Charles E. Byington of Exeter, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1053

   CHARLES E. BYINGTON, cashier of the Exeter Banking Com-
pany, at Exeter, N. H., was born at West Brookfield, Mass., November
10, 1855. His parents were Rev. Swift and Martha (Wheeler) Bying-
ton, who came to Exeter in 1871, where the father was pastor of the
First Congregational Church for twenty-two years. They had pre-
viously resided in Stoneham, Mass. Mrs. Martha W. Byington was a
native of Bristol, Conn., and daughter of Joel Wheeler. Both parents
are now deceased and are buried in Exeter. They had four children:
Lizzie, who died at the age of twenty-one years; Charles E., subject of
this sketch; Carrie W. and Alice.
   Charles E. Byington attended the common schools in Stoneham,
Mass., and after coming to Exeter with his parents, entered the Exeter
high school, where he remained for two years. He then spent three
years in Phillips Exeter Academy, after which he entered into business
life, obtaining employment in the old Granite State National Bank,
where he remained until 1893. In the following year he became cashier
for the Exeter Banking Company, which was started at that time, and
has been with them ever since, performing his duties efficiently and giv-
ing general satisfaction to the patrons of the institution.
   Mr. Byington was married, September 15, 1885, to Miss Cornelia
Frances Shute, of Exeter, a sister of Judge Henry A. Shute, and daugh-
ter of George S. and Joanna (Simkins) Shute. Her father was a native
of Exeter and her mother of England, the former being a son of Henry
Shute by his wife, Eliza Rowe Smith. The Shute family is among the
most prominent and respected in Rockingham county. They are popular
members of the best Exeter society.