Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Stephen B. Wing

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History of Benton County BENTON COUNTY.

Stephen B. Wing.Among the industries of Benton County, Ark., worthy of
mention is the fruit evaporating establishment of D. Wing & Bro.
Stephen B. Wing, the junior member of the firm, was born in the "Empire
State" in 1845, and is a son of Benjamin and Eliza (Babcock) Wing, who
were also natives of York State. The mother is dead, but the father is
still living in his native State. The subject of this biography was
reared and educated in New York, and from early boyhood has been
engaged in the fruit evaporating business. Thinking that he could
better his condition by moving westward, he came to Arkansas and
located in Benton County, and has the largest fruit evaporator in the
county, situated at Rogers, its capacity being 450 bushels per day. Mr.
Wing and his brother also own an evaporator at Bentonville, and with
their two establishments have evaporated at least as much as 450,000
pounds of apples annually. Their fruit is shipped to all the principal
points in the United States, and is of very fine quality. This industry
has proved of great benefit to the county, and has utilized fruit which
otherwise would have been lost. This company has also followed the same
business in Georgia. Mr. Wing was married in Arkansas to Miss Anna
Clark, a native of Alabama, born in 1858, and their union has been
blessed in the birth of one child. Winifred. Mr. Wing is a strong
Republican, and a member of the A. F. & A. M.