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 172 HISTOKY OF BEAVER COUNTY PAPERS. Hester L. Potter July 19, 1894, and is now in the employ of the Beaver Valley Water Company. Charles Frank Whisler was born February 25, 1854, the youngest son of John H. Whisler Sr., in his day a prominent boat builder of Bolesville this county. His mother's maiden name was Jackson, she being a near relative of General and President Andrew Jackson. On his father's side he was of German descent and on the mother's side Irish. Mr. Whisler was educated in the public schools of this county, in Beaver College and the Wooster University. On completing his school work, he taught school for some time and was recognized as a successful one. Early in life he developed a taste for newspaper work, his first assignment being on the Beaver "Argus." Later he was a part owner and editor of the Beaver "Star," and afterward was engaged on the "Tribune" and "Journal" Beaver Falls, but for several years prior to his death had worked continuously on the "j^ews." In addition to his local newspaper writing, he was the Beaver county representative of the Pittsburg "Chronicle Telegraph," the Tri-State News Bureau and the "Philadelphia Press." He died November 6, 1893. The foUowingwas writtenofhim by a contemporaryat the time of his death : "Mr. Whisler was a clear, interesting writer and was always careful to be accurate. It was a rule of his life not to add color to an article at the sacrifice of truth. His ability won for him a position and name among the very front rank of newspaper writers. As a companion and friend, he was a prince of good fellows, of a jovial disposition, a ready conver- sationalist, and well informed, and his companionship was much sought for. He was always right on all moral subjects, and never tried to harmonize right and wrong. He possessed the moral and physical courage to do what he believed to be right, regardless of consequences. In his death the newspaper fraternity loses one of its most honored members."