Charles A. Tatum dead, was president of Whitall Tatum

Charles Albert Tatum

Charles Albert Tatum, president of the Whitall Tatum Company, glass manufacturers, of New York and Philadelphia, died on November 13, at his residence, in Middletown, N. J., after a brief illness. Mr. Tatum was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on January 17, 1849. He entered the firm of Whitall Tatum & Co. on July 1, 1875, and was elected president of the company when it was incorporated, in 1901.

Mr. Tatum was a member of the New York Athletic Club, Metropolitan Club, New York Botanical Gardens, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Indian Harbor Yacht Club and Greenwich Country Club. He was at one time president of the J. Hood Wright Hospital, now known as the Knickerbocker Hospital. Mr. Tatum is survived by a son, Frederick Cooper Tatum.