ments of Vienna and the first battle of Bull Run. July 21, 1861, his term of service having expired, he re- turned to Mansfield and again commenced work at his trade, at which he continued until the 21st day of Sep- tember, 1861, when he enlisted in an " independent rifle company " then being organized in the western part of the State ; this company was rapidly being re- cruited when .John Sherman returned with an order from Washington to organize the 64th and 6oth Regi- ments ; by the common consent of the independent company, they entered the 64th Regiment as Co. A, this being the first company in Camp Buckingham ; while here, Mr. Woltt" was made Second Lieutenant; the 64th and 65th Regiments, known while in Camp Buckingham as the" Sherman Brigade," were, aftertheirdeparturefrom Mansfield, always known as the " Harker Brigade," and it was first assigned to the 3d Division, 21st Army Corps, and took part in the battle of Shiloh ; after this battle, Lieut. Wolff was promoted to the first lieutenancy of the same company ; soon after, he was engaged in the Buell raid and the battle of Stone River, Dec. 29, 1862, to .Jan. 3, 1863 ; it was in this long engagement that Lieut. Wolff was slightly wounded by a fragment of shell, but not disabled ; he was promoted to Captain of Co. H, and, as such, was in the battle of Chicka- mauga, Sept. 19 and 20, 1863; at the battle of Mis- sionary Ridge, Ga., Nov. 25, 1863, Capt. Wolff received a gun-shot wouud through the right arm, which com- pelled him to relinquish his command for about two months ; afterward, with his company and regiment,

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