John Hampden CHARTER
1849 - 1943 (93 years)
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Name John Hampden CHARTER Born 3 May 1849 Virginia (now West Virginia) 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1850 West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census 1860 Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census 1880 Athens, Athens Co, OH - Listed as John H. Charter, 30, b. Va, teacher, widowed, in the household of W. H. (William Henry) Scott, who was president of Ohio University from 1872 to 1883, when he resigned to take the presidency at Ohio State University. Other members of the household were Scott's wife, their six children, and a servant.
Census 1900 Marion, Grant Co, IN Census 1910, 1920, 1930 Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN Occupation physician [2, 4] Died 1943 Athens, Athens Co, OH [1] Notes - Newspaper article, reprinted in "Weekly Register," Point Pleasant, WV, Sep 12 1867, in its entirety:
DESPERATE ASSAULT
We learn that while two young men named Holmes and Charter, of West Union, Doddridge County, were engaged in a personal altercation, on the 29th ult., Holmes stabbed Charter severely on one side of the neck and then cut a terrible gash in the othe side. Mr. Charter was the second son of Dr. Charter of that place, and Mr. Holmes was a brother of the Recorder. A hearing was had before C. C. Davis, Esq., of that place, who committed him to jail. He has since been released on bail. -- Clarksburg Conservative.
John H. Charter was enumerated twice in the 1880 Census.
The census of Belpre, Washington Co, Ohio, enumerated on Jun 9 1880, lists as a boarder John Charter, 31, b. Va (father b. NY [sic], mother b. Mass [sic]), teacher, widowed, in the household of Albert Downee (Downer ?), 55, a boot and shoe maker.
The census of Athens, Athens Co, Ohio, enumerated on Jun 21 1880, lists John H. Charter, 30, b. Va (both parents b. Va [sic]), teacher, widowed, in the household of W. H. Scott, occupation "President of O.U." Other members of the household were Scott's wife Sallie, their six children, and a servant.
(NOTE: William Henry Scott (1840-1937) served as president of Ohio University from 1872 to 1883, when he resigned to take the presidency at Ohio State University. The 1880 Census found John Charter's two children, now motherless, in the household of their maternal grandparents in Athens.)
Person ID I76943 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 14 Sep 2011
Father Lathrop Russell CHARTER, b. 10 Oct 1816, Springfield, Hampden Co, MA , d. 28 Sep 1909, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 92 years) Mother Lucia M. HALE, b. 16 Oct 1826, Oswego Co, NY , d. 9 Feb 1867 (Age 40 years) Family ID F24739 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Olive Marie MCVAY, b. Ohio , d. Bef Jun 1880 [1] Children + 1. Howard Lindley CHARTER, b. 21 Jul 1876, Athens, Athens Co, OH , d. Bef 1965 (Age 88 years)2. Olive Marian CHARTER, b. Feb 1878, West Virginia Family ID F32888 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mildred ___, b. Feb 1859, Indiana , d. 22 Dec 1935 (Age ~ 76 years) Married CA 1887 [2] Notes - 1900 Census, Grant Co, Indiana (city of Marion), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
John C. [sic] Charter, 51, b. May 1849 in WVa (father b. Mass, mother b. NY), physician, married 13 yrs; wife Mildred A, 41,b. Feb 1859 in Ind (father b. Ind, mother b. Ky), no children; son Howard L, 23, b. Jul 1876 in Ohio (father b. WVa, mother b. Ohio), at school, single.
1910 Census, Marion Co, Indiana (city of Indianapolis), enumerated on Apr 16 1910 at 512 North New Jersey Street:
Listed as two of 18 roomers in what was presumably an apartment building or a boarding house were John H. Charter, 60, b. WVa (father b. Mass, mother b. NY), physician, married 23 yrs (2nd marriage); Mildred A. Charter, 51, b. Ind (father b. Ind, mother b. Ky), married 23 yrs (1st marriage), no children.
1920 Census, Marion Co, Indiana (city of Indianapolis), enumerated at 124 East New York Street:
Listed as two of many lodgers in a hotel were John H. Charter, 70, b. WVa, physician; and Mildred A. Charter, 60, b. Indiana.
1930 Census, Marion Co, Indiana (city of Indianapolis), enumerated on Apr 17 1930 at 135 East Michigan Street:
Listed as two of five roomers were John H. Charter, 80, b. WVa, physician; Mildred A. Charter, 71, b. Indiana. [1]
Family ID F32866 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Census - 1850 - West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA 
Census - 1880 - Athens, Athens Co, OH 
Census - 1900 - Marion, Grant Co, IN 
Census - 1910, 1920, 1930 - Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN Died - 1943 - Athens, Athens Co, OH = Link to Google Earth
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