Chiefly ancestral families, relatives and descendants of the author, Erbon W. Wise. Erbon W. Wise was born in 1920 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, the son of Edmond Wesley Wise (1884-1971) and Eula Estell Bridwell Wise (1894-1971). He married Willie Marie Norris in 1942. They had four children, 1943-1960. He is retired and was living with his wife at Sulpher, Louisiana, in 1995. Ancestors include: William Wise (ca. 1820-ca. 1856) of Ireland and Vernon...

Frederick Fortson was born in about 1680. He married Mary. Their son, Thomas Fortson, was born in 1716 in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Winn in 1739. They had two sons. He died in 1742 in Caroline County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

Andrew Harrison died in 1718 in Essex County, Virginia. His descendant, William Johnson Harrison, son of Thomas Harrison Jr., married Temperance Yarbrough and later Sarah Ann Ellington. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, and elsewhere.

Theodore Micajah McClellan, Sr. was born 5 October 1905 in Columbus, Georgia. His parents were John Hiram McClellan, Jr. (1856-1922) and Hannah Carolyn Pippin (1863-1945). He married Clyde Glyn Thompson (1903-1992), daughter of Andrew Jackson Thompson and Ora Florence Ray, 29 June 1929 in Atlanta. They had three sons. He died in 1976. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Alabama.