Sunday, December 2, 2012

Chicago Board of Trade Members: Charles B. Congdon & Company



C. B. CONGDON & CO.
APR
7
1900
CHICAGO.



C. B. CONGDON & CO.
MAR
30
1900
CHICAGO.



C. B. CONGDON & CO.
MAY
3
1900
CHICAGO.

Langlois scans

Charles B. Congdon was CBOT member #2261.





From The History of Chicago, 1885:

Charles B. Congdon, of the firm of Hamill & Congdon, was born in Massachusetts, in the year 1853, and received his education in that State. In 1873, he came to Chicago, and went into the commission business, in the ensuing year, with O. W. Clapp, remaining with him until 1879. in which year he entered the firm of which he is now a member. He became a member of the Board of Trade in 1875, and is one of the directors of the Lake Bluff Hotel and Improvement Company. He was married, in December, 1876, to Miss Cynthia Willsie, and has three children — Harry, Bessie and Louise.

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