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Charles Ridgway Deacon
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| Name | Charles Ridgway Deacon |
| Ortssitz | Philadelphia (Penns.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Textilfabrik (Wolle) |
| Anmerkungen | *1845. Presseagent der "Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company". |
| Quellenangaben | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 245] |
| Hinweise | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 246] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 23.01.1845 |
Geburt von Charles Ridgway Deacon auf einer Farm bei Burlington, N.J. |
| 01.10.1890 |
Präsident McLeod der Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ernennt Charles Ridgway Deacon zum Presseagenten der Bahn |
Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| ZEIT | 1891 |
| THEMA | Lebenslauf |
| TEXT | Charles Ridgway Deacon, Press Agent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and Secretary of the Clover Club of Philadelphia, was born January, 23, 1845. on a farm near Burlington, New Jersey, where his father was largely engaged in horticulture. His parents were members of promineut Quaker families and descended from the early English settlers of the State. Mr. Deacon was educated at Gummere's School, Burlington, Westtown Friends' School, near West Chester, Pa., and at the Dowingtown, Pennsylvania, Academy until his sixteenth year when he was apprenticed to the printer's trade at the office of the Saturday livening Post, then owned by Deacon & Peterson. Shortly after reaching his majority he was employed in the office of the Public Ledger, but subsequently engaged in the sewing machine business in Baltimore as general agent for the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, remaining there until 1876, when he returned to the employ of Mr. Childs on the Ledger. Here he remained until 1884, when he became business manager of the Daily News, but shortly afterwards withdrew and took the management of the American Biographical Publishing Company and completed the publication of a valuable work entitled "Prominent Pennsylvanians". Mr. Deacon has acted as correspondent for a number of prominent newspapers anil is a frequent contributor to the local journals. On October 1, 1890, President McLeod of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad appointed him press agent of that corporation, and he has since that time looked after the interests of the Company in connection with the press. Mr. Deacon has demonstrated his capacity for the work in which he is engaged by the manner in which the merits of the Reading Terminal were presented in the newspapers, as he had the entire handling of that matter after his connection with the road. He is in touch with all grades of newspaper workers and they are always glad to do him any reasonable favor. Mr. Deacon's long connection with the newspaper business has made him well known in Philadelphia, while his work as secretary of the Clover Club has brought him in contact with a great many prominent men from different parts of the country. Mr. Deacon married Virginia the youngest daughter of the late George Sturges, who was for many years connected with the Survey Department. They have two children, a son and a daughter, both nearly of age. |
| QUELLE | [Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians (1891) 245] |
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