Waynesburg, prosperous and beautiful : a souvenir pictorial story of the biggest and best little city in Pennsylvania . Mr. Geo iGE W. WiSF CARVER a native of Greene Co orn July 22, 1813, H s father was wagon- Gen. Washin His paren ts were poor and hi s school advantages we e meager as he received but 1 Dur mon ths school- ins . He Stan ed in life at he age of fourt een to work his own way through the world. For hi first days wo rkherecei ed a tish-hoc k, and :or amc nths work. rec eived a pa r of shoes. I e learn Bd the cooper trade, wo rking eich een hours a t ay for almost t\ -elv
Waynesburg, prosperous and beautiful : a souvenir pictorial story of the biggest and best little city in Pennsylvania . Mr. Geo iGE W. WiSF CARVER a native of Greene Co orn July 22, 1813, H s father was wagon- Gen. Washin His paren ts were poor and hi s school advantages we e meager as he received but 1 Dur mon ths school- ins . He Stan ed in life at he age of fourt een to work his own way through the world. For hi first days wo rkherecei ed a tish-hoc k, and :or amc nths work. rec eived a pa r of shoes. I e learn Bd the cooper trade, wo rking eich een hours a t ay for almost t\ -elve years. Bj hard w ork and econ omv, he at one ime owned 4(XX1 acres of and. His es ate at h s death was said to be worth S2SI ,1X10. He wa ent of he Citizens Nahis ional Bandeath. i from the tir le of it sorgan. nation until Mr. Wise arver was a nan of plain, fr ugal habits and of stern convictions He de tested a 11 that was ignoble or dis honest. He vas scru pulousl • honest. Mrs. Priscilla Barnes Wisecarver and two ofher grandchildren, George Wisecarver Wise andRobert Russell Wise. Mrs. Wisecarver was born Se
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