| Portrait of: CHARLES BENTLEY Manufacturer, born in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, July 2 , 1815. ceived from the Baltimore County Agricultural Society the award of a silver snuff box. From this small beginning, his business increased, until, in 1848, he had established a foundry, machine shop and a boiler shop, employing from eighty to one hundred hands, manufacturing all kinds of boilers, steam-engines and machine work. In 1850, he received the first gold medal ever awarded by the Maryland Institute for a steamengine. While engaged in the erection of mills in Georgia and Florida, Mr. Bentley contracted a disease which compelled him to desist from further close application to business, and in 1855 , he gave up the engine and machine branches of his manufactures. He then established the Baltimore Steam - Boiler Works, which is now the oldest and largest private boiler-shop in this country. In 1858, he purchased the extensive property on the Northern Central Railroad, now known as Bentley Springs . It was then unimproved . He built the store, Bentley Station, the hotel so widely known as the Glen House, together with several dwellings. The Glen House afforded accommodations for two hundred summer boarders , and was a most successful enterprise until its destruction by fire in 1868. He established the post-office there, and was post-master until 1875-a period of about sixteen years. About 1843 , he joined Jefferson Lodge of Odd Fellows, but for want of time, gave it but little attention, and lost his membership after a few years. For many years he has been an active member of the Masonic Order. Print Specifics:
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