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WILLIAM F. BAINTON. For a number of years the name of Mr. Bainton has been identified with the milling industries of Buchanan, and by steady industry and close attention to all the details of the business he has achieved a gratifying success and a well-earned competency. This fact is especially noteworthy on account of his youth, he being on the sunny side of life’s prime. He is thoroughly experienced in all the details connected with the practical management of the business, and attends to the operations of the mill in a manner which secures the maintenance of the high standard of quality for which the firm of Bainton Bros., is celebrated, while his reliable business methods have secured for the firm a high place in the confidence of the people.

Mr. Bainton has passed his entire life in the village of Buchanan, and is consequently familiar with its progress in commerce and growth in business importance. He was born here on the 4th of May, 1862. His father, William H. Bainton, was a native of England, and, emigrating thence in his young manhood, located in Buchanan, Mich., where he at once embarked in the milling business. His flourmill soon gained the reputation of being one of the best in the county and enjoyed a continued and increasing patronage from the time of its inception until the death of the owner and proprietor. That sad event occurred when he was only thirt -six years old. His family consisted of his wife, whose maiden name was Amanda Swift, and their six children, five of whom are now living.

The following is the record of the children born to William H. and Amanda Bainton: Nettie, the wife of Dr. J. C. Snyder, and a resident of Bowling Green, Ohio; William F., of whom this biographical notice is written; Mary J., who is at home with her mother; Charles L., a business man of Buchanan and a member of the firm of Bainton Bros.; and Emma J., who is book-keeper for the firm of Bainton Bros. Our subject received his schooling in Buchanan, where he was the recipient of the best educational advantages the village afforded. When his school days were ended, he entered the employ of W. Rough & Pears as a book-keeper, and continued to occupy a clerical position in the employ of that firm for a period of two years. Later he operated a mill at Dayton, Mich., for one year, after which he returned to Buchanan and superintended the erection of the substantial structure now utilized for his mill. Here he commenced milling operations in 1886 and has since conducted a lucrative business, extending over a wide range of country. The mill has a capacity of one hundred barrels of flour per day, and the machinery is complete and satisfactory. Politically, Mr. Bainton is a firm Republican and gives his influence to the promotion of the principles of that party.