Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor.  Washington: West of the 
Cascades.  Vol. II.  Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.  p. 
214-217.

	CHARLES WARREN MAYNARD:  Charles Warren 
Maynard, manager of the Olympia Knitting Mills Company, 
deserves practically the entire credit for the success of this concern, 
as when he took charge of its affairs it was on the verge of 
bankruptcy.  He has built up its business until its trade extends into 
many sections of the country and today is one of the leading 
productive industries of the capital city.  He was born in Rockford, 
Winnebago county, Illinois, December 7, 1855, a son of Henry and 
Lucy Emeline (Kilbourn) Maynard, both of whom were natives of 
western Massachusetts but were married in the Prairie state.  The 
father was born in 1807 and was therefore thirty years of age  when 
in 1837 he removed westward to Illinois, which was then still 
sparsely settled.  He purchased a farm, to the operation of which he 
devoted his remaining days, dying in 1865.  He was a republican 
and held membership in the Unitarian church.  His wife passed 
away in 1899, when ninety-three years old.  Three of their six 
children survive.
	Charles Warren Maynard completed a course of study in the 
Rockford (Ill.) Academy, but in 1872, when only seventeen years 
old, removed to Chehalis, Lewis county, Washington territory.  For 
a time he worked as a farm hand at twenty-five dollars a month and 
board and later rented land, which he cultivated successfully.  In 
1880 he gave up farming and engaged in the hardware business in 
Chehalis, becoming in time the leading hardware merchant of that 
section.  He erected a fine block, in which he housed his store, and 
invested quite heavily in other town property.  He was one of the 
founders of the Chehalis State bank and also a director therein.  In 
1899 he was a candidate on the republican ticket for the office of 
state treasurer and although he made only a few campaign speeches 
he was elected and in the discharge of his responsible duties more 
than justified the confidence of the people in his efficiency and 
trustworthiness.  Upon taking that office, he disposed of his 
hardware business and upon the expiration of his term in 1904 he 
organized the St. Helen Condensing Company of Chehalis, of 
which he was president and manager until the business was sold in 
1906 to the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company.  In that year 
he took up his residence in Olympia and for three years lived retired, 
but at the end of that time reentered the business world, becoming 
secretary, treasurer and manager of the Olympia Knitting Mills 
Company, which was then almost in bankruptcy.  He still retains his 
connection with the company, which is now the largest one of its 
kind in the northwest, employing fifty-five people in the factory and 
three traveling salesmen, who cover the northwestern states.  The 
company manufactures sweaters, jerseys, bathing suits, knitted caps 
and toques and its name has already become synonymous in the 
Puget Sound country with high grade material and expert 
workmanship.
	Mr. Maynard was married in Chehalis on the 30th of March, 
1876, to Miss Mary Alice White, a native of Lewis county, 
Washington , and a daughter of Charles F. White, who was one of 
the early pioneers of the state.  They are the parents of five children, 
namely: Clarence Eugene, who operates a sawmill at Little Rock, 
Washington; Lucy E., the wife of Dr. N. J. Redpath, of Olympia; 
Alice, the wife of George R. Sibley, manger of the Pacific Coast 
Condensed Milk Company at Chehalis; Bessie, deceased; and 
Everett, twenty-one years old, who is now in the employ of the 
Olympia Knitting Mills Company and is learning the business.
	Mr. Maynard has been a lifelong republican and a short time 
after removing to Washington served for two terms as treasurer of 
Lewis county and later was made mayor of Chehalis.  He belongs to 
the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
Pythias, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Elks and the 
Chamber of Commerce.  Since pioneer days he has been 
prominently identified with the state and as agriculturalist, merchant, 
state official and manufacturer he has made a record of which he 
may well be proud.  In all that he has done integrity and faithfulness 
to trust have gone hand in hand with sound judgment and marked 
ability.


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