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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 1875 - 1957 (82 years)
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| Name |
Charles Andrews Munroe [1] |
| Born |
9 Feb 1875 |
Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
28 Dec 1957 |
Nassau, , New Providence, Bahamas |
| Buried |
Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont, USA |
| Person ID |
I27210 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
| Father |
Merrick Adams Munroe, b. 27 Feb 1828, Rindge, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA , d. 12 Dec 1911, Middlebury, Addison Co., Vermont, USA (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Henrietta Persis Mason, b. 29 Aug 1847, Union Village, Vermont , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
2 Nov 1869 |
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA [1] |
| Family ID |
F9167 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Rhea Logan, b. 7 Jun 1883, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA , d. 1933 (Age 49 years) |
| Married |
20 Aug 1907 |
Darien, Connecticut, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Josephine Munroe, b. 17 Jun 1908, Prob., Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Rhea Logan Munroe, b. 29 Jun 1913, Prob., Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Living |
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| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2009 |
| Family ID |
F13080 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Charles graduated from Middlebury College in his home town and from Northwestern University law school. He began his business career in Chicago in 1897 as a lawyer.
He became identified with water power development along the Des Plaines River in 1902, and was an executive of the Illinois Valley Gas and Electric Company.
From 1919 to 1924, he was vice president of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke company, and also a vice president of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois. During this time he was president of the American Gas Association.
In 1924, Charles acquired control of the Laclede Gas Light Company of St. Louis and was its chairman until 1927. He later became president of the W. A. Harriman Securities Corporation, Northern Utilities Company, North Central Gas Company, and Columbia Oil and Gasoline Company. He was director and executive committee member of Columbia Gas and Electric Company.
He was also a director of the Illinois Central Railroad, Yazoo and Mississippi Railroad, the Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans Railroad Company, American National Bank in Winter Haven, Florida, and Broadway National Bank in Tampa, Florida.
He was a trustee of Middlebury College and formerly was a trustee of the Chicago Historical Society. He gave buildings to Middlebury and also the the Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut.
He owned estates in Nassau, Bahama Islands and the French Riviera.
References:
(1) "History and Genealogy of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes", 2nd ed. by R. S.
Munroe - Florence, Massachusetts (1986) - 11-86-44-2 - p. 330-331
Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA
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| Sources |
- [S247] History of the Munros of Fowlis, Alexander Mackenzie, M.J.L., (Published in Inverness, Scotland by A & W Mackenzie (1898)), p. 571 (Reliability: 3).
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