Eli Winch (April 20, 1848 – December 10, 1938) was an American manufacturer and politician.
Eli Winch | |
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| Born | April 20, 1848 Wilmington, New York |
| Died | December 10, 1938 Palm Beach, Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
Born in Wilmington, Essex County, New York, Winch moved with his family to Rubicon, Wisconsin and then to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Winch farmed in Charlestown, Wisconsin. He then worked for the Webster Manufacturing Company of Menasha, Wisconsin[2] in 1872 and was the superintendent of the hub and spoke factory for the Webster Manufacturing Company in Marshfield, Wisconsin. While living in Marshfield, Winch served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1905, and was a Republican. Winch died in Palm Beach, Florida.[3][4][5]
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edit- ^ Hettinga, Mary Jane (1999-06-07). "Pleasant Hill Residential Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ "Menasha Briefs: Eli E. Winch". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. July 3, 1937. p. 11. Retrieved March 30, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1905, Biographical Sketch of Eli Winch, p. 1123.
- ^ History of Northern Wisconsin (Wood County, Wisconsin), 1881, Biographical Sketch of Eli Winch, pp. 1212–1213.
- ^ Eli Winch, Once in Legislature, Dies in Florida, Wisconsin State Journal, December 28, 1938, p. 8.
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