Charles D. Wolcott has the
distinction of having been one of the most
influential factors in the developing of the largest
creamery enterprise in the state of Iowa, and in
connection therewith he has shown splendid loyalty
and resourcefulness, the while he has become
recognized as an authority in this important line of
industrial and commercial activity. He is secretary
of the Farmer's Co-operative Creamery at Strawberry
Point and has administered its affairs with
remarkable vigor, discrimination and progressiveness,
as attested by the results and by its precedence not
only as the largest producing creamery in Iowa but
also as the first to which was granted the privilege
of using the state brand. Mr. Wolcott has had charge
of this representative creamery since 1912, and under
his administration the same has made a splendid
record. In 1915 the institution turned out more than
six hundred thousand pounds of butter, nearly all of
which was shipped to points outside of Clayton
county. The enterprise represents one of the most
important industrial undertakings of Clayton county
and the secretary of the company has shown marked
circumspection in directing its practical operations
and handling effectively its large volume of
commercial and local business.
Mr. Wolcott was born in
Chautauqua county, New York, on the 31st of January,
1872, and is a son of Merritt and Margaret Wolcott,
both of whom passed their entire lives in the old
Empire state. Charles D. Wolcott was reared and
educated in his native county, where he duly availed
himself of the advantages of the public schools, and
he continued his associations with agricultural
industry in the state of New York until 1895, when he
came to Iowa and established his home on a farm in
Delaware county. There he remained a substantial and
successful exponent of agricultural and live stock
industry until 1912, when he came to Clayton county
and assumed charge of the Farmers' Co-operative
Creamery at Strawberry Point, where he has since
remained and where he has found splendid opportunity
for the exercise of his progressive policies and
enterprising business ideas. In addition to his
association with the creamery he owns and gives
personal supervision to his model little farm of
twenty-four acres, in Cass township. He is a
Republican in his political allegiance, and is
affiliated with the local organizations of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern
Woodmen of America. He has not been a seeker of
public office but has served effectively as township
assessor and as a member of the school board. He and
his wife attend and support the Congregational church
in their home village.
In 1896 Mr. Wolcott wedded
Miss Fannie Dewey, who was born in Delaware county,
this state, and who is a daughter of Talcott and Mary
Dewey, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott have
no children.
source: History of
Clayton County, Iowa; From The Earliest Historical
Times Down to the Present; by Realto E. Price,
Vol. II; pg. 451-452
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