Born in North Bloomfield, Ohio,[1] Wing was educated at Phillips Academy,[2] and Harvard University.

[1] He read law with Caleb Blodgett at Boston, Massachusetts, Judge Buckingham of Newark, New Jersey and Edward O. Fitch of Ashtabula, Ohio.

[1] He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Ohio from 1880 to 1881.

He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 1901, and received his commission the same day.

[1] Following his resignation from the federal bench, Wing resumed private practice in Cleveland.