Thurston, Charles Orion
Charles Orion Thurston Soundex Code T623
Charles Orion Thurston, Sales Manager;
born in: Barre, Vermont, on Monday, February 23, 1857;
son of: Wilson Thurston and Frances L. Thurston, nee: Frances L. Kinney; descendant on paternal side of Daniel Thurston, Newbury, Massachusetts, about 1650, on maternal side of Henry Kinney, Salem, Massachusetts, 1650;
education: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), cum laude in chemistry, Dartmouth College, 1884
married: Bertha Anna Thurston, nee: Bertha Anna Brown, of Newport, New Hampshire, on Wednesday, March 13, 1889.
Teacher for 30 years,
last 20 years at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania;
settled at Chicago, 1912, and since
sales manager Kinney Manufacturing Company, pumps, and road apparatus, of Boston, Massachussetts.
Member: Phi Beta Kappa.
Member: Theta Delta Chi.
Author: Flora of Wyoming Valley.
Recreations: amateur photography, shooting, fishing, tennis.
Office: 431 S. Dearborn Street
Home: 7451 N. Greenview Avenue