Sullivan-Tioga County PA Archives Biographies.....WING, Charles Loren 1871 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      CHARLES LOREN WING, the popular postmaster of Laporte, Pennsylvania, and
  editor of the Republican News Item, was born in Binghamton, New York, June 13,
  1871, a son of George T. and Mary (Porter) Wing. He received his education in
  the public schools of Tioga and Sullivan counties, Pennsylvania, and when
  thirteen years of age entered the office of the Sullivan Republican at Laporte,
  to learn the printer's trade. Three years later he went to Buffalo, New York,
  where he worked on a paper for five months. The following five years he spent in
  Chautauqua, New York, Laporte, Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, and New
  York city, and one year in Europe, after which he returned to Laporte. Here he
  formed a stock company and, as editor, began the publication of the Republican
  News Item May 8, 1896. He is a supporter of the Republican party, and on the 1st
  of April, 1898, was appointed postmaster of Laporte, being the present
  incumbent. Socially he is identified with the Patriotic Order Sons of America
  and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Although a young man, he has already
  attained a prominent and influential position in the community, and in
  journalistic work has met with marked success.

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                Extracted from: 
                  
                History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
                by Thomas J. Ingham
                  
                Compendium of Biography
                  
                The Lewis Publishing Company
                Chicago: 1899
  
  
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