Jennings Cropper Wise

Background

Wise, Jennings Cropper was born on September 10, 1881 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of John Sergeant and Evelyn Bryd Beverley (Douglas) Wise.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Virginia Military Institute, 1903, Master of Arts, 1916. Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1909.

Career

President Kamargo Supply Company, Incorporated., Watertown, 1906-1917. Practiced law at Richmond, Virginia, 1909-1912. Professor economics, political science and law, Virginia Military Institute, 1912-1915.

Special assistant attorney general of United States, 1930-1938.

Private practice New York and Washington. Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1902-1905 (resigned).

First lieutenant and batt. adjunct National Guard, New York, 1905-1907. Colonel engineers Virginia Volumes, 1912-1915.

Commandant cadets Virginia Military Institute, 1912-1914.

Raised regiment for proposed Roosevelt Division, 1916-1917. Major Infantry, United States Army, May 15, 1917. Lieutenant colonel, April 16, 1919.

Honorary discharged.

June 28, 1919. Temporarily attached to British and French armies. Graduated from Army General Staff College, American Expeditionary Force.

Operations Section, May 31, 1918. Graduate M.G. School, British General Headquarters, Camieres, France.

Reassigned to 318th Infantry, United States Army, July 1918.

Served with regiment in Picardy and in Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Wounded at Nantillois, October 4, 1918. Twice cited and awarded Distinguished Service Cross “for extraordinary heroism in battle, retaining command though wounded.”.

Achievements

• Jennings Cropper Wise has been listed as a notable lawyer; author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Virginia Historical Commission. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Virginia Academy of Science, Sons of the American Revolution, Social Colonial Wars Southern and Virginia history societies, Virginia Audubon Society, Kappa Alpha (Southern), Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, et cetera Mason.; Clubs: Keswick Hunt, Country of Virginia.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Lydecker Anderson, October 4, 1905. Married second, Lucy Carmack Smith, May 18, 1939.

Father:

John Sergeant Wise

Mother:

Evelyn Bryd Beverley (Douglas) Wise

Spouse:

Lucy Carmack Smith

Spouse:

Elizabeth Lydecker Anderson