Lumber Baron, Philanthropist. Charles H. Hackley was the son of Joseph and Salina (Fuller). His family founded the lumbering firm of Hackley and Sons. This later evolved into the lucrative partnership of Hackley and Hume, one of the largest operators in the country, cutting 30,000,000 feet of lumber a year at its peak. The City of Muskegon gained world-wide fame becoming known as the Lumber Queen of the World. In 1864, he married Julia Ester Moore. They adopted one son, Charles, and raised a foster daughter, Erie Caughell. Hackley amassed a fortune of $18,000,000, one-third of which he gave back to the City of Muskeon by donating money for the construction of Hackley Public Library, Hackley Hospital, Hackley Vocational School, Hackley Bank, Hackley School Administration building, Hume Home for the Aged, the Muskegon Museum of Art and Hackley Park and Sculpture. He served on the Board of Eduction for the Muskegon Public Schools for 20 years, and was an alderman and state delegate to two national Republican conventions. He died from a ruptured aneurysm. One day, every year, Charles Hackley's memory is honored by the Muskegon Public Schools by dismissing all students, faculty and staff after a brief memorial assembly. This is known as Hackley Day.
Lumber Baron, Philanthropist. Charles H. Hackley was the son of Joseph and Salina (Fuller). His family founded the lumbering firm of Hackley and Sons. This later evolved into the lucrative partnership of Hackley and Hume, one of the largest operators in the country, cutting 30,000,000 feet of lumber a year at its peak. The City of Muskegon gained world-wide fame becoming known as the Lumber Queen of the World. In 1864, he married Julia Ester Moore. They adopted one son, Charles, and raised a foster daughter, Erie Caughell. Hackley amassed a fortune of $18,000,000, one-third of which he gave back to the City of Muskeon by donating money for the construction of Hackley Public Library, Hackley Hospital, Hackley Vocational School, Hackley Bank, Hackley School Administration building, Hume Home for the Aged, the Muskegon Museum of Art and Hackley Park and Sculpture. He served on the Board of Eduction for the Muskegon Public Schools for 20 years, and was an alderman and state delegate to two national Republican conventions. He died from a ruptured aneurysm. One day, every year, Charles Hackley's memory is honored by the Muskegon Public Schools by dismissing all students, faculty and staff after a brief memorial assembly. This is known as Hackley Day.
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