Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Vinson, William S. 1866 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

WILLIAM S. VINSON.

William S. Vinson, who has resided in Wapello county during nearly his entire
life or for a period of forty-six years, has since 1890 been a member of the
firm of Walter T. Hall & Company of Ottumwa, wholesale manufacturers of
confectionery. His birth occurred in Aurora, Indiana, on the 13th of June, 1866,
his parents being Stephen and Cynthia (Chisman) Vinson, who were likewise
natives of that state. In 1868 the family home was established in Wapello
county, Iowa, on a farm ten miles west of Ottumwa, where the mother died two
years later. In 1870 the father took up his abode in Ottumwa, but the last
fifteen years of his life were spent in Portland, Oregon, where he passed away
on the 23d of September, 1910, at the age of seventy-eight years. Throughout the
greater part of his active business career he worked as a stone mason and
contractor. To him and his wife were born five children, as follows: Ella, who
is the wife of W. E. Brown of Portland, Oregon; Emma, who gave her hand in
marriage to W. A. Lawson of Portland, Oregon; Minnie M., who is the wife of
Walter T. Hall, a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work; William
S., of this review; and Carrie A., the wife of E. W. Simmons of Ottumwa, Iowa.

William S. Vinson has resided continuously in Wapello county since brought here
by his parents in 1868. He attended school until fourteen years of age and, then
secured employment as a messenger boy with the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Subsequently he became identified with the firm of Cockerill & Hall, wholesale
manufacturers of baking powder, extracts, teas and spices, with which
establishment he has remained continuously to the present time, being admitted
to a partnership in 1890. The business is now known as that of Walter T. Hall &
Company, wholesale confectioners. Mr. Vinson traveled in the interests of the
concern for a period of seventeen years, selling goods both before and after
becoming a partner. Since leaving the road he has devoted his attention to the
manufacturing end of the business and in this connection has contributed
materially to its success and growth.

Mr. Vinson has been married twice. In 1890 he wedded Miss Lena Hammond, a native
of Indiana, who died at Ottumwa in 1900. They had one son, Harold S., who is
connected with his father's business. On the 3d of January, 1910, Mr. Vinson was
again married, his second union being with Mae Martin, a native of Wapello
county, by whom he has one child, Willa Mae. Mr. Vinson gives his political
allegiance to the republican party and is identified fraternally with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is known as a public-spirited and
progressive man who has the welfare of the community at heart, and as the years
have gone by he has won for himself a creditable position in business circles.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914

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