We have seen a 1.5 HP single-phase induction motor from this maker. The company also made agricultural machinery such as garden tractors, beet harvesters and farm elevators. These items are outside the scope of this website, which covers vintage woodworking and metalworking machinery plus the engines and motors that power them.

Information Sources

• Patent 2,016,204 was granted in 1935 to Harvey King and Leland Wyse, for a potato sorting and weighing machine. It seems likely that these two men were the founders of King-Wyse, Inc.
• From a genealogy page.

  theMennonite, May 15, 2001, page 12-13, Vol. 4, No. 19. Wyse.- Ilva King, 94, Archbold, Ohio, died April 21. Spouse: Leland Wyse. Parents: Harvey and Carrie Rupp King (deceased). Other survivors: children Lowell, Richard, Denver, Everett, Evelyn Grieser, Shirley Shenk, Charlene Steuer; 24 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren. Memorial service: April 25 at Fairlawn Haven Chapel, Archbold. Ilva E. Wyse, 94, Archbold, died Saturday morning, April 21, 2001, at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home, Archbold. Born Oct. 17, 1906, near Archbold, she was the daughter of Harvey and Carrie (Rupp) King, and married Leland Wyse on July 8, 1926. She lived in the Toledo and Wauseon areas, and in retirement in 1990, she and her husband moved into the Fairlawn Complex. One year ago they moved into the Fairlawn Nursing Home. She was a homemaker and bookkeeper, and a member of the North Clinton Mennonite Church, Wauseon. Surviving are her husband, Leland, 1iving at Fairlawn Haven Nursing Home; four sons, Lowell (Louise) Wyse, and Richard (Grace) Wyse, Archbold; Denver (Patricia) Wyse, Mesa, Ariz.; and Everett (Sharon) Wyse, Wauseon; three daughters, Mrs. Paul E. (Evelyn) Grieser, Archbold; Mrs. Brent (Shirley) Shenk, Coshocton; and Mrs. Mike (Charlene) Steuer, Walled Lake, Mich.; 24 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; numer- ous step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one brother, Glen (Margaret) King,. Sarasota, Fla.; three sisters, Mildred Smith, Titusville, Fla.; Beulah Grieser, Archbold; and Doris Nafziger, Goshen, Ind. Memorial services are today, Wednesday, 2 p.m. at the Fairlawn Chapel. Brad Faler, Charles Gauttsche, and James Mason were the officiating pastors. Burial in the Pettisville Cemetery. Obituary: Archbold (Ohio) Buckeye, 25 Apr 2001 Submitted by: Mona Mann