Sacramento County
Biographies
CHARLES H. CHATTERTON
CHARLES H. CHATTERTON.--A general contractor who enjoys the enviable reputation of never finding himself "stumped" when called upon to undertake a new or difficult piece of work, is Charles H. Chatterton, a native of Wisconsin, where he was born on a farm near Larabee on October 28, 1882. His parents were George and Grace (Anderton) Chatterton, who removed first to Rhode Island and then to Colorado Springs, Colo.; and from there went to St. Paul, where Mrs. Chatterton died in April, 1923, surrounded by faithful, appreciative friends. Mr. Chatterton has also closed his useful career, and left the world much better for his having tried in a modest way to improve the conditions around him.
Charles Chatterton attended the Wisconsin public schools, and when old enough to do so, learned the carpenter trade. In Rhode Island he worked with one of the largest firms, Wilmot & McKillop, for three years building cotton mills. In 1904 he came to Sacramento, and for three years he was a partner with his brother, after which time each one went into business for himself. Charles has confined himself to the creation of the finer type of dwellings and flats. He is well-posted as to the latest and most approved methods, and has long made it a practice to use only the best equipment attainable, thereby assuring such speed as may be compatible with the work required; he also has an eye to the ornate and the dignified, and there is something satisfying, something pleasing about his work when it is done. In political affairs, Mr. Chatterton is a stand-pat Republican.
In 1904, at Sacramento, Mr. Chatterton was married to Katherine McCarthy, an accomplished lady, a native of Ireland, and they have three children, Grace Ann, Charles Elmer, and Newell George. Mr. Chatterton belongs to the Builders' Exchange, and when tired of too much work, or patriotically inclined to observe a holiday, he hies himself off on hunting and fishing trips.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 866-869. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.