Bellingerp  
 
 

Transcribed from "History of North Washington, an illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.


     PHILIP BELLINGER, local manager of the Wenatchee Produce Company, resides at Mission, Chelan county.  He is a young, energetic citizen, public spirited and popular with all.  He was born at Mt.  Pleasant, Michigan, November 17, 1867, the son of Horace and Ella (McDowell) Bellinger.  The father is a native of Ohio.  The Bellingers came to the United States at the period of the Revolutionary war, from Germany.  Horace Bellinger enlisted in a three-months regiment, at the opening of the Civil war, but re-enlisted and served three years in the Fifth United States Cavalry.  He participated in the battle of Gettysburg, and was with General Phil Sheridan at the time of the famous ride to Winchester.  He now lives at Elmira, Michigan, with the mother of our subject.
     The earlier years of the latter were passed at Mt.  Pleasant, and later he removed to Elmira.  At both places he attended graded schools, and acquired a good, practical education.  On gaining his majority he entered the employment of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company, as operator and agent.  He remained with this company until 1899, and then removed to St. Paul, Minnesota, and was with the Eastern division of the Great Northern railway.  Mr. Bellinger, aside from his other railway experiences, was in charge of the station at Mission for two years and six months, and on March 10, 1903, he assumed charge of the local office of the Wenatchee Produce Company.
     He has three brothers, Nelson, Percival and Clifton, the two latter school boys, residing with their parents in Michigan.  To Miss Cordelia A. Freer, a native of Richland county, Ohio, Mr. Bellinger was united in marriage at Mission, Washington, April 21, 1901.  Mention of her father, Ira Freer, appears elsewhere in this work.  They have one boy, Ira R., born September 30, 1902.
     The political views of Mr. Bellinger are in line with the Republican party.