Banker/Public Servant
Centurion, 1866–1912
Born 19 February 1838 in Easton, New York
Died 2 July 1912 in Paris, France
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Proposed by William T. Blodgett and Launt Thompson
Elected 5 May 1866 at age twenty-eight
Archivist’s Note: He was a passenger on the RMS Carpathia when she rescued survivors of the RMS Titanic. Cf. Francis Davis Millet.
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Century Memorial
Charles Henry Marshall, a member since 1866. Heir to large wealth, engaged in shipping from his youth, director in banks and insurance companies, trustee of many charities, harbor commissioner, dock commissioner, alert anti-Tammany alderman;—thus his years of strength were filled with commercial, social, and civic activities.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1913 Century Association Yearbook