Chester Wing has shown versatility and resourcefulness in developing in his native city of St. Ignace the substantial and important garage and automobile business that has been conducted by him during a period of nearly twenty years, his garage being the largest and the most metropolitan in equipment and service to be found in Mackinac county. Mr. Wing was born in St. Ignac, September 24, 1888, and is a son of William G. and Adelia (Obeshaw) Wing, the former of whom was born in Elkhart, Indiana, and the latter at St. Ignace, Michigan, where her parents gained pioneer honors. William G. Wing, who now finds gratifying occupation by assisting in the activities of the garage and automobile sales establishment of his son Chester, was identified with pioneer lumbering operations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and has been known and valued as one of the progressive and public-spirited citizens of St. Ignace, of which city he was mayor twelve years, his administration having done much to advance the best interests of this community. He is now sixty-two years of age (winter of 1926-27), and his wife, now fifty-nine years of age, has long been an active and influential figure in the social church and cultural affairs of her native city.

The public school of St. Ignacc afforded Chester Wing his youthful education, and he has found in his native city ample opportunity for successful business achievement. He has here been independently engaged in the automobile business since the year 1908, and his modern garage and display and sales rooms figure as the leading establishment of this kind in Mackinac county. Here Mr. Wing controls a substantial business in the sale of the Cadillac and Buick automobiles, and his establishment has the best of service facilities in the repair and the accessory and supply departments. Mr. Wing gives his political allegiance to the Republican party and he is now serving as a member of the municipal water board of St. Ignace. He is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and is an active member of the local Lions club. At St. Ignace was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Wing to Miss Adelia Mabel Johnson, who likewise was born and reared in this city, where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, still maintain their home, the father being a railroad man. Mr. and Mrs. Wing have four children: Chester Blaine, Walter Andrew, Ada May, and William, their respective ages at the time of this writing being ten, eight, six and one years.

Historic Michigan Land Of The Great Lakes by George N. Fuller