BIO: Charles Steele WHITTAKER, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 243.
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CHARLES STEELE WHITTAKER
Porter Township, Huntingdon Co., Pa.

Farmer:  Born in Porter township, on April 28, 1867, a son of Thomas G. 
Whittaker, who died in 1909, and of Lydia (Steele) Whittaker, of 
Bedford Co., Pa., who died in 1921.  Charles Steele Whittaker attended 
the Valley school in Porter township, and later on in life took a 
course in engineering at Ada Normal University, in 1889.  Has taught 
school for ten years, in Huntingdon Co., Pa., and one term at Thomas, 
West Virginia.  Has been a farmer for thirty-one years; owns a farm of 
152 acres, for twenty-six years, well located, up-to-date; a 
progressive farmer; has been engaged at carpentering; served as school 
director; on election board; auditor for township.  He belongs to the 
Presbyterian church; wife also, Alexandria, Pa.  A member of the 
Patrons of Husbandry, No. 375, Alexandria, Pa.  Independent in 
politics; has three brothers:  John C., Walker township, a farmer; 
Edgar B., Porter township, a farmer; Clarence H. Whittaker, an 
Attorney-at Law, Huntingdon, Pa.  One sister, Mrs. Mary Ramsey.  
Charles Steele Whittaker was married to Mary Lincoln, a daughter of 
Robert C. Lincoln, a Civil War veteran, who died in 1929.  They have 
two sons, Walter H., at home, a graduate of the Huntingdon High School, 
class of 1929; John G., nine years of age, Alexandria High School.  One 
daughter, Edith Marie, eleven years, Alexandria High School.  Mr. 
Whittaker's farm was once owned by Ex-Governor Porter, who was Governor 
of Pennsylvania in 1837.  The farm has changed ownership four times up 
to its present owner, the subject of this sketch.