Doddridge County Roots

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Hamilton Hale CHARTER

Hamilton Hale CHARTER

Male 1855 - 1856  (1 years)

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  • Name Hamilton Hale CHARTER 
    Born 16 Jun 1855  West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Sep 1856  West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I76954  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2015 

    Father Lathrop Russell CHARTER,   b. 10 Oct 1816, Springfield, Hampden Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1909, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Lucia M. HALE,   b. 16 Oct 1826, Oswego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1867  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1843  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The 1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule for Doddridge County, enumerated on Jun 1 1860, contains the following entry:
      Slave owner: L. R. Charter
      Description of slaves:
      1 mulatto female, age 28
      1 mulatto female, age 2

      The 1870 Census of West Union, enumerated on Jun 6 1870, found the following persons in the Charter household:
      L. R. Charter, 53, b. Massachusetts, physician; Ella Charter, 17, b. Va; C. Atchison Charter, 13, b. Va; Mary E. Fraser, 25, b. Ohio, housekeeper.
      Dr. Charter's wife Lucia had died three years before. Five months after that census, the housekeeper became his second wife. [5]
    Family ID F24739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Jun 1855 - West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Sep 1856 - West Union, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S5] Headstone.
      Year of death incorrectly indicated in death record as 1855. But age 1y 3m 9d at death on Sep 25 1856 calculates to the same Jun 16 1855 birth date in the birth records.

    4. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.