Charles Elliott Whistler and Ethel May Butler

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Husband Charles Elliott Whistler ¹

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           Born: 8 Sep 1866 1
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         Father: Capt. C. W. Whistler (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Forker (      -1903) 1

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       Marriage: 1901 3

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Wife Ethel May Butler ³

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         Father: Alfred Butler (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Emma [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Julia May Whistler ³

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2 F Grace Butler Whistler ³

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Elliott Whistler

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He was educated in the public schools of Mercer, Pennsylvania, at Allegheny College, Washington and Jefferson College, and at Curry's Business College, after which he went to California in search of health. There he first entered into busi­ness, opening a store at San Diego. After he returned to the east he embarked in a general mercantile business at Scott Haven, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he continued until 1900, when he came to Ellwood City. He remained there thereafter, with the exception of one and one-half years, during which period he con­ducted a wholesale produce business at Los Angeles, California. When he came to settle permanently at Ell­wood City he purchased the store and fixtures and business from C. H. Williams and had a most desirable quarters, with a frontage of forty-four feet, one-half of which had a depth of 160 feet and one-half of 120 feet. He carried an immense stock, which was selected with care, and he required the as­sistance of from eight to fifteen clerks.
In politics, Mr. Whistler was affiliated with the Democratic party, and as a leading citi­zen public offices were urged upon him. He was president of the Ellwood City School Board, took a deep interest in the devel­opment of the city's various industries and contributed liberally to charitable and benevolent enterprises. He belonged to Ell­wood Lodge, F. & A. M., and was a member of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Club of Ellwood City. He was the first presi­dent of the Ellwood Board of Trade.
During a visit to England, Mr. Whistler had the satisfaction of viewing the section from which came his ancestors, and saw the house in the quaint old English village which sheltered seven genera­tions of his name.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 790.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 954.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 793.