Background
King, Charles Burton was born on January 25, 1875 in Marion Company, Ohio, United States. Son of George Titus and Margaret (Barnhart) King.
King, Charles Burton was born on January 25, 1875 in Marion Company, Ohio, United States. Son of George Titus and Margaret (Barnhart) King.
Ohio Wesleyan University, 1891-1894.
Connected with the Marion Steam Shovel corporation since 1895, vice president since 1914, general manager since 1917. President The New Hotel Company (operating Hotel Harding, Marion, O.). Director City National Bank & Trust Company, Sunlight and Ohio Valley coal companies, Wilson Bohannon Lock Company.
Partner Marion Stock Yards.
President Ohio Manufacturers’ Association. Designer of first electrically driven shovel and many other excavating machines.
Member of the United States Fuel Administration during war period. Trustee Harding Memorial Association, Washington, District of Columbia. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Association Manufacturers, Army Ordnance Association, American Academy Political and Social Science.
Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner).
Clubs: Marion, Marion Country, Columbus Athletic (Columbus, Ohio).
Married Ethel Liggett, of Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 1898.