Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Anthony, Henry 1873 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com July 24, 2005, 2:43 am Author: O. H. Bentley Henry Anthony, who is associated with J. F. Warren in the ownership of the Western Iron & Foundry Company, of Wichita, Kan., is a native of the Hawkeye state, having been born at Davenport, Ia., on October 2, 1873. His parents were John and Anna (Martin) Anthony, both natives of Germany, from which country they came to the United States in the latter part of the '50s, locating in Iowa, where they still reside. Henry Anthony received his education in the public schools of Davenport, and after leaving school learned the carpenter's trade with his father and later developed into a mastery of the pattern-making trade, working for the Eagle Manufacturing Company, of Davenport, Ia., and Williams, White & Co., of Moline, Ill. In 1893 he moved to Moline, Ill., where he continued to work as patternmaker and foreman until 1901. In the spring of that year he came to Wichita and with his present partner purchased the Globe Iron Works. They organized the Wichita Manufacturing Company, having as associate C. L. Grimes. Three months later Mr. Grimes withdrew, and the business was continued with Messrs. Anthony and Warren as proprietors. In September, 1902, the firm was again reorganized, with George H. Bradford as president, Ted Miles as secretary and Mr. Warren as vice-president. This firm continued business until 1904, when G. C. Christopher joined the firm, Messrs. Bradford and Miles withdrawing, the firm then being made up of Messrs. Christopher, Anthony and Warren. This arrangement continued until 1908, when the firm was again dissolved and Messrs. Anthony and Warren became sole owners and proprietors of the business, which is now known as the Western Iron & Foundry Company, one of the prosperous manufacturing plants of Wichita. The firm manufactures structural and architectural iron, and the output of its establishment is distributed through many states. Among the fraternal orders Mr. Anthony is a member of the Ked Men, the Independent Order of Foresters, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Sons of Herrmann. He is also a member of the National Association of Engineers and the Fraternal Aid. Mr. Anthony was married October 26, 1898, to Miss Tinnie Lage, daughter of Herman Lage, of Moline, Ill. From this union one child has been born, viz., Augusta C. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/anthony105bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb