U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mouser, Charles C. (1876-1960) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 522 CHARLES C. MOUSER, a native of Preston County, born November 19, 1876. The son of George M. Mouser and Cornelia Taylor. The Mousers are of German extraction and the Taylors of Low Dutch. He was educated in the public schools of Preston County, whence he graduated and in the West Liberty State Normal and the West Virginia University. Early in life he evidenced a desire for railroading and made himself handy about the depot at Newburg, his home, until he went away to school. After leaving the West Virginia University, he located at Alexandria in Upshur County, made himself proficient in Telegraphy and became agent and operator of the B. & O. R. R. at that point. He is also agent for the U. S. Express Co. He married Russie Lee Farrar in June 1902, and to them one child has been born, Loris, born May 3, 1903. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #'60-015032 FULL-NAME: Charles C. Mouser BIRTH-DATE: November 19, 1876 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 5, 1960 (at age 83 years) DEATH-PLACE: VA Hospital, Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Box 212, Enterprise, Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Telegraph Op. FATHER: George M. Mouser MOTHER: Cornelius Taylor CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Aspiration / Esophageal obstruction INFORMANT: Keith Mouser (of Enterprise, W.Va.) BURIAL: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Enterprise, W.Va. Tombstones in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Enterprise, Harrison Co., WV Charles C. Mouser (1876-1960) Russie Lee Farrar Mouser (1887-1934) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------