Background
Wise, Henry Augustus was born on May 24, 1819 in New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn. Son of Captain George Stewart and Catherine (Stansberry) Wise.
Wise, Henry Augustus was born on May 24, 1819 in New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn. Son of Captain George Stewart and Catherine (Stansberry) Wise.
Assistant in bur.
Author: Los Gringos, or an Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chile and Polynesia (war experiences), 1849. Tales for the Marines, 1855. Scampavias from Gibel-Tarek to Stamboul, 1857.
(stories for children) The Story of the Gray African Parrot, 1860. Captain Brand of the Centipede, 1864.
Member United States-Japanese Commission, Japan, 1860.
Married Charlotte Everett, August 20, 1850, 4 children.