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Earle Perry Charlton

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Earle Perry Charlton

Birth
Chester, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death
20 Nov 1930 (aged 67)
Acoaxet, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 1895, Willow Avenue, Family Tomb
Memorial ID
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Business Magnate. He was one of the fathers of the chain-retail business. His company, the E.P. Charlton & Co. 5 & 10 stores, started as a single store located in Fall River, Massachusetts. Before long there were 53 stores located all over the United States and Canada.

Eventually his company merged with another large retail chain and he became the co-founder of F.W. Woolworth Company.

His personal fortune at the time of his death has been valued at approximately $32 million dollars and his philanthropic legacy continues in the local community with a local Hospital and Business College dedicated in his name.

Source:
MVR 1620-1988, Page 107, Line 46
Age: 67 yrs 5 mos 1 dys
Cause:
Carcinoma of Bladder, Metastasis to Liver

Earle Perry "Chuck" Charlton, II (Grandson)
Find A Grave Memorial # 152457663

09.30.2017 KJR
Birth date source:
Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990
US Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Marriage source:
US Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Death source:
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Repository: ancestry.com
Business Magnate. He was one of the fathers of the chain-retail business. His company, the E.P. Charlton & Co. 5 & 10 stores, started as a single store located in Fall River, Massachusetts. Before long there were 53 stores located all over the United States and Canada.

Eventually his company merged with another large retail chain and he became the co-founder of F.W. Woolworth Company.

His personal fortune at the time of his death has been valued at approximately $32 million dollars and his philanthropic legacy continues in the local community with a local Hospital and Business College dedicated in his name.

Source:
MVR 1620-1988, Page 107, Line 46
Age: 67 yrs 5 mos 1 dys
Cause:
Carcinoma of Bladder, Metastasis to Liver

Earle Perry "Chuck" Charlton, II (Grandson)
Find A Grave Memorial # 152457663

09.30.2017 KJR
Birth date source:
Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990
US Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Marriage source:
US Passport Applications, 1795-1925

Death source:
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Repository: ancestry.com


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