LEVANT RECTOR.

LEVANT RECTOR.
Levant Rector, proprietor of the Wyoming Sheet Iron & Metal Works and dealer in new and second hand stoves and furniture in Rock Springs, was born July 8, 1858, in Miami county, Indiana, a son of the late Benjamin Rector, who was also a native of the Hoosier state and was of English descent. Benjamin Rector followed various pursuits and for many years was a resident of Robinson, Crawford county, Illinois, where he located at an early period in the development of that section of the state. He afterward removed to Mentone, Indiana, where his last days were passed, his death occurring when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. He wedded Mary Jane Smith, a native of Indiana and of English lineage. She died at the age of fifty-six years. In their family were five children, four sons and a daughter, but only two are now living, the surviving daughter being Mary E. Rector, the wife of John Johnson, who makes her home in Mentone, Indiana. Levant Rector acquired his education in the public schools of Illinois and started our to provide for his own support when a youth of eighteen years. He served a four years’ apprenticeship at the sheet metal trade, thoroughly acquainting himself with every phase of the business, and in 1910 he removed to Wyoming, establishing his home in Rock Springs on the 15th of September of that year. He was first employed by the Rock Springs Lumber Company but was desirous of engaging in business on his own account and carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him sufficient capital to found his present establishment. He is now proprietor of the Wyoming Sheet Iron & Metal Works and also deals in new and second hand stoves, furniture and kindred lines. He has the only thoroughly up-to-date sheet metal business in Sweetwater county and his trade extends to many neighboring towns. He has prospered in this undertaking, winning a substantial measure of success that has numbered him among the men of affluence in Rock Springs. On the 28th of August, 1885, Mr. Rector was married, in Simpsonville, Shelby county, Kentucky, to Miss Sue Mary Williamson, a native of that state and a daughter of Henry Williamson, deceased, who belonged to one of the old families of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Rector have become the parents of four sons and four daughters and of this number one daughter, Lulu, has passed away. The others are Elmer, Byron, Verna, Gertrude, Dolly, Ivan and James. Fraternally Mr. Rector is connected with the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Women of Woodcraft. In politics he is a republican where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot and has never been a candidate for office, preferring to concentrate his thought, attention and energy upon other interests. He is a member of the Methodist church and one of its trustees. He is also a Sunday school teacher and librarian and is very active in church work, doing everything in his power to promote the growth and extend the influence of the Christian religion. His life is guided by his faith and he is everywhere known as a man of the highest principles and the most sterling integrity of character.

Levant Rector, proprietor of the Wyoming Sheet Iron & Metal Works and dealer in new and second hand stoves and furniture in Rock Springs, was born July 8, 1858, in Miami county, Indiana, a son of the late Benjamin Rector, who was also a native of the Hoosier state and was of English descent. Benjamin Rector followed various pursuits and for many years was a resident of Robinson, Crawford county, Illinois, where he located at an early period in the development of that section of the state. He afterward removed to Mentone, Indiana, where his last days were passed, his death occurring when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. He wedded Mary Jane Smith, a native of Indiana and of English lineage. She died at the age of fifty-six years. In their family were five children, four sons and a daughter, but only two are now living, the surviving daughter being Mary E. Rector, the wife of John Johnson, who makes her home in Mentone, Indiana.
Levant Rector acquired his education in the public schools of Illinois and started our to provide for his own support when a youth of eighteen years. He served a four years’ apprenticeship at the sheet metal trade, thoroughly acquainting himself with every phase of the business, and in 1910 he removed to Wyoming, establishing his home in Rock Springs on the 15th of September of that year. He was first employed by the Rock Springs Lumber Company but was desirous of engaging in business on his own account and carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had brought him sufficient capital to found his present establishment. He is now proprietor of the Wyoming Sheet Iron & Metal Works and also deals in new and second hand stoves, furniture and kindred lines. He has the only thoroughly up-to-date sheet metal business in Sweetwater county and his trade extends to many neighboring towns. He has prospered in this undertaking, winning a substantial measure of success that has numbered him among the men of affluence in Rock Springs.
On the 28th of August, 1885, Mr. Rector was married, in Simpsonville, Shelby county, Kentucky, to Miss Sue Mary Williamson, a native of that state and a daughter of Henry Williamson, deceased, who belonged to one of the old families of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Rector have become the parents of four sons and four daughters and of this number one daughter, Lulu, has passed away. The others are Elmer, Byron, Verna, Gertrude, Dolly, Ivan and James.
Fraternally Mr. Rector is connected with the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Women of Woodcraft. In politics he is a republican where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot and has never been a candidate for office, preferring to concentrate his thought, attention and energy upon other interests. He is a member of the Methodist church and one of its trustees. He is also a Sunday school teacher and librarian and is very active in church work, doing everything in his power to promote the growth and extend the influence of the Christian religion. His life is guided by his faith and he is everywhere known as a man of the highest principles and the most sterling integrity of character.