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Dr. Thomas P. Wiseman was born in St. Louis County, Mo., in March, 1845, where he was reared and educated, attending the DesPeres College. He began the study of medicine before he became of age, and graduated at the Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1875. He located at Brashear in the spring of the same year, where he has since enjoyed a lucrative practice. He was married in 1865 to Eliza W. Anderson a native of Lewis County, Mo., by whom he had three sons and one daughter, all of whom are living. The mother of these children died in 1877, and he afterward married Sarah Greenwood a native of Illinois, by whom two daughters were born, one of whom is now living. His second wife died in 1881, and he subsequently married Mrs. Mattie Cleareland, nee Keller. He and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Thomas Wiseman, the father, was a native of Virginia, and in his youth came to Missouri, locating with his parents near St. Louis. Jonathan, the grandfather of our subject, afterwards died in Marion County, Mo. Thomas died at the old homestead near St. Louis in 1846. The mother, Amanda (Phelps) Wiseman, was a native of Kentucky, but was reared in Missouri. Her death occurred in 1884 at the old homestead. The Doctor was one of a family of ten children, four sons and four daughters reaching the age of maturity.