Background
Moderwell, Charles Mcclellan was born on May 6, 1868 in Geneseo, Illinois, United States. Son of John B. and Maria Antoinette (McClellan) Moderwell.
Moderwell, Charles Mcclellan was born on May 6, 1868 in Geneseo, Illinois, United States. Son of John B. and Maria Antoinette (McClellan) Moderwell.
Graduate Geneseo Collegiate Institute, 1885. Bachelor of Philosophy, College Wooster, O., 1889.
1 son, Horace McClellan. Began as bookkeeper Montana Coal & Coke Company, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1891. Western manager same company, and its successor, the Fairmont Coal Company, 1895-1902.
Organizer National Coal & Coke Company, succeeded in 1904 by C. M. Moderwell & Company, Incorporated., of which was president until 1928.
Associated with Chicago, Wilmington & Franklin Coal Company, since 1928. President United Coal Corporation, 1905-1928.
President Mordue Colleries Company, 1918-1927. Manager for receivers O’Gara Coal Company, 1918-1919, vice president, 1919-1922.
Regional adviser United States Public Works Administration, 1933-1934.
Appointed regional director Public Works Administration for Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, March 1934. President Chicago Board Education, 1923-1925. Ex-president Illinois Coal Operators’ Association.
Member The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago History Society, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa (1931).
Clubs: Union League (ex-chairman political action committee.
Married Jennie L. Cadwallader, October 6, 1897.