Background
Charles Elliott was born on February 21, 1881, in Burlington, Vermont, United States.
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Charles Elliott Jr. Perkins
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Charles Elliott Perkins Jr. is serving as president of the Lincoln Land Company, president of the International Products Company, and co-receiver of the Uruguay Railway Company and the Brazil Land, Cattle, & Packing Company. He also served as president of the Colorado and Southern Railway Company, the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway, the Burlington Vinegar and Pickle Works, and the North-western Cabinet Company, and as director of two banks.
Career
In 1914 Perkins was appointed to the board of directors of the CB&Q. In July 1918, when Hale Holden, president of the CB&Q, stepped down temporarily to serve as director of the Central Western Region for the U.S. Railroad Administration in order to deal with expanded rail traffic during World War I, Perkins was elected president. In 1920 he resigned, and Holden resumed the presidency. Perkins then served as vice president for one year and remained on the board until 1928.
Connections
Charles married Leita Amory, on June 14,1904. They had one son, Charles Elliott. He married Isabel Sheridan on September 26, 1925, and they had one son, Kennedy McGunnegle.
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