Charles David Kellenberger
Charles David Kellenberger has been a resident of North Carolina for the past ten years and is one of the men who have been attracted to this state by its unrivaled business opportunities and splendid resources. Mr. Kellenberger is an experienced furniture manufacturer, and has been identified with one of the leading industries of that kind in Greensboro.
He is of an old Pennsylvania family. He is a son of Lewis and Eliza (Zarfoss) Kellenberger, a grandson of John Kellenberger, 3rd, and great-grandson of John Kellenberger, 2nd, and great, great-grandson of John Kellenberger. The latter was born in Germany, and on coming to America settled in Adams County, Pennsylvania, where he owned a large tract of land between Hanover and Littlestown. His wife was a native of Ireland, by name Welsh.
Charles D. Kellenberger had a good education as a preliminary to life's experiences and achievements. He attended Hanover Academy, the York County Academy, the Schissler Business College at Norristown, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Patrick's Business College at York, Pennsylvania. For three years he was a successful teacher, and then became connected with the Long Furniture Company of Hanover, Pennsylvania. At the end of three years he resigned and went to the West York Furniture Manufacturing Company, York, Pennsylvania, with which he remained until 1908.
On coming to Greensboro Mr. Kellenberger took the position of secretary, treasurer and manager of the Standard Table Company, and has done much to develop the possibilities of this business and made it one of the successful and growing concerns of the city. In 1901 Mr. Kellenberger married Ella J. Stover. They have two children, Ruth and Charles David, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kellenberger were reared in the Lutheran faith, and he was one of the organizers of the First Lutheran Church of Greensboro, a member of its building committee, and has been an elder and treasurer since organization. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Travelers Protective Association, also the Young Men's Christian Association and the Country Club.
Source: History of North Carolina, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York ©1919
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