Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

MARVIN E. WISNER

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            Among the native-born sons of California, two worthy representatives 
of the Wisner family are Marvin E., who was born in Butte County, November 17, 
1884, and Calvin Sylvester Wisner, who was born at West Butte, Sutter County, 
August 10, 1887, sons of Allen and Olivia Priscilla (Stevenson) Wisner, natives 
of Ohio and California, respectively.  Grandfather Stevenson came to California 
in 1850, and his family came in 1852.  They settled in Ousley Bar, Yuba County, 
where grandfather Stevenson mined until 1854.  They then settled at West Butte, 
where he remained until his death.  During his time, he acquired about 1000 
acres of land; and he had a family of thirteen children.  Allen Wisner was 
married in the Golden State to Olivia Priscilla Stevenson, who was born at 
Ousely Bar. They were the parents of eight children:  Jessie, who died when a 
child; Viola, Mrs. W. W. Elkins of Reno, Nev.; Oliver, at Marysville; Harvey, at 
Live Oak; Marvin E. and Calvin Sylvester; Iva, now Mrs. H. C. Williams of 
Sutter; and Everett, who was killed during the late World War.  Everett Wisner 
entered the service of his country in September, 1917, and trained at Camp Lewis 
for three weeks.  He then transferred to Long Island, and was thence transported 
to France.  He was placed in Company B, 18th Infantry, 1st Division; and on July 
18, 1918, he was killed at Soissons, France, during active service.  Allen 
Wisner moved to Sutter County and located on the west side of the Buttes, seven 
miles northeast of West Butte, where he acquired a quarter-section of land.  
Grandfather Stevenson also located there and acquired two sections of range and 
farm land.  All the Wisner children attended the Noyes district school.
            When he was a young man, Calvin Sylvester Wisner started out for 
himself, doing all kinds of shop work and working as a ranch hand.  With his 
brother, Marvin E., he purchased the business of Antone Vagedes, in Sutter City, 
in 1921; and together they operated and conducted a substantial grocery 
business, serving also lunches and other refreshments.  In the summer of 1923, 
Marvin E. Wisner became sole proprietor of the business at Sutter City, and 
Calvin Sylvester Wisner then went to Oakland, Cal., in order to further perfect 
himself as an auto-mechanic.  He is at present attending an auto-electric school 
at Oakland, and intends to make auto-electric work his future business.  He is a 
veteran of the World War.  Being a machinist, he enlisted as a mechanic in the 
aviation service, and put in eighteen months in his country�s service.  The 
greater part of this time was spent in France, where he did efficient duty as 
propeller man.
            Marvin E. Wisner, who was born November 17, 1884, in Yuba [?] 
County, also started out for himself when he was a young man.  He homesteaded 
142 acres in the West Butte country and purchased 131 acres adjoining it, which 
he leases out at the present time.
            On June 16, 1917, Marvin E. Wisner was united in marriage with 
Josephine Jensen, who was born in Los Banos, Cal., a daughter of John T. and 
Josephine Jensen.  Her father is a rancher at Tierra Buena, Sutter County, where 
she was reared and educated.  Marvin E. Wisner and his wife have been blessed 
with two children, Allen and Edith.
            The Wisner family is prominent in the pioneer history of Sutter 
County; and the present generation of Wisners, to which Marvin E. and Calvin 
Sylvester belong, worthily represent their pioneer ancestors and are bringing to 
fruition the plans they originated.  Both Calvin and Marvin Wisner are stanch 
Republicans.  Both are also members of the Woodmen of the World at Yuba City.

History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p.  589-590