Note: From a paper titled THE WEMPLE FAMILY by William C. Wemple sent to m
e by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI of September 5, 1996:
Pondering over personages who lived and labored in our midst in year
s gone bye we are reminded of some names that reflect credit on our vi
llage even unto this late date. Prominent among them are William an
d Nicholas Wemple, men of sterling character and splendid business acu
men who conducted a foundry and machine shop on Erie Street for over f
our decades.
It was New Years Day, 1848, when the firm of Wm. B. Wemple´s sons remo
ved from York Street to Erie Street and there began the casting of sto
ves, plows, cultivators, etc. Later the firm supplied waterwheels use
d in all enlarged locks along the Erie Canal. Their trade extended a
s far distant as South America.
Note: a stove bearing the name Wemple & Yates which may have been cas
t by this concern is owned by Laurence Richard Wemple of Chico, CA. DR
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The following is from an unpublished manuscript sent to the compiler o
n September 28, 2000 by Michael Lee Wemple of Bay City, MI. and writte
n by William Barent Wemple, compiler of the first part if this genealo
gy from 1885-1913.
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