This brother was a son of Isaac and Peachy Wiseman, and grandson of Elder John Wiseman. He was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, in the year 1833. He was left an orphan when quite young, and found shelter and protection on the home of his uncle, Elder Jonathan Wiseman. His relations in this home were those of parents and son. His uncle, feeling the need of an education so much himself, strove to give his nephew better advantages. Through his influence and means together, this young man was kept in Enon College some time and in Union University one year, from which he acquired a good education.

In the early fifties, while with friends in Smith County, he gave his heart of God and united with the Shady Grove Baptist Church. He soon returned to Sumner County to live, and was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Rice in 1856. He was already feeling "Woe is me if I preach not the gospel." He and his wife cast their membership with old Hopewell Church and he was soon ordained by this church to the full work of the gospel ministry. He began to teach, in connection with his ministry, and grew rapidly in favor as a minister. Among the points he labored at as pastor we mention the following: Hopewell, Sylvan, Corum Hill, Independence, Siloam, New Harmony, etc.

He did not have that robust constitution which had characterized his uncle and grandfather, and the reader must prepare to see this useful life cut short. It was in the Spring of 1871, that a long standing throat trouble developed into a fatal lung trouble, and his friends, day by day, saw this useful life fade away like a flower before the withering touch of the frosts of autumn. The decline was so rapid, and on June 30, 1871, the house of clay yielded up the spirit and it flew away to be with God. So this useful life closed when it has numbered but thirty-eight summers. The ever recurring question looms up again: "Why should such a life be from the earth?" His remains were laid to rest in the old Hopewell cemetery. Sleep on, dear saint of God, you shall again some day in a land where lungs are not known.