Barnes, Charles Benjamin, 1868-1956.

Attorney, lecturer, civic leader. Harv. College, A.B. 1890; Harv. L.S., LL.B., 1893; practiced law in Mass.; director of Nantasket Steamship Co. and other commercial companies; active in local and state political affairs.

From the description of Diaries, 1894-1954. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 236047283

• November 1, 1868: Born in Boston, Massachusetts. Son of Charles Benjamin and Clara Louisa (Page) Barnes
• 1890: A.B., Harvard College
• 1893: LL.B., Harvard Law School
• 1893: Admitted to Bar in Massachusetts
• 1897: Married Josephine Lea Low. Children: Bertha Lea, Charles Benjamin, Jr., Clara Page, John Pindar Practiced law with the firm of Long & Hemenway, later Hemenway and Barnes
• September 28, 1897: Appointed instructor in suretyship for the academic year 1897/98 at the Harvard Law School, to take Dean Langdell's place
• 1898 - 1901 : Referee in Bankruptcy for Plymouth and Middlesex Counties
• 1910: Commissioner for the Investigation of Causes of Delay in Administration of Justice in Civil Actions in Massachusetts Held town offices, without compensation, in Hingham, his lifelong residence Active in local and state Republican affairs President, New England Historical Society and Hingham Historical Society Director, Nantasket Steamship Boat Company, other commercial companies
• 1919: Appointed by Governor Calvin Coolidge as a member of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission of the State of Massachusetts
• August 28, 1956: Died at Hingham Massachusetts

From the guide to the Diaries, 1894-1954, (Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University)