Charles E. Rushmore
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Biography
Born in New York City, he was the son of Edward Carman Rushmore and Mary Eliza (née Dunn) Rushmore, of Tuxedo Park, New York.[1]
In 1885 Rushmore came to the Black Hills of South Dakota to check the titles to properties for an eastern mining company owned by James Wilson Script error: No such module "Unsubst". following the 1883 opening of the Etta tin mine.[2] How Mount Rushmore came to be named after Charles is subject to contradictory recounting,Template:EfnTemplate:Efn but the United States Board of Geographic Names officially recognized the name in June 1930, five years after Rushmore donated $5,000 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".) towards Gutzon Borglum's sculpture. The memorial was dedicated by President Calvin Coolidge on August 10, 1927, though Rushmore was ill at the time and could not attend the event.[3]
Rushmore was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and a Freemason.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was married to Jeanette E. Carpenter.[4]
He was a senior partner in the firm Rushmore, Bisbee, and Stern.[3]
He died in New York City on October 30, 1931.[3]
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