Background
Duke, Charles Wesley was born on April 17, 1885 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Washington and Mary Ann (Stratiff) Duke.
Duke, Charles Wesley was born on April 17, 1885 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Washington and Mary Ann (Stratiff) Duke.
Graduated Dickinson Junior College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1905. Student Ohio Wesleyan.
West., Mary Louise, Suzanne Virginia (Mistress Wayne Richardson Hess). City editor Daily Herald, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, 1905. Reporter Sun, later Gazette & Bulletin, Williamsport, 1906, Philadelphia North American.
1907.
With Philadelphia Evening Times, 1908-1912. Reporter, editor and feature writer Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1912-1922. Sunday editor Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1922-1934.
With Watkins Syndicate, Philadelphia, 1935.
Sunday staff Philadelphia Inquirer, 1938-1949. Philadelphia representative Editor and Publisher, 1943-1949.
Appointed director medical information University of Pennsylvania, 1949.
Member Sigma Chirurgical; Mason.
Married Edith May Butler, October 21, 1910. Children: Chas.