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He was a farmer but later became a Methodist minister. Residences & events: 1847 Piatt Co, IL. Charles, being the oldest child when his fatherdied, assumed the responsibility of the family, carrying through withhis parents' plan to move the family to IL. Unfortunately, theirmother died the next year and the family had to be split among friends and relatives. Charles and his new bride kept the two youngest boys,Daniel and Joseph. 1850 Sangamon Twp, Piatt Co, IL, where Charles is listed in thecensus. There was a Mary Ann Van Gundy as head of the house in theOkaw River Twp of the same county. 1850 Monticello Twp, Piatt Co, IL, where Charles bought the first POBox. That box is now in the Monticello museum. 4/16/1851 & 5/29/1851 He bought two parcels of land, a total of 80acres, on the high ridge 2 miles north of Monticello. His residenceat the time was listed as unknown. That same year he was licensed by the Methodist Church, BloomingtonDist, to preach and appointed to the Middletown Mission. Some of theplaces he preached were Dresden; Chillicothe, OH; Paris, MO; Attica,Warren Co, IN; and finally Harristown, IL, near Decatur. |
| He died suddenly of apoplexy. |