C. K. Wing was born at Castleton, Vermont in January 1851. He came to North Dakota in 1881, establishing the first store in Foster County at Newport-later Melville. In 1884 he married Hattie Manley in Vermont. They had three children: Charles Kleber, Alice and William. Mrs. Wing was born in 1862.
Mr. Wing later enlarged his store including hardware and farm machinery. The business was later moved to Carrington.
He homesteaded and purchased land, at one time owning as much as 12,000 acres.
Above all he was interested in promoting North Dakota as a state. His land company laid out the town sites of McClusky, Pingree, Robinson, Wing and Regan.
Mrs. Wing died in 1943; Mr. Wing in 1917. They are buried at Carrington.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 43B