Macon County NcArchives Biographies.....Glover, Charles Carroll ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Rosie H. Guthrie n/a December 21, 2009, 3:51 pm Source: Who's Who Author: John W. Leonard Glover, Charles Carroll, financier, banker; b. on farm, Macon Co., NC, Nov. 24, 1846; s. Charles and Caroline (Piercy) G.; ed. Rittenhouse Acad., Washington, DC; m. Jan. 10, 1878, Annie C., d. Rear-Admiral Poor, USN. Clerk in book store 3 yrs prior to entering, at age of 19, employ of Riggs & Co., bankers, as clerk; became partner in firm, 1873, and since its organization, July 1, 1896, has been pres. Riggs Nat. Bank. Inaugurated and successfully carried through Congress projects for establishing of Rock Creek and Potomac parks and securing for DC site for Fort Reno reservoir. Treas. Am. Univ. (Methodist); trustee Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation; v.-p. Capital Traction Co.; ex v.-p. Nat. Safe Deposit and Trust Co.; mem. and ex-pres. Washington Stock Exchange. Was mem. com. apptd. by President Roosevelt to receive funds for Martinique sufferers; mem. Federal com. on changing date of inaugural of President of US; Mem. Washington Nat. Momument Soc.; v.-p. and treas. Corcoran Gallery of Art. Residence: 1703 K St., NW Office: Riggs Nat. Bank, Washington Additional Comments: Source: Who's Who in America A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States. Volume 3 1903-1905 Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis Edited by John W. Leonard Chicago A.N. Marquis & Company Publishers 1903 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/macon/bios/glover91bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb