Chittenden

LORD, Charles Sumner

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 251

Charles Sumner LORD, manufacturer, Winooski [Chittenden County, Vermont], was 
born 03 June 1862 at Bolton [Chittenden County, Vermont], son of David and 
Betsey Ann (KENNEDY) LORD. Educated at a private school in Waterbury 
[Washington County, Vermont], and at Green Mountain Seminary, Waterbury 
Center. Was employed by the Burlington Woolen Company in 1880 in the mills 
at Winooski. In 1882 entered the office of the mills, and has been cashier 
since 1884. Was superintendent of Colchester Mill, manufacturing cotton 
yarn, from 1886 to 1901. Was treasurer of the Winooski Aqueduct Company from 
1900 to 1905. Has been treasurer of the Burlington Flouring Company since 
1900, and treasurer of the Perfection Overgaiter Company since 1909. 
Republican. Has been chairman of the board of trustees of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church at Winooski, and chorister for many years. Member of 
Webster Lodge No. 61, Free and Accepted Masons, all Scottish Rite bodies, and 
Cairo Temple of the Mystic Shrine of Rutland; Ethan Allen Club, and Algonquin 
Club of Burlington. In 1882 Mr. [Charles Sumner] LORD married [Miss?] Angie 
D. WEEKS of Waterbury Center [Washington County, Vermont], who died in 1895. 
In 1904 he [Charles Sumner LORD] married [Miss?] Olive Gertrude BUTTERFIELD 
of Winooski [Chittenden County, Vermont].

Submitted by Cathy Kubly