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Charles Sumner Woolworth (August 1, 1856 – January 7, 1947), was an American entrepreneur who went by the nickname of "Sum", opened and managed the world's first five-and-dime store in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was founder of the "C. S. Woolworth & Co" chain of 5¢ & 10¢ stores.
Museum Home Page. Biography of Charles Sumner Woolworth, who managed the second 5 and 10 in 1879, and was Chairman from 1919 to 1947. A true pioneer of value retailing.
Industrialist, Businessman. Born Charles Sumner WOOLWORTH. He opened and managed the world's first five-and-dime store in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was founder of the "C. S. Woolworth & Co". Born on August 1, 1856 in Rodman, New York, USA , United States. Died on January 7, 1947 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Charles Sumner Woolworth (August 1, 1856 – January 7, 1947), was an American entrepreneur who went by the nickname of "Sum", opened and managed the world's first five-and-dime store in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and was founder of the "C. S. Woolworth & Co" chain of 5¢ & 10¢ stores.
When Charles Sumner Woolworth was born on 1 August 1856, in Rodman, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, John Hubbell Woolworth, was 34 and his mother, Fanny McBrier, was 26. He married Anna Elizabeth Ryals on 2 June 1886, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States.
This page tells the story of the early life of the two Woolworth Brothers, Frank Winfield, who was later to be nicknamed The Merchant Prince, and his lesser known brother Charles Sumner (nicknamed 'Sum'), who served and shaped the Five-and-Ten chain for an astounding sixty-seven years.
