. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . en-tion to detail hasbeen the key to hissuccess in both ])ri-vate and public comes of Quakerstock, having beenborn in Vassalboro,Me., May lo, 1829,the son of RobertTowne and DorcasH. Whitten. has onebrother, Henry C,and his sister, .AnnaS., now deceased,was once a celebratedsoprano singer. Theearly years of his lifewere spent in hisnative town, wherehe attended the pub-lic schools, finishinghis studies at KentsHill Academy. Atthe age of e
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . en-tion to detail hasbeen the key to hissuccess in both ])ri-vate and public comes of Quakerstock, having beenborn in Vassalboro,Me., May lo, 1829,the son of RobertTowne and DorcasH. Whitten. has onebrother, Henry C,and his sister, .AnnaS., now deceased,was once a celebratedsoprano singer. Theearly years of his lifewere spent in hisnative town, wherehe attended the pub-lic schools, finishinghis studies at KentsHill Academy. Atthe age of eighteenhe came to Bostonas book-keeper forthe firm of Kimball & Fisk, retail clothiers. He remained with this firmnine months, and then associated himself with JohnGove & Co., wholesale clothiers. He was with themfor a number of years. In 1858 the firm of Whitten,Hopkins & Co. was established, Mr. Whitten becomingthe senior partner. In 1862 the firm of Whitten, Bur-dett & Young was founded and began business in theold Cathedral building. In 1872 the great fire cleanedout the establishment, and the firm took temporary. CHARLES V WHITTEN quarters on Chauncy Street. The Beebe block onWinthrop Square having been completed, Whitten,Burdett & Young moved in and took possession, thefirm name having since been changed to Burdett, Young& Ingalls, and Mr. \\hitten remaining as special was also special partner in the firm of Simonds,Hatch & ^Vhitten, wholesale dealers in furnishing Whitten has been a director in the Commonwealthand Mechanics National banks and a trustee in the Home Savings Bankever since its incor-poration. In 1880Mr. Whitten, at theearnest solicitation ofhis friends, became acandidate for alder-man, was elected andre-elected the twofol 1 o w i n g he again ranfor office, in 1884,his victory was amost pronouncedone. For two yearshe was chairman ofthe board, and wasregarded as pre-emi-nently the businessman in that election in 1884a
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