Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County,
Illinois: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of
prominent and representative citizens of the county: together with
portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States,
and governors of the state; Biographical Pub. Co., Chicago, IL; 1890;
page 480 & 483; Transcribed by Margaret Rose Whitehurst
Edward F. Wiesner. Among the attractive estates of Orion
Township there is one comprising one hundred and sixty acres of land on
section 2, to which the eye of the passerby returns again and again.
Everything about the place bears an air of neatness and order, while a
complete line of excellent buildings, an orchard, and well-kept fences
add to the pleasing prospect afforded by well-cultivated fields. This
place is owned and occupied by the gentleman with whose name we
initiate this sketch, and who, although young, holds an excellent rank
among agriculturists.
The subject of this sketch is the only living child of John C.
and Mary (Metzner) Wiesner, natives of Germany, whence they emigrated
to America about thirty-five years ago. They are now living in Box
Butte County, Neb., and have accumulated considerable property. The
father served nine years and six months in the Prussian army.
The birth of our subject took place in Peoria County, November
3, 1861. He acquired a good practical education in the common schools,
and entered upon his career in life, well equipped with industrious
habits, useful knowledge and good principles of living. In politics he
is a Republican.
On January 30, 1883, he took for a helpmate and companion Miss
Nellie V., daughter of John and Mary Scovil, early settlers of Peoria
County. Mr. and Mrs. Wiesner have one child, Claude Leroy, born
September 2, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Scovil were natives of New York and
Ohio, respectively.
