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History of Manistee, Mason & Oceana Counties, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

         [pg 65]
         
         WILLIAM WENTE, secretary and treasurer of the Manistee
       Lumber Company, is a native of Germany, and came to this
       country in 1848, with his parents. In 1865 he came to
       Manistee from Milwaukee, and has always been engaged at
       office work in connection with the mills. About 1876 he
       became connected with the lumber firm of DEMPSEY, CARTIER
       & Co., and at the organization of the present company be-
       came one of its officers, as above stated. MR. WENTE is
       a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and one of
       the oldest members of the Manistee Lodge. He is a careful
       and correct business man.
       
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