Background

Barnes, Charles Benjamin was born on July 18, 1900 in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Benjamin and Josephine Lea (Low) Barnes.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Harvard, 1924, Bachelor of Laws, 1927.

Career

Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1927. Associate firm Hemenway & Barnes, Boston, 1927-1980, partner, 1929-1980. Director Allied Stores Corporation, New York City, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston.

Director, member directors advising committee State St. Bank & Trust Company. Former director Joseph Bennett Company, Boston, Washburn Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, Scott & Williams, Laconia, N.H. Alternate delegate.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Bar Association City of Boston. Clubs: Somerset, Curtis, Knockers (Boston).

Connections

Married Phoebe Washburn, June 15, 1929. Children: Phoebe (Mistress John E.Z. Caner), Josephine Lea (Mistress John Jay Iselin), Charles Benjamin, Cornelia Bradford.

father:

Charles Benjamin Barnes

mother:

Josephine Lea (Low) Barnes

spouse:

Phoebe Washburn

child:

Phoebe Barnes (Mistress John E.Z. Caner)

child:

Cornelia Bradford Barnes

child:

Josephine Lea Barnes (Mistress John Jay Iselin)

child:

Charles Benjamin Barnes