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Charles E. Wyman

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Charles E. Wyman

Birth
New York, USA
Death
24 Sep 1908 (aged 82)
Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.0514055, Longitude: -86.2384339
Plot
Block 19 Lot 45 Grave 2
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In 1865 Mr. Wyman returned to Grand Haven and operated a mill at the mouth of Grand River for four years, when it was destroyed by fire. Hethen erected a new mill a mile up the river and engaged in the manufacture of lumber in company with H.W. Buswell, under the firm name of Wyman & Buswell,the connection continuing for ten years, when Mr. Wyman sold his interest to hi spartner.

Following that, he, with others, bought a large tract of pine timber-land in Mecosta County, under the title of the Chippewa Lumber Company,and they were soon doing an extensive business. Later he bought a farm comprising five hundred and twenty acres in Ottawa County and has been engaged in farming enterprises ever since.

A wide-awake, thorough-going business man, he has amassed a fortune. He is one of the Directors of the Grand Haven National Bank and is interested in many enterprises of a paying character.

To his marriage were born four children, as follows: Harvey P., Charles R., George R.and William P., all of whom are active business men.

-Portrait & Biographical Record of Muskegon & OttawaCounties, Michigan 1893, Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company.
In 1865 Mr. Wyman returned to Grand Haven and operated a mill at the mouth of Grand River for four years, when it was destroyed by fire. Hethen erected a new mill a mile up the river and engaged in the manufacture of lumber in company with H.W. Buswell, under the firm name of Wyman & Buswell,the connection continuing for ten years, when Mr. Wyman sold his interest to hi spartner.

Following that, he, with others, bought a large tract of pine timber-land in Mecosta County, under the title of the Chippewa Lumber Company,and they were soon doing an extensive business. Later he bought a farm comprising five hundred and twenty acres in Ottawa County and has been engaged in farming enterprises ever since.

A wide-awake, thorough-going business man, he has amassed a fortune. He is one of the Directors of the Grand Haven National Bank and is interested in many enterprises of a paying character.

To his marriage were born four children, as follows: Harvey P., Charles R., George R.and William P., all of whom are active business men.

-Portrait & Biographical Record of Muskegon & OttawaCounties, Michigan 1893, Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company.

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