Jul-28-2018Husband: Lathrop Russell Charter, Jr. Born: Jan-11-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4 Died: Jul-10-1960 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 2,5,4 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2,6,7 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2,8 Occupation: banker, Doddrige County Bank president, WV State Bank Commissioner (1929-1933) 2,9,10 (see note 1) Occupation: 1915 owner, publisher & editor of West Union Herald newspaper 11 Occupation: 1915 Doddridge County Window Glass Factory 12 Education: West Virginia University (1900) 9 Father: Lathrop Russell Charter (1816 - 1909) Mother: Elizabeth Fraser (1844 - 1925) Other spouse 2 Notes
Wife: Mabel Taylor Married: 1910
Died: 1913 Father: Mother:
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (2) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. (3) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 170. (6) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (7) Findagrave.com. (8) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (9) West Union Herald, 4/16/1936. (10) Doddridge County Republican, 7/6/1916. (11) West Union Herald, 10/28/1915. (12) West Union Record, 10/28/1915. Event Notes Note (1) The Doddridge County Bank was one of many that failed early in the Great Depression. It is said to have closed its doors on the first day of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency (March 4, 1933), and it officially went into receivership on July 18, 1933. http://www.wvdob.org/general/2003AnnualReport.pdf (page 14)Name Index