W. F. KINGAN, the efficient and popular manager of the Edison Soo Electric Company, has occupied this responsible position for about four years. He was born in Peterboro, Ontario, on the 20th of August, 1864, and is a son of the Rev. and Jane (Jeflry) Kingan. The former was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and in 1835 emigrated to Canada, where he spent his remaining days, devoting his life to the work of the ministry. He died in 1S93, at the ripe old age of seventy-eight years. His wife was a native of Coburg, Canada, but her people came from Glasgow, Scotland. In their family were seven children, of whom W. F. is the fifth in order of birth. The others are Jane, Mary, Annie and Robert, who are still living in Peterboro, Canada; John who is a grain merchant and lumber dealer, of Toronto, Kansas; and Fred A., an electrician of Jefferson City, Missouri.

The gentleman whose name introduces this review was reared and educated in the place of his nativity, and eight years ago took up the special study of electricity. He began business along that line in the employ of the General Electric Company of Toronto, Canada. After leaving Toronto he was located at various points in Canada, and later came to the United States, taking up his residence in Chicago, where he was employed for a time ere his removal to this city. In January, 1891, he came to Sault de Ste. Marie to accept his present position, which he has filled continuously since.

Mr. Kingan is devoted to his profession and deeply interested tn the study of electricty. He is energetic, possessing a laudable ambition and progressive spirit, and we predict for him still greater success in the future.

Memorial Record of the Northern Peninsula 1895