HENRY
HENRY
WARD WINSHIP
(1882-1968)
Henry W. Winship,
who is engaged in the drug business at
Stoughton
, was born in
Lynn
,
Massachusetts
,
October 27, 1882
, a son of Charles V. and Alice E. (Ward) Winship. The father is a native of
Sharon
but the mother's birth occurred in
Stoughton
. Charles V. Winship devoted many
years of his life to shoe manufacturing and in early manhood became a resident
of Stoughton, where be has since made his home but is now living retired,
enjoying the fruits of his former toil in a well earned rest.
Henry
W. Winship was but two years of age when the family home was established in
Stoughton and when a lad of six years he became a pupil in the public schools,
mastering the work of successive grades until he was graduated from the high
school with the class of 1900. He soon afterward made his initial step in the
business world and in fact had been employed in a drug store before his
graduation. After his textbooks were put aside he continued in active connection
with the drug trade and for two years he was a student in a college of
pharmacy in
Boston
. In 1905 he took the required examination whereby he became a registered
pharmacist. For several years he was in the employ of Dr. Swan, of
Stoughton
, and for a time conducted the drug store owned by the Doctor. In 1906 he bought
the business, which he has since conducted. He had had experience as a drug
clerk in different stores while a college student in
Boston
, and his preliminary training had well qualified him for the duties which now
devolve upon him. He carries an extensive stock of drugs and druggists' sundries
and his store presents a neat and attractive appearance by reason of its careful
arrangement. A liberal patronage is enjoyed by Mr. Winship,
who now ranks with the leading and representative merchants of the city.
On
the 27th of October, 1904
, Mr. Winship was joined in wedlock
to Miss Catherine R. Wales, and they
have become the parents of two children: Henry
W., who was born January 10, [1908]; and Evelyn, born in July, 1915.
Mr. and Mrs. Winship
are members of the Universalist church and he is identified with several
fraternal organizations, including the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the New England
Order of Protection and the Owls. In the Masonic fraternity he has taken the
degrees of lodge and chapter. He is also a member of the Chicatawbut Club. His
political endorsement is given to the republican party and he is never remiss in
the duties of citizenship but does not care for public office, preferring to
concentrate his attention upon his business affairs. He formerly conducted drug
stores in
Norwood
and
Mansfield
,
Massachusetts
, before his father retired and still has an interest in those establishments
but concentrates his efforts and attention largely upon his store in
Stoughton
and in this connection is controlling a business enterprise of large and
gratifying proportions.
Source: History of
Norfolk
County
Massachusetts
1622-1918 (New York, S. J. Clark Publishing Co., 1918), 2:180-182.
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