Notes:

CHOATE, Charles Francis, lawyer, was born at Salem, Mass., May 16, 1828; son of Dr. George and Margaret M. (Hodges) Choate, and a descendant of John Choate, who emigrated from the western part of England in 1643, and settled in Ipswich, Mass. He was educated at the Salem Latin school, was graduated at Harvard college in 1849, and from Harvard law school in 1853. From 1850 to 1853 he was tutor of mathematics in the college. He was admitted to the bar of Boston in 1854, and became an authority on railroad law. In 1864 he was made counsel for the Boston & Maine and Old Colony railroad corporations. He was elected a director of the latter in 1872, and in 1878 was chosen president of the corporation, holding also the presidency of the Old Colony steamboat company. He continued in the presidency of the road by annual re-election until May 1, 1893, when it was consolidated with the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroad company. On June 13, 1893, he was chosen actuary of the New England trust company. He received from Harvard the degree of A.M. in 1852, that of LL. B. in 1853, and from Dartmouth the degree of A.M. in 1872.

Family/Spouse: WARRACK, Helen. Helen (daughter of WARRACK, James and ARION, Lydia Test) was born on 6 Sep 1868 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CHOATE, George F. was born about 1890 in Utah, USA.
2. CHOATE, Phillip was born about 1891.

Francis married about 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]