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Who was Henry Alexander Wise? Henry was the governor of Virginia from 1856-1860 and the man who hung John Brown. I was born on December 6, 1806 in Drummond town, Virginia. My father, John Wise died in 1812 and a year later, my mother, Sara Wise died leaving me an orphan. After my parents death’s my two aunts and my grandfather raised me. In 1822 I attended Washington university in southwestern Pennsylvania studying law and in 1825 I finished college. A few years later I moved to Nashville, Tennessee there I married Ann Eliza Jennings and we had four kids and in 1837 my wife Ann Eliza Jennings died. Then, I married Sarah Sergeant we had 10 children, but only three survived infancy. Then, I served as a U.S minister in Brazil

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