Background
Whitehair, Charles Wesley was born on January 7, 1887 in Selma, Indiana, United States. Son of Benjamin W. and Sarah (Shroyer) Whitehair.
Whitehair, Charles Wesley was born on January 7, 1887 in Selma, Indiana, United States. Son of Benjamin W. and Sarah (Shroyer) Whitehair.
Bachelor of Arts, De Pauw University, 1909.
Secretary Kansas State College Young Men's Christian Association, 1909-1911. National secretary Young Men's Christian Association for Southern India, 1912-1913. Secretary Cornell Univercity Christian Association, 1914-1915.
War worker with the Young Men's Christian Association, 1915-1919, also war correspondent.
Passed through submarine zone 18 times. On battle lines from Flanders to Egypt and in training camps in Europe and United States.
Guest of British Expeditionary Forces and of General Allenby in Egypt. Invited by latter to speak to his troops, summer of 1918, on “What America Is Doing in the War”.
Made speaking tour of the United States for United States Treasury Department Vice president
Union Commerce Bank, Cleveland, Ohio, 1918-1920, Union Trust Company, 1920-1921, Trumbull Securities Company, 1921. Vice president, director The Continental Bank, 1927-1928. President The Whitehair Brothers Company, general insurance.
Fellow Royal Geography Society.
Married Nilah M. Jay, June 19, 1909. Children: Jay Charles, Nilah Jane, Paul Nelson.