Cumberland County, Maine - Charles S. Whitney
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Biography
Charles S. Whitney
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 448


Charles S. Whitney, of Harrison, Me., furniture manufacturer and exporter, was
born in Harrison, May 6, 1853, son of Stephen and Catherine (Brown) Whitney.
Stephen Whitney was a mason by trade, and devoted many years to the pursuit of
his calling. He was also an able and successful farmer. He is now living near
Harrison Village, retired from active work. His wife, who is a native of
Waterford, Me., is also living. They are the parents of nine children - Irene,
deceased; Ann Eliza, the wife of George Tarbox, a travelling man, whose home is
in Harrison; Frances B., the wife of Daniel Woodsum, now residing in New
Hampshire; Charles S., the subject of this sketch; William H., a farmer of
Harrison, who married a Miss Whitney of that town; Horace, a resident of
Harrison Village, who married Miss Hattie Rodic, and is now a widower; Fred, a
farmer living with his father, who married Miss Mabel Wheeler; Lizzie; the wife
of Andrew Ricker, a hairdresser of Portland, Me.; and Mary, the firstborn, who
died in infancy.

Charles S. Whitney received a commonschool education, remaining with his parents
until he was twenty-one years of age. He then obtained work as a coat presser in
Harrison Village, and remained three years. He then took up the lumber business,
in which he is still extensively engaged. In the prosecution of this industry he
has been obliged to purchase a good deal of timber land; and he now owns large
tracts in the townships of Paris and Norway, Me. In 1888 he took under a lease
for three years the property known as the Eastern Wire Works. He purchased it
outright in the spring of 1891, and shortly after organized a stock company for
the manufacture of furniture. This is the Ellingwood Manufacturing Company of
Harrison, Me., a name familiar to furniture dealers all over the world. Their
chairs, lounges, couches, etc., are sold to dealers in Portland, and shipped
thence to different parts of the globe. Starting in life with no resources but a
strong will and a good practical judgment, Mr. Whitney has carved his own
fortune, such as it is.

He was married August 28, 1877, to Annie D., daughter of Gideon and Lydia Ellen
(Sawyer) Ridlon, of Hollis, Me. Mrs. Whitney was born in Buxton, Me., April 28,
1851. Her parents are yet living in Hollis, her father working at his trade,
that of a machinist. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney have two children - Harvey S., born
April 17, 1878; and Flora Ethel, born September 27, 1883. Mr. Whitney has been a
stanch Republican since he was first qualified to vote. He is a member of
Harrison Lodge, No. 41, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Harrison. Mrs.
Whitney is a member of the Baptist church. A lifelong resident of Harrison,
which is also the birthplace and permanent home of his father, Mr. Whitney is
well known and highly esteemed in the town and vicinity.