John J. Wysong

John Jelke Wysong (February 13, 1839 – December 21, 1910) was an American lawyer who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age.

Society life In 1892, Wysong and his wife were included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times. Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. Wysong was a member of the Casino Reading Room, The Spouting Rock Beach Association, the Newport Golf Club, the Newport Yacht Racing Association, the Union Club of the City of New York, the Metropolitan Club, the Tuxedo Club, The Wysongs were considered "pioneer summer residents of Newport" and had a cottage at Tuxedo Park, New York

Personal life Wysong was married in NYC on November 18, 1875, to heiress Martha Victoria Marshall (d. 1925), the daughter of John Marshall and the sister of Mrs. William Pollock. in New York City.

In 1887, Wysong acquired Greystone, a luxurious Romanesque Revival "cottage" on Ochre Point Avenue between Victoria Avenue and Ruggles Avenue, directly opposite The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. The interiors were noted for their stained glass, designed by Donald MacDonald for William McPherson & Co. of Boston. Wysong significantly remodeled the home in 1889, hiring architect J. D. Johnston (known for Horsehead–Marbella).

Wysong died at his summer home in Newport, Rhode Island on December 21, 1910, after a long illness. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.