History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

              1182 HISTORY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
time he purchased the interest of his partner, and from 1866 to 1875 conducted the implement trade in his own name, at the same time devoting considerable time and attention to the grain business. He then entered the employ of Messrs. Beach & Conlee as foreman of their lumber yard and filled that position till 1880, when he formed a copartnership Avith his Iavo brothers- in-law, Orville and Darwin Beach, and under the firm name of O, Beach & Brothers conducted a successful business dealing in lumber, for three years. Selling his interest in the firm, he formed a ucav partnership; and under the name of Beach Broth¬ ers & Warwick engaged in the lumber and saAvmiU business from 1883 till 1888, during which time in June, 1887, the firm suffered the loss by fire of their saAAmiill. After the close of this partnership Mr, AVarAvick erected and carried on an extensiA^e feed mill till 18—, the business being conducted under the name of W, P, Warwick & Conipany, after which he organized the Warwick & Cole Company to deal in AVOod, coal and grain. This firm was dissolved in January, 1907, when Mr. Warwick bought the interest of Air. Cole and organized the Wisconsin Grain & Fuel Company, Avith a capital of $30,000, of AA^hich he is UOAV president, but is not active,
Mr, Warwick has always taken a commendable interest in public and civic affairs, and AA^hatever tends to the betterment of material and moral interests of the community finds in him a hearty supporter. He is a Democrat in political matters and has served eleven consecutive terms as member of the county board of supervisors, and been chairman of leading committees liaAung in charge public improA^ements, He is a man of gen¬ erous impulses, and pleasing personality, and by his upright, manly methods in all his relations he has gained and holds the confidence and esteem of all avIio come within the range of his infiuence. His life has been a busy one, full of changes, but through all its vicissitudes he has maintained the even tenor Of his Avay, and now in his adA^anced age reaps the fruits of his years of perscA^ering, persistent and faithful AVork.
John West was born at Bloomington, Illinois, February 1, 1861. Air. West's father, Samuel West, Avas born in England, and his mother, Emma Briggs West, Avas a native of Ncav York. They moved with their family to Chicago, Illinois, in 1862, Avhere they have since resided.
Mr. West received his education in the public schools in Chi¬ cago and took a special course in a business college.   In 1879 he