Archive:Charles P. Whitney (1837-after 1906)
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From An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties, Their People, Their Commerce and Their Resources, With an Outline of The Early History of The State of Washington - Endorsed as Authentic by Local Committees of Pioneers (Interstate Publishing Company, 1906), page 519
CHARLES P. WHITNEY
Charles P. WHITNEY, a well-known citizen of Mount Vernon, is a native of the Buckeye state, born at Akron, in 1837, the son of William H. and Mary (BIXLEY) WHITNEY. The father, of English descent, was himself a descendant of Yankee stock and claimed Vermont as his birthplace. He came to Ohio in early life and in 1839 settled in Columbia County , Wisconsin, becoming one of the earliest pioneers of that section. His death occurred in Iowa in 1888. The mother was born in New York state and survived only a short time after the removal of the family to Wisconsin. Mr. WHITNEY, of this article, reached his majority in the Badger state, receiving an education such as the schools of that sparsely settled frontier afforded and time would permit, after which he went to Wapello County, Iowa. There he followed farming for a number of years. In 1873 he took up his residence in Marion, Marion County, Kansas, there devoting his energies and abilities principally to the real estate and insurance business with good success.. He came to the Northwest in 1891 searching for a more satisfactory location, and becoming impressed with the Skagit country, established a permanent home at Mount Vernon. He pursued, until 1904, the lines he had followed in Kansas. He was then elected to the office of justice of the peace at the hands of the Republican party of which he has ever been a loyal member, and served his fellow citizens in the important capacity with credit until the fall of 1905. He then entered upon his present business as traveling salesman for the Spaulding Buggy Company, of Grinnell, Iowa, which business carried him again across the continent.
Mr. WHITNEY was married at Marion, Kansas, in 1876 to Ann J. MCLEAN, the daughter of Major J. K. and Elizabeth MCLEAN. Major MCLEAN was a veteran of the Civil War and in that struggle won prominence because of his courage and military skill. Mrs. WHITNEY was born January 4, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. WHITNEY have a family of five children: Edith and Inez, twins, born March 12, 1878; Leo C., January 13, 1885; Lois B., July 8, 1888;and George K., June 27, 1890. Inez is now the wife of R. G. HANAFORD, cashier of the First National Bank of Mount Vernon, while her twin sister, Edith, is married to W. M. KING, a dentist of Mount Vernon. Leo C. WHITNEY is engaged in newspaper work on the sound and Lois B. is attending high school. Mrs. WHITNEY belongs to the Eastern Star and Rathbone lodges.
A man of earnest purpose, able in his business and commanding the respect of his associates, Mr. WHITNEY is one of the substantial factors in the progress of this community.
