U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Henderson, Charles Carl (b. 1877) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 475 CHARLES CARL HENDERSON, business man, born August 17, 1877, in Barbour County. His father, Jacob B. Henderson, was a private in Company K, 17th West Virginia Regiment Infantry Volunteers, under Captain Scott A. Harter, his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth J. Moss, the daughter of Alexander Moss. After the mustering out of his father in June, 1865, he moved to Upshur County, settling on Grass Run, where the subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and educated in the rural schools. He completed his education by taking a business course at the West Va., Conference Seminary, which was only terminated by the fire which burned the principal building, taught seven terms of school in Washington District and in 1900 came to Buckhannon to clerk. After working for some time at the painting trade he found a job as clerk in the furniture store of Whitescarver Bros., for whom he worked until January 1, 1907, when he resigned to accept a similar position at Clarksburg. He is now working for the South Western Splint Fuel Co., Crown Hill, Kanawha County. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage-License, Upshur County, WV (Page #352) Charles C. Henderson, age 29 Born: Barbour County, WV Son of: J. D. & Elizabeth J. Henderson Residence: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV Ama Ethel Halterman, age 22 Born: Mason County, WV Daughter of: A. C. & Emily S. Halterman Residence: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV were married June 12, 1907 in Buckhannon, WV by Geo. W. Pollock, a Minister of the Gospel ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------