John Henry Anthony Wiseman was born in Maryland in1861. Both of his parents, John F Wiseman (1840 – 1896) and Elizabeth Muller (1841 – 1914), were born in Maryland. According to the 1910 Census, when he was 49 years old, he lived on Hazelwood Avenue in Maryland. He was married to Katie, and he was a farmer and owned his home. He was able to read and write and had been married for 27 years. Philipine Betz, 79 years old, was his widowed mother-in-law. She was born in Germany and immigrated to the US in 1853.
John and Katie had 9 children:
- Manni, 24
- William, 23, student at Railroad Company
- Robert, 20, tailor at a factory
- George, 18, clerk at a laundry office
- Annie, 17
- Louis, 15, farm laborer on the family farm
- Albert, 13
- Frank, 11
- Elmer, 8