Background
Whelan, Charles Elbert was born on August 26, 1862 in Mazomanie, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Curtis Erskine and Martha (Rowley) Whelan.
Whelan, Charles Elbert was born on August 26, 1862 in Mazomanie, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Curtis Erskine and Martha (Rowley) Whelan.
Graduated from the high school, Mazomanie, 1879. Bachelor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1894.
Assistant attorney general of Wisconsin, 1896-1897. Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, 1898-1899. President Wisconsin League of Municipalities, 1898.
Supreme national lecturer Modern Woodman of America, 1898-1926.
Editor public The Modern Woodman magazine, since 1926.
All who truly seek God are both competent and called to develop in that relationship and share it with others
Mason (33°, Knights Templar, Shriner). Odd Fellow, Knights of Pythias, Moose, Elk, Woodman.
Married Alberta L. Wallis, May 27, 1885. Children: Letta Helen (Mistress B. H. Peck), Charles Elbert.