L. B. Winsor

L.B. Winsor, attorney, member of the law, real-estate and insurance firm of Cooper & Winsor, at Reed City, was born Jan. 24, 1858, in Providence, R.I. His father, James W. Winsor, was born Aug. 31, 1813, in Rhode Island, and married Ann C. Chillson, who was born Nov. 12, 1817, near Elmira, N.Y. Three of their seven children are still living.

When Mr. Winsor was about five years of age his parents became residents of Hillsdale, Mich. On reaching suitable age he became a student at the college there, studying in the scientific course, and was graduated in the spring of 1877. He entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, immediately after terminating his course at Hillsdale, and was graduated in 1879. He had previously acquired a fundamental knowledge of law in the office of Dickerman & St. John, of Hillsdale, Mich.

In the fall of 1880 he came to Reed City, where he became an associate with Ransom Cooper, and their business relations are still in existence. They have established a satisfactory practice in the legal profession, and represent the Liverpool & London & lobe Fire Insurance Company, the Phoenix, Orient, Bristish American and American.In the spring of 1880 Mr. Winsor was elected City Attorney, and has successively re-elected to the same position. He is connected by membership with the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Blue Lodge, No. 363, at Reed City, and to Pilgrim Commandery, No. 23, at Big Rapids.

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