Charles Bergstresser

Charles Milford Bergstresser (June 25, 1858 – September 20, 1923) was an American journalist and, with Charles Dow and Edward Jones, one of the founders of Dow Jones & Company at 15 Wall Street in 1882.

Early life A native of Berrysburg, Pennsylvania, Bergstresser was born on June 25, 1858. Bergstresser graduated from Lafayette College, where he took a scientific course and Latin, in 1881. Dow and Jones were co-workers there, and Bergstresser convinced the pair to join him in departing from Kiernan to form their own company in November 1882.

Dow Jones

Although he was the chief financier of the fledgling company, as a reporter. It was he who came up with the name The Wall Street Journal. He died on Thursday, September 20, 1923, survived by his daughter Mrs. Ethel B. Stewart McCoy.