U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hefner, Charles S. (1858-1932) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 474 CHARLES S. HEFNER, a farmer of Meade District. His home is on Slab Camp of French Creek. The date of his birth is fixed as January 15, 1858. His parents were Jonathan and Angeline (Jack) Hefner. His grandfather was Peter Hefner of Highland County, Va., one of the first settlers at Frenchton and the first blacksmith, also the first shoemaker and a member of the first Methodist Episcopal Church at that place. His mother was the daughter of Jacob and Hester (Siron) Jack, both of Highland County, Va. His only full sister is the wife of Absalom Lanham. The subject of sketch owns the homestead and lives there. His wife's maiden name was Alice L., a daughter of Charles and Cordelia (Armstrong) Wilson and a granddaughter of Samuel Wilson and John Armstrong. On her mother's side she is related to the Hendersons of Upshur County. Children are: Thomas Judson, born April 17, 1885, graduate from the Business College of the West Virginia Wesleyan College, is now teller in the Peoples' Bank of West Virginia; Wilson Carlisle, born December 5, 1886, a graduate of the public school of Buckhannon, and now a clerk for C. I. Farnsworth; Gladys Lorena, born December 21, ____*, died in 1896. *Note: The Register of Births Within the District of L. P. Brooks, Assessor for the county of Upshur in the year ending 31 Dec 1894. Pg 104, has the date of birth for Gladys L. Hefner - Nov 21, 1894 ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #17630 FULL-NAME: Charles Scott Hefner BIRTH-DATE: January 15, 1858 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 27, 1932 at age 74y-11m-12d DEATH-PLACE: French Creek, R.F.D.1, Meade Distr., Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Jonathan Hefner (born in Va.) MOTHER: Angelina Jack INFORMANT: Family Bible BURIAL: French Creek (wife of Charles S. Hefner) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #12732 FULL-NAME: Charles S. Hefner BIRTH-DATE: December 27, 1865 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 27, 1931 at age 65y-9m-0d DEATH-PLACE: French Creek, R1, Meade District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Charles S. Hefner) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Chas. S. Wilson MOTHER: Cordelia T. Armstrong CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage / Hypertention INFORMANT: C. . Hefner (of French Creek, W.Va. R.1 BURIAL: French Creek Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------