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The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana; A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region About the Head of the Maumee River
The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne Indiana A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region About the Head of the Maumee River Author:Bert Joseph Griswold General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1917 Original Publisher: Robert O. Law Co. Subjects: Fort Wayne (Ind.) Allen County (Ind.) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you ge... more »t free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Charles T. Pidgeon, who is president of the C. T. Pidgeon Millinery Company and treasurer of the C. T. Pidgeon Realty Company, is consistently to be designated as one of the influential and progressive business men of Fort Wayne and his ability and sterling character have been shown in his admirable achievement in connection with business interests of importance. Mr. Pidgeon was born in Clinton county, Ohio, February 12, 1863, a son of Rev. John M. and Caroline P. (Thompson) Pidgeon, natives of Guilford county, North Caroline, where the former was born, February 2, 1833, and the latter in the year 1842, their home being now at Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio, where the father is living retired, after a quarter of a century of devoted service as a minister in that noble religious organization, the Society of Friends, of which both he and his wife are birthright members. He whose name introduces this article acquired his early education in the public schools of Ohio and supplemented the same by an effective course in Earlham college, an admirable institution maintained under the auspices of the Society of Friends, at Richmond, Indiana. He gave two years of effective service as a teacher in the public schools and thereafter was in the railway mail service for a period of four years. In January, 1888, he became associated with the wholesale millinery house of Adams and Armstrong, whose establishment was then situated on Calhoun street, Fort Wayne. Three years later he established his residence in the city of Cleveland, Oh...« less