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More & Wilson, this partnership existing from 1885 until 1900, when the law firm of Taggart, Denison & Wilson was formed, Mr. Wilson's associates being Edward Taggart and Arthur C. Denison. In 1910, when Mr. Taggart suffered a severe attack of illness and Mr. Denison was appointed judge of the United States District Court, the firm of Wilson & Wilson was formed by Charles M. Wilson and Hugh E. Wilson, Cyrus W. Rice being associated with them for one year. In 1913, Hugh E. Wilson left the active practice of law to become the secretary of the Grand Rapids Trust Company, and Mr. Wilson took as his partner Edgar H. Johnson, under the firm style of Wilson & Johnson. This association continued until the time of Mr. Wilson's death. In politics Mr. Wilson was a life-long Democrat, although he never accepted the party's free-silver doctrine. Although keenly interested in the success of his party he never sought office for him- self and only allowed his name to be placed on the ballot at the earn- est solicitation of his friends, and in this way he was twice nominated for the office of justice of the Supreme Court, making good runs on both occasions, and, although defeated, leading the state ticket in the election of 1916. During the thirty-five years of his practice at Grand Rapids he was busily engaged in some of the most important work a lawyer is called upon to do, yet he still found the time and had the desire to assist in the public service. During the administration of Mayor Sweet, he served on the Board of Public Works, and for some years previous to his demise he had been a member of the State Board of Bar Examiners, a position to which he was appointed by Governor Ferris. For many years a member of the American Bar Association, Governor Ferris also appointed him a member of the first World Court Congress, held in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914. Broadly interested in education, Mr. Wilson was a member of the Board of Control of Alma College, and his religious labors were represented by his long service in the trusteeship and eldership of Westminster Presbyterian church. He also for a time served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was a trustee of the Young Women's Christian Association at the time of his death. In fraternal life, he was a member of York Lodge No. 410, Free and Accepted Masons, and of DeWitt Clinton Consistory, Scottish Rite. He was a charter member of the Colonial club, organ- ized in 1882, and a member of the Kent Country and Peninsular clubs, being highly esteemed in every organization to which he be- longed. Mr. Wilson was married, first on June 3, 1891, to Jane Wadsworth Dunning, of Auburn, N. Y. She bore him two children -Henry D. and Helen M. The mother died in 1897, and on Oct. 14, 1899, Mr. Wilson married Angeline Aspinwall, of Buffalo, N. Y. For a short time Mr. Wilson had been in ill health, and after consult- ing a Chicago specialist he returned to Grand Rapids, where he sub- mitted to an operation in the Blodgett Memorial Hospital, for ab- dominal trouble. This operation was unsuccessful and he passed away June 20, 1917. The funeral services were held at the family home, 216 College avenue, S. E., and the honorary pall-bearers were the judges of the federal courts-Judge Loyal E. Knappen, Judge Ar- thur C. Denison, and Judge Clarence W. Sessions-and the remain- ing members of the Colonial club.
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Manuel Wilson was born in Canada, April 18, 1858, son of Moly- neaux and Eleanor (Latimer) Wilson, both of whom were born near Dublin, Ireland. The father was but seventeen years old when he came alone to America and located in Ottawa, Canada, and he was married there, his wife having come with her parents to the same place. After their marriage they located in Perth county, Canada, and there he followed farming for more than twenty years. When he came to Kent county he located at Wilson's Corners, in Caledonia township, and purchased some wild land which he developed into a productive farm and comfortable home, where he and his wife both died. They were members of the United Brethren church, and in politics he was a Republican. They were the parents of a large family of children: Jane, wife of N. L. Denison, of Caledonia; George, a farmer in Caledonia township; Mary Eleanor, widow of Vaseo M. Vincent, who died in 1902; Catherine, wife of W. H. Ford, a retired farmer in Caledonia; Mary Ann, widow of Charles John- son and a resident of Middleville; Manuel; Emma, wife of Clarence A. Williams, who is given mention on a preceding page of this vol- ume; Margaret, wife of Recard Miller, of Caledonia; Henry, who is farming the old homestead; and Abbie, wife of Addison Palmer, of Middleville. Manuel Wilson was educated in the public schools and began his independent career as a farmer in Caledonia township. A number of years ago he purchased the Caledonia elevator of George W. Davis, and in partnership with his sons handles all kinds of grain, and hay and straw, in addition to his farming interests. He was mar- ried Sept. 23, 1879, to Miss Helen Freeman, who was born in Gaines township, daughter of Morris and Amanda (Arnold) Freeman, na- tives of New York state. The father came to Gaines township as a young man and purchased some unimproved land which he cleared and developed into a home, where he and his wife resided the re- mainder of their lives. They were the parents of three children: Alice, deceased wife of E. B. Fisher, of Grand Rapids; Helen, wife of Mr. Wilson, and Florence, deceased wife of Frank Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have four children: Clare, who is in business with his father, married Martha Jones and has two children-Clara and Eugene; Forrest, also in business with his father, married Iva Hen- derson and has two children-Helen and Morris; Alice, wife of Hugh Graybill, of Saskatchewan, Canada, and Margaret, who is the wife of Ray Nolan, of Lewistown, Mont., and has a daughter, Josephine. Winegar Furniture Company .- In 1883 there was founded at Grand Rapids the business of the Winegar Furniture Company, a concern that had its capital largely in the ambition and faith of its founder. The records show that a moderately successful business was carried on during that and the several succeeding years, and from this modest start the enterprise rapidly developed, year by year, until it is now one of the best-known establishments of its kind in Michigan and one of the leaders in a city the reputation of which in the furniture industry has extended all over the world. It will be apparent to the merest layman that the personnel of this concern has been far above the ordinary in ability and resource. A number of changes have been made since the original formation of the busi- ness, but the guiding spirit, the man who brought it to the forefront in the face of the fierce competition that agitated Grand Rapids trade II-27
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circles during a number of years, who had the courage to grasp op- portunities and the foresight to note them when they came, and who made the most of them with a clear, cool, active brain, was the late William Winegar. He has been succeeded by his sons-William S. and Frank B. Winegar-both business men of sterling ability who have continued to conduct the concern along the honorable lines that enabled their father to win success. William Winegar was born at Gaines, Orleans county, New York, Jan. 1, 1826, son of John and Susan (Perry) Winegar, who removed from the Empire State to Clarkson, Monroe county, Michigan, and in 1835 to Farmington, Oak- land county, Michigan, where the father followed his vocation of wool carder and clothier during the remainder of his life. In 1840 William Winegar went to Detroit, where he worked his way through school, and in 1844 went to Rochester, N. Y., where he was vari- ously employed and remained for five years. In 1849 he took up his residence at Elkhart, Ind., where he centered his business abili- ties in the sale of Yankee notions, but in 1851 he returned to Michi- gan and located at Grass Lake, where he followed merchandising and farming with some measure of success. The outbreak of the Civil war called him into his country's service, in 1862, when he en- listed in the Seventeenth Michigan infantry. Subsequently he be- came second lieutenant and first lieutenant and June 17, 1862, was commissioned captain and served with that rank until physical dis- ability caused his resignation, in 1863. Returning to Grass Lake, he engaged in the real estate and lumber business and in the manu- facture of screen doors until 1871, when he first took up his residence at Grand Rapids, which was destined to be the scene of his future success. Bringing machinery with him, he engaged in the planing mill business until 1871, when he disposed of his interests therein and again took up the real estate and lumber business as his field of ac- tivity. In 1883 he embarked in the manufacture of furniture, and from that time forward his history was the same as that of the com- pany of which he was the head. Two years after starting to manu- facture furniture, Mr. Winegar turned his attention to the retail sale of this article, and in 1887 formed a co-partnership with his son, Frank B. Winegar, another son, William S., being admitted to the firm in 1901. On Jan. 8, 1902, the business was incorporated as the Winegar Furniture Company, with a capital of $100,000, the officers being William Winegar, president; William S. Winegar, vice-presi- dent ; and Frank B. Winegar, secretary and treasurer. The business had been originally located on old Canal street, but in 1887 it was removed to Division avenue and Cherry streets. In January, 1904, a reincorporation took place, with $125,000 capital, but the president and head of the concern died May 8, 1904, and the new officials- William S. Winegar, president ; James M. Barnett, vice-president, and Frank B. Winegar, secretary and treasurer, who had been elected Jan. 10, 1905-agreed to advance the capital to $300,000, June 8, 1906, with a view of extending the scope of the business. In the election of Jan. 11, 1909, John Buys was made vice-president, and Dec. 20, 1916, when the capital was reduced to $200,000, W. E. Winegar be- came vice-president and general manager. The building of the con- cern was completed Sept. 10, 1887, and has since undergone a number of additions and improvements, now being as follows: Main build-
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ing, five floors and basement, 80x90 feet; warehouse, five floors, 41x140 feet; and garage, two floors, 25x80 feet. The concern em- ploys fifty-five people and has three salesmen on the road. While the forceful personality of William Winegar has passed away, the things which he accomplished will remain indefinitely, for his workmanship was perfect, his citizenship ideal. He was a faithful member of the Park Congregational church, was a Republican in politics, and be- longed to Custer Post, Grand Army of the Republic ; the Old Settlers' Society, the Loyal Legion, and the Owashtanong and Peninsular clubs. He was married in July, 1851, to Emma E. Smith, of Grass Lake, Jackson county, Michigan, and they had two children: Mary S., deceased, and William S., president of the Winegar Furntiure Company, who has two sons, Swift Wells and William Edward, the former of whom has a daughter, Edwina, and the latter a son and daughter-Alice Carlyn and William Carroll. Mrs. William Wine- gar died, Nov. 11, 1856, and Mr. Winegar was again married, March 23, 1859, to Mary Emma, daughter of Dr. David and Mary H. (Smith) Bingham, of Grass Lake. Of this union were born four children : Harriet, deceased ; Frank B .; Alice Frances, widow of Edward Tink- ham, of Grand Rapids, and Louis Howard, of this city. Frank B. Winegar, secretary and treasurer of the Winegar Furniture Com- pany, and one of the leading men connected with the furniture trade at Grand Rapids, was born at. Grass Lake, Jackson county, Michi- gan, May 8, 1861. He was educated in the Grass Lake public school and the Grand Rapids High School, and in 1885 entered the Winegar Furniture Company to learn the business. Admitted to partnership in 1887, he has continued to center his activities in this business, and for many years has held the positions of secretary and treasurer. He is one of the energetic and helpful citizens of Grand Rapids who have done much to further its growth and development, and is a member of the Association of Commerce and the Greater Grand Rap- ids Association. He belongs likewise to the Young Men's Christian Association and the Highlands Country and Grand Rapids Whist clubs, of which latter he is president, and is widely and favorably known in fraternal circles, being a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Elks, Eagles and Odd Fellows. His political support is given to the Republican party, and with Mrs. Winegar he belongs to the Congregational church. Mr. Winegar was married June 13, 1893, to Miss Aurilla Pearl, of Grand Rapids, and they have had six children : Frances, Mary, and an infant girl, who are deceased ; Fred- erick Perry, who is a member of the United States Marine Corps ; and Frank Bassett and Ruth Alice, who reside with their parents.
Fred Wingeier .- While the greater part of Kent county may be included in the agricultural belt, many of the finest farms are to be found in Bowne township, where the type of citizenship is high and unusually intelligent. Modern methods prevail, the farmers use the very best agricultural machinery, and the tillers of the soil are gen- erally open-minded, yet practical, as to improved ways of carrying on their important industries. One of these well-informed agricul- turists is Fred Wingeier, who also is extensively interested in grain elevators and creameries in this section. Mr. Wingeier was born in France, Oct. 6, 1864, son of Samuel and Catherine (Biterman) Win- geier. As a youth Samuel Wingeier learned cheese-making in Swit-
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zerland, in the vicinity of his boyhood home, and subsequently went to France. From that country he emigrated with his family to the United States, locating first in Ohio and in 1879 coming to Kent county, Michigan, where he bought 167 acres of land. He was suc- cessful in his operations, and as an industrious and ambitious man added 140 acres to his original purchase, on which he carried on gen- eral farming and dairying, and also shipped milk and cheese to De- troit, Chicago and other important points. Both he and Mrs. Win- geier passed the remaining years of their lives in Vergennes town- ship. He died in the faith of the Lutheran church and with the re- spect and esteem of his fellow-townspeople, and she is still living at the age of eighty years. Mr. Wingeier was a Democrat. There were eleven children in the family: Samuel, who follows the trade of carpenter at Alto; John, a farmer of Lowell township, Kent county ; Frederick; Ferdinand, of Bowne township; Alexander, of Lowell township; Daniel, of Bowne township; Simon, of Vergennes; and one daughter and three sons who died in infancy. The educational training of Fred Wingeier was secured in the district schools of Bowne township, and until he was twenty-three years of age he as- sisted his father in the cultivation of the home farm and its allied in- terests. When he left the parental roof he rented land for one year and then purchased 160 acres, to which he has since added two tracts of eighty and ninety-three acres, respectively. In addition to general farming, he does a large dairy business and is interested in elevators and creameries at Alto, Elmdale and Freeport, Mich. He has sold 240 acres of land to his son, Alexander. He bears an excellent repu- tation in business circles and as a citizen has contributed his share of work in behalf of the general welfare. He is a Democrat. Mr. Wingeier was married March 20, 1888, to Mary Ann, daughter of Andrew and Mary Ann (Lark) Blaser, natives of Berne county, Switzerland, who came to Kent county in August, 1884, and spent the rest of their lives in farming. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wingeier: Alma Mary Ann, who is the wife of George Fingleton, of Barry county, Michigan, and has three children- George Fred, Glen Albert and Alice Marion; Alexander Ernest, who married, May 31, 1916, Edwina M. Quiggle, and farms the old home place of 240 acres which he has purchased of his father; and Freda Matilda, at home. The children have been given good educational advantages and reared to lives of industry and integrity.
William Winters .- For thirty years William Winters has resided on his present farm in Nelson township and has been prominently identified with this section's upbuilding and general development, particularly along agricultural lines. He is a man of superior busi- ness ability and sound judgment and has won that prosperity which is the merited reward of honorable effort. As a citizen he has been thoroughly interested always in whatever has tended to promote the welfare of the community in which he resides. Mr. Winters was born in Canada, June 15, 1855. His father, William Winters, was born in New York state, and as a young man went to Canada, in which coun- try he was engaged in farming for some years. About the close of the Civil war he came to Michigan and took up 160 acres of gov- ernment land in Isabella county, starting to clear it up for planting. He offered his services to the United States in the Civil war, but was
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suddenly taken ill, was exempted from service, and died in 1865. Mr. Winters married Miss Susan Brown, also of Canada, and they be- came the parents of the following children: John W., who was dur- ing the greater part of his life a farmer and carpenter of Michigan, but eventually moved to Minnesota, where his death occurred; By- ron, who was formerly a farmer of Michigan and is now engaged in the same occupation in Washington state; Hortense, wife of Deloss Spencer, a farmer and mail carrier of Langley, Wash .; Jennie, widow of Henry Bowen, deceased; Mrs. Emma Lewis, of Isabella county, Michigan; and William. William Winters was educated at Mount Pleasant, Mich., to which community he was taken by his parents as a lad, and after leaving school his first employment was found in the woods. Later he took up farming, the family vocation, and about 1887 settled near where he resides at present. His capital at the start was small and his first years were filled with hard, unremitting labor, with but apparently little progress made, but eventually his faithful work gained appreciable results and today his property is practically all cleared and under a high state of cultivation. He has a good set of farm buildings and improvements of a modern character, and his progressive methods have served to make him prosperous even in a community where competition is keen and where farming ability is not lacking. Mr. Winters married Miss Alice Gould, daughter of Simeon and Sarah (Rurey) Gould, farming people of Nelson town- ship. There were five children in the Gould family: Caroline, who married David Walker, of Cedar Springs; Charles; Alice, wife of Mr. Winters; one who died unnamed; and Ada, who married Frank Durfy, a farmer of Nelson township. Mr. and Mrs. Winters have had the following children: Guy, deceased; Elnie, deceased; Vera, wife of Floyd Torbet, a farmer of Spencer township, this county, has one child, Wheeler, and John, who is unmarried and his father's assistant on the home farm. Mr. Winters, while a good citizen, has never aspired to public office. He is a Republican in political belief, and the family are members of the Baptist church.
John Henry Withey .- Of the early residents of Kent county who laid the foundations for stable government and right conditions and blazed the trail for future generations, one of the most worthy was John Henry Withey, who passed the greater part of his life in Cascade township. He was the proprietor of the first tavern at Ada, of which he was the owner at a time when log buildings were the rule; later he engaged in the general merchandise business; subse- quently he turned his attention to farming, which he followed for many years, and finally he retired and lived quietly until his death, which occurred on his Cascade township farm. He is remembered as a man of sterling probity of character and as a citizen who won suc- cess with honor. John Henry Withey was born in the State of Ver- mont, Nov. 22, 1832, son of Solomon Lewis and Clementine (Gran- ger) Withey. Solomon L. Withey was born at St. Albans, Vt., Aug. 31, 1787, and by his first marriage was the father of the following children : William H., born Feb. 28, 1809; Reuben L., March 21, 1811; Daniel A., Oct. 8, 1813 ; Orson, April 6, 1815; Julia Ann, Nov. 28, 1817 ; and Solomon, April 21, 1820. Mr. Withey married his sec- ond wife, Clementine Granger, also a native of Vermont, Nov. 5, 1826, and they became the parents of five children: Lucy Ann, born
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June 27, 1827 ; John Henry ; Harriet Louise, born Sept. 26, 1834; Ade- laide, Sept. 17, 1836; and Francis A., Feb. 13, 1840. When he was four years of age John Henry Withey was brought by his parents to Michigan, and here his education was secured in the public schools of Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. When his father died, he began sup- porting his mother, at the age of seventeen years, and after clerking for a time embarked in a general store business at Ada, in connection with which he bought wheat for Martin L. Sweet extensively. He was the owner of the first tavern, or inn, at Ada, a crude log struc- ture which he conducted until 1856, at which time he purchased 160 acres of land in section 3, Cascade township, which is still owned by his widow. For the most part this land was heavily wooded, but Mr. Withey's labors were persevering and productive of results, and at the time of his retirement'he had made this original purchase into one of the most desirable and valuable farms in the township. When he reached advanced years he retired from active pursuits and settled down to a life of peace and comfort, and it was thus that death found him, Sept. 4, 1909. At various times in his career, being interested in his community's welfare and desiring to do his share of civic du- ties, Mr. Withey consented to allow his name to be used as a candi- date for office, and as a result served in various capacities, being su- pervisor of Ada for two terms, school director for a number of years, and supervisor of Cascade for a period. His only fraternal connec- tion was with the Masons. Mr. Withey was married Sept. 18, 1855, to Laura Olivia Able, now deceased, and they had one son, Frank Howard, who resides on James avenue, Grand Rapids. Mr. Withey was again married, April 11, 1861, to Mary L. Duncan, daughter of Ebenezer and Sophrina (Fitch) Duncan, and they had six children : Hattie Clementine, deceased; Mary Belle, who is the wife of William Sexton and has one son, John W., now in Company G, Thirty-ninth infantry, United States army, in France; Charity, who is the widow of Edward Mallory, resides at Los Angeles, Cal., and has one daugh- ter, Mary, who resides with her mother; Genevieve, who is the wife of Ralph Hain, of Los Angeles, and has two children-Nalita and Ruth Burle; Winifred, deceased; and Roy Duncan, residing at Los Angeles. Ebenezer Duncan, father of Mrs. Withey, was born in Chautauqua Valley, New York state, and came to Barry county, Michigan, in 1839. He had the first mill at Duncan's Lake, and later settled on a farm on Scoles Prairie. He went to California in 1849 and was there one and one-half years. He went back to New York state, where he met and married Sophrina Fitch, a native of Roches- ter. In 1854 they returned to Michigan and for three or four years resided at Alaska and then at Ada until 1864, Mr. Withey following his trade as a master mechanic. After leaving Ada they moved to a farm in Cascade township, where they carried on operations until 1879, and in that year went to the State of Oregon, there rounding out their lives. He died there and she died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Withey. Mr. Duncan was eighty years of age at the time of his death and Mrs. Duncan lived to be eighty-seven. Mrs. Withey, who survives her husband, still lives on the home farm in Cascade township, a large and productive property with modern com- forts and conveniences and a commodious residence. She is well known in the community in which she has spent so many years and
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has been active in her support of charitable and religious movements. LeRoy G. Withey .- The business of writing insurance has devel- oped to enormous proportions, and not entirely through the realiza- tion of the people of the necessity for proper protection, but in a large degree because of the efforts of the men engaged in this line of endeavor, who are educating the masses to appreciate the benefits ac- cruing from insurance. This field of business activity demands many characteristics of its devotees not necessary in other avenues of busi- ness. The successful insurance salesman must not only know his own vocation thoroughly, but must be a competent judge of human na- ture, be possessed in a marked degree of that faculty which enables him to speak logically and forcibly in presenting his case to his pos- sible client, and to be able to place the insurance with a reliable com- pany which will conserve the interests of the assured. Grand Rapids has long been the home of some of the most able insurance brokers of the Middle West, and one who has attained more than ordinary prestige in this line is LeRoy G. Withey, vice-president of the Grin- nell-Row-Althouse Insurance Company. LeRoy G. Withey was born on a farm in Alpine township, Kent county, Michigan, Feb. 17, 1880, a son of Alexander H. and Celia (Watkins) Withey, natives respec- tively of the states of New York and Michigan. His father came to the West as a young man, taking up a farm in Alpine township, where he continued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years, and, being a man of industry and possessed of splendid busi- ness ability, acquired a handsome and valuable property and is now living in comfortable retirement at Sparta, Mich. There were five children in the family, namely: LeRoy G .; Clarence A., of Cam- bridge, Mass .; Genevieve, who is the wife of Bruce B. Bort, of Chi- cago, Ill .; Celia, wife of Glenn Richardson, of North Haven, Mich .; and Minnie, wife of Harvey D. Young, of Byron township, Kent county. The eldest of his parents' children, LeRoy G. Withey was reared on the home farm in Alpine township and received his early education in the public schools of Sparta. Subsequently he attended the high school at Rockford, Mich., and McLachlan's Business Uni- versity, at Grand Rapids, and his business career was started in the office of Brown & Sehler, at Grand Rapids, where he remained one and one-half years. He was then made assistant manager of the branch store of this concern, at Conklin, Mich., remaining until Jan. 1, 1900, when he became cashier in the city office of the Aetna Life Insurance Company. In June, 1904, he identified himself with Grinnell-Row-Althouse Insurance Company, of which concern he is now vice-president. Mr. Withey is well known in business circles of Grand Rapids, and particularly in connection with insurance mat- ters. His company is connected with some of the leading insurance concerns of the country, has written some large policies at Grand Rapids and in the adjacent communities, and is known as a strictly reliable concern, which makes its clients' interests its own and main- tains a high standard of business ethics. Mr. Withey belongs to the Association of Commerce, the Credit Men's Association and the Builders' & Traders' Exchange In political matters he maintains an independent stand. His religious connection is with St. James Catho- lic church, and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus and holds membership in the Owashtanong and Plainfield Country clubs. For
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