Charles McCormick Biography
From "Businessmen of Iowa 1953"
McCormick, Charles, Merchant of Manchester was born at DeWitt, February 17,
1870, son of Joseph and Jane (Boyle) McCormick. He was educated in the
Manchester schools. In 1900, in association with A. W. Stearns as partner,
the Stearns and McCormick Department Store was founded. Later a furniture
store was added and this partnership continued actively until Mr. Stearns' death
in 1949. This was the longest continuous active partnership in Delaware
County and one of the longest in the State. Mr. McCormick is actively
engaged in the business at the present time. He is also secretary of the
Manchester and Oneida Railroad and past president of the Manchester Commercial
Club and of the Delaware County Fair Society. He was the first secretary
of the Manchester Fire Department. During World War II he was a member of
the Delaware County Draft Board from 1940 to 1946. A Democrat, he is past
treasurer of the County Committee. He is a member of the Manchester
Council Knights of Columbus and of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a
communicant of the Roman Catholic Church. Recreations are sports and
travel. Mr. McCormick was married at Manchester in June of 1900, to Mary
Powers, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Keyes) Powers, pioneer Delaware County
farmers.
Their children are: Dr. Mary J. McCormick, professor of social
casework at Loyola University, Chicago; Alice, wife of Eugene
Bulkley, Dubuque; and Harold C. McCormick, a present associate in the furniture
business.
Biography submitted by Michael Kearney on March 3, 2002.