"Chauncey J. Warren was born in Watertown, New York, on the 1st of August, 1831, and when he was about seven years of age his parents removed to northern Indiana, becoming pioneers of that section, where his father developed a farm in the midst of the forest wilds.
After his marriage he removed to Cresco. Howard county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. He there continued to reside until 1861, when he returned to Middlebury, Elkhart county, Indiana, and purchased his father's old homestead farm, to whose cultivation he gave his attention until 1865, when he disposed of the property and removed to Ionia county, Michigan, purchasing a farm near the village of Portland, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until 1872, when he took up his residence in the village, where he engaged in the operation of saw and planing mills and in the manufacture of the products incidental to the same. At the present time he is devoting his attention to the manufacture of an improved type of washing machines (Terriff Perfect Washers), still retaining his residence in Portland. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he and his wife are both earnest and active members of the Congregational Church".
Source: The History of South Dakota; Doane Robinson; pg. 1065.
He was retained by William W. Terriff to produce a given number of washers at a given price, while the inventor exploited the territory. After about six months selling
machines and territory in Michigan, a stock company was organized in Portland for the manufacture of the machines, under the style of the Portland Manufacturing Co. (From the William Terriff memorial).
Ten men gave a special gift of $100 each in 1877 to remove and enlarge the First Congregational Church in Portland. They were: Lester LaSelle, John A. Webber, C.J. Warren, Isaac Perrigo, J.S. Stevens, Henry Gillette, Edwin White, R.B. Smith, W.A. Staley and Sidney Hinman. The Church was moved from Beers St (Riverside Drive) to it's current location on Bridge St.
Mr. Warren resided on Smith St.
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After his marriage he removed to Cresco. Howard county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. He there continued to reside until 1861, when he returned to Middlebury, Elkhart county, Indiana, and purchased his father's old homestead farm, to whose cultivation he gave his attention until 1865, when he disposed of the property and removed to Ionia county, Michigan, purchasing a farm near the village of Portland, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until 1872, when he took up his residence in the village, where he engaged in the operation of saw and planing mills and in the manufacture of the products incidental to the same. At the present time he is devoting his attention to the manufacture of an improved type of washing machines (Terriff Perfect Washers), still retaining his residence in Portland. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he and his wife are both earnest and active members of the Congregational Church".
Source: The History of South Dakota; Doane Robinson; pg. 1065.
He was retained by William W. Terriff to produce a given number of washers at a given price, while the inventor exploited the territory. After about six months selling
machines and territory in Michigan, a stock company was organized in Portland for the manufacture of the machines, under the style of the Portland Manufacturing Co. (From the William Terriff memorial).
Ten men gave a special gift of $100 each in 1877 to remove and enlarge the First Congregational Church in Portland. They were: Lester LaSelle, John A. Webber, C.J. Warren, Isaac Perrigo, J.S. Stevens, Henry Gillette, Edwin White, R.B. Smith, W.A. Staley and Sidney Hinman. The Church was moved from Beers St (Riverside Drive) to it's current location on Bridge St.
Mr. Warren resided on Smith St.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
"Chauncey J. Warren was born in Watertown, New York, on the 1st of August, 1831, and when he was about seven years of age his parents removed to northern Indiana, becoming pioneers of that section, where his father developed a farm in the midst of the forest wilds.
After his marriage he removed to Cresco. Howard county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. He there continued to reside until 1861, when he returned to Middlebury, Elkhart county, Indiana, and purchased his father's old homestead farm, to whose cultivation he gave his attention until 1865, when he disposed of the property and removed to Ionia county, Michigan, purchasing a farm near the village of Portland, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until 1872, when he took up his residence in the village, where he engaged in the operation of saw and planing mills and in the manufacture of the products incidental to the same. At the present time he is devoting his attention to the manufacture of an improved type of washing machines (Terriff Perfect Washers), still retaining his residence in Portland. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he and his wife are both earnest and active members of the Congregational Church".
Source: The History of South Dakota; Doane Robinson; pg. 1065.
He was retained by William W. Terriff to produce a given number of washers at a given price, while the inventor exploited the territory. After about six months selling
machines and territory in Michigan, a stock company was organized in Portland for the manufacture of the machines, under the style of the Portland Manufacturing Co. (From the William Terriff memorial).
Ten men gave a special gift of $100 each in 1877 to remove and enlarge the First Congregational Church in Portland. They were: Lester LaSelle, John A. Webber, C.J. Warren, Isaac Perrigo, J.S. Stevens, Henry Gillette, Edwin White, R.B. Smith, W.A. Staley and Sidney Hinman. The Church was moved from Beers St (Riverside Drive) to it's current location on Bridge St.
Mr. Warren resided on Smith St.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
After his marriage he removed to Cresco. Howard county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. He there continued to reside until 1861, when he returned to Middlebury, Elkhart county, Indiana, and purchased his father's old homestead farm, to whose cultivation he gave his attention until 1865, when he disposed of the property and removed to Ionia county, Michigan, purchasing a farm near the village of Portland, where he continued in agricultural pursuits until 1872, when he took up his residence in the village, where he engaged in the operation of saw and planing mills and in the manufacture of the products incidental to the same. At the present time he is devoting his attention to the manufacture of an improved type of washing machines (Terriff Perfect Washers), still retaining his residence in Portland. In politics he is a stanch advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican party, and he and his wife are both earnest and active members of the Congregational Church".
Source: The History of South Dakota; Doane Robinson; pg. 1065.
He was retained by William W. Terriff to produce a given number of washers at a given price, while the inventor exploited the territory. After about six months selling
machines and territory in Michigan, a stock company was organized in Portland for the manufacture of the machines, under the style of the Portland Manufacturing Co. (From the William Terriff memorial).
Ten men gave a special gift of $100 each in 1877 to remove and enlarge the First Congregational Church in Portland. They were: Lester LaSelle, John A. Webber, C.J. Warren, Isaac Perrigo, J.S. Stevens, Henry Gillette, Edwin White, R.B. Smith, W.A. Staley and Sidney Hinman. The Church was moved from Beers St (Riverside Drive) to it's current location on Bridge St.
Mr. Warren resided on Smith St.
Research of Marilynn Johnson
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