Harry D. Wintringer
Harry D. Wintringer, president of the Steubenville Pottery Company, is one of Steubenville's most enterprising business men and a leading manufacturer of this section, being identified with numerous important interests in Jefferson County. He was born at Steubenville, O., in 1871, and is a son of Capt. Nathan and Elizabeth (Donaldson) Wintringer.
Capt. Nathan Wintringer was identified with river life for many years and was commander of his own vessel. During the larger part of his life he maintained his home at Steubenville, where his death occurred in 1886. He married Elizabeth Donaldson, who survives him and they were parents of the following children: Harry D.; George C, a graduate of Princeton College, who is assistant manager of the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company, of Newark, N. J.; Margaret D., who resides at home; Mary D., a graduate of Wellesley College, who is the wife of George W. Wood, of Morgantown, W. Va.; and Lucy L., who resides with her mother at Steubenville.
Harry D. Wintringer attended the schools of Steubenville and completed his education in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Boston, and when his college days were over he entered the office of the Steubenville Pottery Company, of which his uncle, now retired, W. B. Donaldson, was president at that time. His business capacity was immediately recognized and, in 1901, the board of directors elected him president of the company, a signal mark of approbation for one of his years. He justified their judgment, however, for he immediately infused such vigor into the business that in a very short time the Steubenville pottery was awarded a foremost place in the great pottery industry of the country. In 1909 Mr. Wintringer purchased the interest of his partner, D. J. Sinclair, and the officials now are: H. D. Wintringer, Walter C. Sterling and Bartley L. Joyce, the last named being superintendent. In this pottery employment is given three hundred workmen. Under Mr. Wintringer's management the success of this concern has been so great that outside capital is awaiting an opportunity to invest in it. Mr. Wintringer is identified with a number of organized bodies and is a member of the executive committee of the United States Potters' Association. He is president of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce, also of the Steubenville Country Club and vice-president of the Y. M. C. A., in all these agencies for the betterment and advancement of his city being active, liberal and broad-minded.
In 1898 Mr. Wintringer was married to Miss Maud C. Mooney, who died in 1902, survived by two sons, Robert L. and David. Mr. Wintringer is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and is president of its board of trustees. His fraternal identification is with the Elks.
20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910