CHARLES MACALESTER, financier, Philadelphia, Pa., born in that city, Feb. 17, 1798, died at his home there, Dec. 9, 1873. The son of Charles Macalester, he grad uated from the University of Pennsylvania, and, at the age of fourteen, commanded a company of forty boys, who worked for two days to build a fort on the Schuylkill, made necessary by the War of 1812. For six years, 1821-27, he carried on business as a merchant in Cincinnati, returning then to Philadelphia, to resume business there. At the death of his father, a shipping merchant, Aug. 24, 1832, he inherited a large property, and, in 1849, retired from trade. From that time forward, he bought and sold securities and real estate. Of his wealth, Mr. Macalester made liberal use, con tributing freely to charities, and, in 1873, giving a building and site in Minneapolis to what was subsequently called Macalester college. He was president of The Orthopedic Hospital and The St. Andrews Society, and frequently presided over public meetings. One son was born to him, named Charles, now deceased, but his daughter, Mrs. Eliza Lytle Berghmans, survived him. By will, Mr. Macalester left $5,000 each for the missions, the Board of Education, and the Fund for Disabled Ministers of the Presby terian church, a large property to Macalester college, and other public bequests.
America's Successful Men of Affairs: The United States at Large
Henry Hall, 1896
p. 538
America's Successful Men of Affairs: The United States at Large
Henry Hall, 1896
p. 538
CHARLES MACALESTER, financier, Philadelphia, Pa., born in that city, Feb. 17, 1798, died at his home there, Dec. 9, 1873. The son of Charles Macalester, he grad uated from the University of Pennsylvania, and, at the age of fourteen, commanded a company of forty boys, who worked for two days to build a fort on the Schuylkill, made necessary by the War of 1812. For six years, 1821-27, he carried on business as a merchant in Cincinnati, returning then to Philadelphia, to resume business there. At the death of his father, a shipping merchant, Aug. 24, 1832, he inherited a large property, and, in 1849, retired from trade. From that time forward, he bought and sold securities and real estate. Of his wealth, Mr. Macalester made liberal use, con tributing freely to charities, and, in 1873, giving a building and site in Minneapolis to what was subsequently called Macalester college. He was president of The Orthopedic Hospital and The St. Andrews Society, and frequently presided over public meetings. One son was born to him, named Charles, now deceased, but his daughter, Mrs. Eliza Lytle Berghmans, survived him. By will, Mr. Macalester left $5,000 each for the missions, the Board of Education, and the Fund for Disabled Ministers of the Presby terian church, a large property to Macalester college, and other public bequests.
America's Successful Men of Affairs: The United States at Large
Henry Hall, 1896
p. 538
America's Successful Men of Affairs: The United States at Large
Henry Hall, 1896
p. 538
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