CHARLES PATTEN SHILLABER (1853-1911)

Charles Patten Shillaber (1853-1911), second son of four children of Jonas Green Shillaber (1821-1884), a wealthy trader in the shoe manufacturing industry, and his wife Caroline Matilda Patten (1825-1898) of the Shillaber family of Boston. The Shillaber family traces its roots to New England during the early Colonial period. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1872-1873. He traveled to Paris, France in November 1878.

In 1882, he served as the Treasurer of the League of American Wheelman, bicycling club, and the following year the Vice President. He was also a member of the South Framingham Gun Club and won second prize in 1904. He was also an angler and caught tarpon.

He was the director of the National City Bank of Lynn, Massachusetts from 1893 to 1901 when he resigned.

In December 1905 he was elected one of the vice-presidents of the Middlesex South Agricultural Society.

He used to correspond with Henry Chapman for coins and mailed in bids for auctions beginning in 1906. He joined the ANA in August 1908 and was vouched for by Herbert Ellis Morey (1848-1925), the illustrious coin dealer and Howland Wood (1877-1938) of both ANA and ANS fame.

He died of a heart attack on July 11, 1911.

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