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Charles M. Wight, a well-to-do retired merchant of Novi, Oakland County, has attained success among the business men of this region by his perseverance and shrewdness. He is one of the leading and most highly respected citizens of his county and has proved his ability as a successful business man. He was born in 1840 in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, and is a son of Foster Wight and a grandson of Limuel Wight, whose ancestors came from England to Massachusetts in 1632.

Foster Wight early in life engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes, after which he engaged in mercantile business and thus continued until 1863, being situated at Westmoreland, New Hampshire. He died in 1864. His wife Polly Farr, died in 1845, leaving eight children, namely; Mary, who died in 1873; Jane, deceased; Priscilla, who died in 1899; Martha, who married Andrew A. Graves and is now living at Langdon, New Hampshire; George, who died in 1862; Caroline, who married Albert Thompson, now residing at Westmoreland, New Hampshire; Charles M.; and Helen A., who married Charles M. Scoville, who is living at Westmoreland, New Hampshire.

Charles M. Wight came to Michigan in 1871 and located at Novi, Oakland County, where he engaged in a mercantile business, which he conducted with much ability and at the same time acted as postmaster, having been appointed two consecutive terms. He met with success in his business and in 1893 retired, living now in practical retirement. He married Catherine Brewster, of Detroit, in 1864 and they lived a happy life until 1866 when his wife died, leaving two children, namely; Madge C. and Henry Brewster. Madge C. Wight married George Hogle, a prominent lawyer and a member of the Circuit Court Commission for several years and now employed in the railway commissioners’ office at Lansing, Michigan. She died in 1897, leaving four children, namely: Fred Wight, Catherine E., Marguerite and Francis M. Henry Brewster Wight, our subject’s son, is now living in San Francisco, California, and is a member of the California State Board of Trade.

Our subject in fraternal circles is a Mason, Knight Templar and a Mystic Shriner. He belongs to the Methodist Church. He is a Republican and is deeply interested in his party’s success.