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JAMES P. WINT, a respected and active business man of Catasauqua, is a member of the firm of F. W. Wint & Co., who are manufacturers and retail lumber merchants. The birth of this gentleman occurred April 19, 1843, in Hanover, Lehigh County, his parents being William and Saloma (Heperhieg) Wint. The father was born near Bath, Northampton County, and his father in turn was a native of the same locality, where he engaged in farming until his death. The Wint family is of German descent, and has been active in the development and progress of this county. William Wint on attaining man’s estate engaged in farming in Hanover Township, where he improved a good place and spent his life, his death occurring in March, 1892, at the age of eighty-two years. Religiously he was a Lutheran, and in politics was first a Whig and later a Republican. His wife, who was also born in this county, died in Hanover Township, in her eighty-third year, November 18, 1892. Of their twelve children only four grew to maturity. F. W. was formerly in the lumber business with his brother, our subject, being senior member of the firm until his death, which took place May 10, 1882. The sisters are, Savilla, Mrs. Fatzinger, of this city; and Amanda, the wife of Henry Knoll, who operates the old homestead.

The boyhood of James P. Wint was passed on his father’s farm, where he obtained a practical knowledge of its management by actual experience and attended the public schools of the district. During the war he was a member of the Fourth Regiment State Militia, but was only called into service once. Remaining under the parental roof until 1874, Mr. Wint then embarked in business in Catasauqua in partnership with his brother, who had previously started in the trade, and in that year O. F. Fatzinger became a member of the firm also. Previous to this time the firm had been known as Yeager, Wint & Co., but Mr. Yeager’s interest was purchased and the present company was formed. The saw and planing mills are run by steam, the engines being sixty-horse power. A more extended mention of the business may be found in the sketch of the other partner, O. F. Fatzinger, which is elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Wint is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and is a stanch Republican. Religiouly he is identified with the Lutheran Church, and ranks high in the esteem of those who know him best. He is a man of good business ability, and his methods are always upright and honorable, being above question.