Bio of MASSIE, Charles C. (b.1872), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 751-752
CHARLES C. MASSIE
For thirty years Charles C. Massie has been connected with Northup, King &
Com­pany of Minneapolis, wholesale dealers in seeds, of which firm he is now
serving as president, and he is deserving of great credit for the success which
he has gained, for it has been won through earnest effort and honorable methods.
He is a native of Scotland, his birth having occurred in Aberdeenshire, on the
6th of November, 1872, and his parents, John and Isabella (Monroe) Massie, were
also natives of that country. Both parents have passed away. The father was a
farmer and grain merchant of Aberdeen. To their union were born twelve children,
of whom ten are living, and three of the family emigrated to the United States,
namely: James, who is connected with the Grain Growers Company and resides in
Winnipeg, Canada; Margaret, whose death occurred at Detroit, Michigan; and
Charles C., who is the youngest of the children.
The schools of Aberdeen, Scotland, afforded Charles C. Massie his educational
opportunities and after his graduation from Gordon College he became connected
with the seed business in that city. About three years later he decided to leave
his native land and in 1892 came alone to the United States, being at that time
twenty years of age. On arriving in this country he at once made his way to the
Northwest, with Minneapolis as his destination, and after reaching this city he
secured employment with the firm of Northup, King & Company, conducting a
wholesale seed business. Starting in an unimportant capacity, he was rapidly
advanced as he proved his worth and ability and following the reorganization of
the company in 1896 he was made secretary, which office he continued to fill
until 1913. He has since served as president and during the period in which he
has controlled the business he has expanded its scope, instituting a most
progressive policy that has constituted a resultant element in the present
success and commercial standing of the firm. He is vice president of the Seed
Growers Marketing Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, and in 1914 he was honored
with the presidency of the American Seed Trade Association, while for several
years he was vice president of the Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers Association.
In January, 1897, Mr. Massie was married to Miss Anna Dailey of Minneapolis, and
they have become the parents of three children: Ruth, Charles G. and Catharine
Jane. Mr. Massie is a member of the St. Anthony Commercial Club, the Minneapolis
Athletic and Automobile clubs, and the Interlachen Country Club. He has never
dis­sipated his energies over a broad field, but has continued in the line of
activity which he first entered as a young man, gaining that specialized
knowledge which makes him an expert in the seed business. He is a self-made man
who has been both the architect and builder of his fortunes, and what he has
accomplished represents the fit utilization of his innate powers and talents.