WEART, Wilford Irving - 1914

WEART, WILLIAMS

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

WILFORD IRVING WEART.

Wilford Irving Weart is the secretary of the WeartLysaght Company, a prominent lumber company, and as such is active in the management of one of the important business enterprises of Cherokee county. He was born at Blawen burg, New Jersey, and was educated at Hopewell, that state. He came to the west in 1895 and for about a year was connected with the lumberyard of Weart & Lysaght. Realizing the need of a more thorough business training, he went to Quincy, Illinois, spending five months in the Gem City Business College, pursuing a commercial course. Returning to Iowa, he became connected with the lumberyard at Cherokee and in this connection gradually worked his way upward until he was the secretary of the company, which is today one of the foremost in business circles in this part of the state. The business of the Weart- Lysaght Company was established by David P. Burr and William H. Fisher under the style of D. P. Burr & Company, about the time the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad, now a part of the Illinois Central, was completed. Business was continued under that name for one year, when Lemuel Hixon was admitted to a partnership. About two years later Mr. Burr retired and the business was then carried on by Mr. Hixon and William H. Fisher, under the firm name of Hixon & Fisher. James Weart afterward became connected with the business. The lumberyard was conducted by J. R. Fisher, agent for William H. Fisher, until 1890, when he sold out to Albert Hollister of Manchester, Iowa, who in turn sold to James F. Weart and W. H. Lysaght in 1893. The firm of Weart & Lysaght was then formed and so continued until May, 1900,. when the business was incorporated under the name of the WeartLysaght Company. The business is today an extensive one. They have yards in Cherokee, Marcus and other towns and also elevators at different places. The present officers of the company are J. F. Weart, president; W. H. Lysaght, vice president ; and W. I. Weart, secretary.

The last named was united in marriage to Miss Mae Williams, deceased, and unto them was born one son. Mr. Weart belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is regarded as one of the representative business men of Cherokee county—alert and enterprising. He readily recognizes and utilizes opportunities and as the years have gone by he has so directed his efforts, that splendid success has attended the enterprise with which he is connected. He does not claim all credit for this; on the contrary he gives due recognition to his partners, who are also capable business men. Mr. Weart, however, loses no opportunity to promote the interests of the company along straightforward lines, being careful at all times to conform the business to the highest standards of commercial ethics.