Biography

02/15/1895 - 07/24/1988

Charles Gilbert Wolfenden, Sr. (R37) Indiana and Jefferson Counties 1937-1940

Early Life:

Charles Gilbert Wolfenden, Sr., born February 15, 1894, Clearfield Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; Charles and Nellie Hanforth Wolfenden; Peabody High School, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, 1912; Syracuse University 1916; married, Edith Dolores Buchanan Wolfenden, 1920, children, Charles Gilbert Wolfenden, Jr., George Buchanan Wolfenden, Gilbert Wolfenden, Richard Wolfenden; enlisted, adjutant, field artillery, 37th Division, World War I, 1917-1918; Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, University of Pittsburgh, (B.S.), (LL.B.); employed, George T. Buchanan Company, 1920, chief executive officer, George T. Buchanan Company, 1932-1964; president, chairman of the board, Savings and Trust Company of Pennsylvania, 1931-1974; president, FairView Supermarket, Indiana; president, board of directors, Indiana Hospital, 1930-1965; president, Savings and Trust Company of Pennsylvania, 1968-1972, chairman of the board, Savings and Trust Company of Pennsylvania, 1972-1976; died, July 24, 1988 (aged 94), Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida; interment, Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Employed, George T. Buchanan Company, 1920 (father-in-law company), chief executive officer, George T. Buchanan Company, 1932-1964; president, chairman of the board, Savings and Trust Company of Pennsylvania, 1931-1974; president, FairView Supermarket, Indiana; president, board of directors, Indiana Hospital, 1930-1965; president Savings and Trust Company of Pennsylvania, 1968-1972, chairman of the board, Savings and Trust Company of Pennsylvania, 1972-1976.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships.

First chairman, Industrial Development Committee of the chamber of commerce; member, White Township Municipal Authority; organizational memberships, Ingleside, Ben Franklin Free and Accepted Mason Royal Arch Chapter, Coudersport Consistory, Jaffa Temple Shrine, American Legion, president, Kiwanis Club of Indiana, Indiana County Grange, United Commercial Travelers, Indiana Country Club, Presbyterian Men, Republican Men. Member, elder, Calvary Presbyterian Church of Indiana. 

Awards:

Chamber’s Man of the Year, Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Service Award, 1951, 1954, 1966. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Civil Works Administrator of Indiana County.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 37th district, Indiana and Jefferson Counties, 1936-1940.   

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members W". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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