Eli Winch

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The house at left is Eli Winch's home in Marshfield, built in 1897.[1]

Eli Winch (April 20, 1848 – December 10, 1938) was an American manufacturer and politician.

Born in Wilmington, Essex County, New York, Winch moved with his family to Rubicon, Wisconsin and then to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Winch farmed in Charlestown, Wisconsin. He then worked for the Webster Manufacturing Company of Menasha, Wisconsin[2] in 1872 and was the superintendent of the hub and spoke factory for the Webster Manufacturing Company in Marshfield, Wisconsin. While living in Marshfield, Winch served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1905, and was a Republican. Winch died in Palm Beach, Florida.[3][4][5]

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  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read
  3. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1905, Biographical Sketch of Eli Winch, p. 1123.
  4. History of Northern Wisconsin (Wood County, Wisconsin), 1881, Biographical Sketch of Eli Winch, pp. 1212–1213.
  5. Eli Winch, Once in Legislature, Dies in Florida, Wisconsin State Journal, December 28, 1938, p. 8.

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