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EDWARD SPOTTSWOOD WINGFIELD
The gentleman whose name captions this article
was born in Henry County, Virginia, March 21st, 1870,
and is a son of William H. and Sarah V. (Bondurant)
Wingfield and was educated in the public schools of
his native county. He came to Roanoke in 1891 and
for a short period was engaged in the retail grocery
business. Later he accepted a position with the
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company and remained
with that concern until 1903, when he was appointed
City Constable to fill out an unexpired term of six
months of John Eanes. In 1904 he was elected constable
and was reölected in 1908. Mr Wingfield has
discharged the duties of his office in a manner most
satisfactory to the electorate and it is predicted that
still better things await him politically.
He was married to Miss Myrtis N. Coleman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Coleman, November 15th,
1904, and they have four children, two boys and two
girls. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern
Woodmen of America, Roanoke Lodge 813, F. O. E.,
and the Junior Order of Union American Mechanics.
He maintains a splendidly equipped office in the Bear
Building on the Corner of Salem Avenue and Jefferson
Street.
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