Charlotte was the daughter of James Nugent and Lillian W. "Lillie" Patton. Charlotte's father, James, was born in Ontario, Canada; and her mother, Lillie, was from Mt. Vernon, Illinois. James Nugent and 2 of his brothers ran the B. Nugent and Brother Dry Goods Company in St. Louis, Missouri.
Charlotte was married to Washington "Wash" Adams. He worked as a salesman at her father's store, and later became a foreman at an electric company. Charlotte and Wash were the parents of 1 child.
With the outbreak of World War I, Wash was inducted into the military on 27 Nov 1917. He was a lieutenant in the infantry and was stationed in France from 20 Jan 1918 to 06 Jun 1919.
During the war, Charlotte served her country by taking a job at her father's dry goods store in the face of societal pressures that frowned on women of her family's stature joining the work force in the 1910's.
At the time of her death due to complications from stomach ulcer surgery, Charlotte was 51 years, 6 months and 4 days old. She was buried on 03 Jul 1945 and was survived by her husband, Wash.
Children: 1 daughter.
Mother of:
Leila L. Adams
Charlotte's siblings:
Eleanor Nugent Bowler
Harry H. Nugent
Fred O. Nugent
Louise "Lulu" Nugent
Lillian Nugent
James Nugent, Jr.
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Newspaper article:
4 WOMEN IN NUGENT
FAMILY WORK IN STORE
Eight Young Men Relatives
Are Engaged in War Service
of United States.
While eight young men of the Nugent family are in war service, four young women of the family have entered the employ of B. Nugent & Bro. Dry Goods Co. as saleswomen, in keeping with the Government request for conservation of man power.
Miss Louise Nugent and Miss Theotiste Nugent, 4319 Lindell boulevard, daughters of the late Charles W. Nugent, are serving in the mail order and costume departments respectively.
Miss Lulu Nugent and Mrs. Wash Adams, daughters of James G. Nugent, vice president of the company, are selling ready-to-wear goods. Miss Lulu Nugent is a saleswoman for misses' suits and Mrs. Adams for costumes. All became saleswomen over the protest of their parents.
Liet. Dan C. Nugent Jr., son of the president of the store, is serving in France in ground aviation, and his brother, Morgan Nugent, is expecting daily his commission as a flyer at Austin, Tex.
Liet. Wright Nugent, son of the late Charles W. Nugent, is flying in France.
Capt. Harry Nugent, son of James G. Nugent, 5847 Maple avenue, is in the Quartermaster's Department at Washington, and his brother, Fred, is in training for flying at Austin, Tex.
Lieut. Wash Adams, son-in-law of James G. Nugent, is with an infantry regiment in France.
Corp. Haywood Patton, nephew of James G. Nugent and son of Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Patton, 5847 Maple avenue, is lying wounded in a base hospital in France. He is a member of H Company, 138th (St. Louis) Infantry, and participated in his company's raid of July 6, suffering a shrapnel wound in his right side and four machine gun bullets in his left leg.
Fred C. Lake Jr., son of Fred C. Lake, brother of the late Mrs. Byron Nugent, is a Y.M.C.A. secretary at the United States Naval Flying Station at Miami, Fla.
In addition, the mothers of all the Nugent young men are actively engaged in Red Cross and kindred war services.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 07 Sep 1918; p. 3)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Charlotte was married to Washington "Wash" Adams. He worked as a salesman at her father's store, and later became a foreman at an electric company. Charlotte and Wash were the parents of 1 child.
With the outbreak of World War I, Wash was inducted into the military on 27 Nov 1917. He was a lieutenant in the infantry and was stationed in France from 20 Jan 1918 to 06 Jun 1919.
During the war, Charlotte served her country by taking a job at her father's dry goods store in the face of societal pressures that frowned on women of her family's stature joining the work force in the 1910's.
At the time of her death due to complications from stomach ulcer surgery, Charlotte was 51 years, 6 months and 4 days old. She was buried on 03 Jul 1945 and was survived by her husband, Wash.
Children: 1 daughter.
Mother of:
Leila L. Adams
Charlotte's siblings:
Eleanor Nugent Bowler
Harry H. Nugent
Fred O. Nugent
Louise "Lulu" Nugent
Lillian Nugent
James Nugent, Jr.
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Newspaper article:
4 WOMEN IN NUGENT
FAMILY WORK IN STORE
Eight Young Men Relatives
Are Engaged in War Service
of United States.
While eight young men of the Nugent family are in war service, four young women of the family have entered the employ of B. Nugent & Bro. Dry Goods Co. as saleswomen, in keeping with the Government request for conservation of man power.
Miss Louise Nugent and Miss Theotiste Nugent, 4319 Lindell boulevard, daughters of the late Charles W. Nugent, are serving in the mail order and costume departments respectively.
Miss Lulu Nugent and Mrs. Wash Adams, daughters of James G. Nugent, vice president of the company, are selling ready-to-wear goods. Miss Lulu Nugent is a saleswoman for misses' suits and Mrs. Adams for costumes. All became saleswomen over the protest of their parents.
Liet. Dan C. Nugent Jr., son of the president of the store, is serving in France in ground aviation, and his brother, Morgan Nugent, is expecting daily his commission as a flyer at Austin, Tex.
Liet. Wright Nugent, son of the late Charles W. Nugent, is flying in France.
Capt. Harry Nugent, son of James G. Nugent, 5847 Maple avenue, is in the Quartermaster's Department at Washington, and his brother, Fred, is in training for flying at Austin, Tex.
Lieut. Wash Adams, son-in-law of James G. Nugent, is with an infantry regiment in France.
Corp. Haywood Patton, nephew of James G. Nugent and son of Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Patton, 5847 Maple avenue, is lying wounded in a base hospital in France. He is a member of H Company, 138th (St. Louis) Infantry, and participated in his company's raid of July 6, suffering a shrapnel wound in his right side and four machine gun bullets in his left leg.
Fred C. Lake Jr., son of Fred C. Lake, brother of the late Mrs. Byron Nugent, is a Y.M.C.A. secretary at the United States Naval Flying Station at Miami, Fla.
In addition, the mothers of all the Nugent young men are actively engaged in Red Cross and kindred war services.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 07 Sep 1918; p. 3)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Charlotte was the daughter of James Nugent and Lillian W. "Lillie" Patton. Charlotte's father, James, was born in Ontario, Canada; and her mother, Lillie, was from Mt. Vernon, Illinois. James Nugent and 2 of his brothers ran the B. Nugent and Brother Dry Goods Company in St. Louis, Missouri.
Charlotte was married to Washington "Wash" Adams. He worked as a salesman at her father's store, and later became a foreman at an electric company. Charlotte and Wash were the parents of 1 child.
With the outbreak of World War I, Wash was inducted into the military on 27 Nov 1917. He was a lieutenant in the infantry and was stationed in France from 20 Jan 1918 to 06 Jun 1919.
During the war, Charlotte served her country by taking a job at her father's dry goods store in the face of societal pressures that frowned on women of her family's stature joining the work force in the 1910's.
At the time of her death due to complications from stomach ulcer surgery, Charlotte was 51 years, 6 months and 4 days old. She was buried on 03 Jul 1945 and was survived by her husband, Wash.
Children: 1 daughter.
Mother of:
Leila L. Adams
Charlotte's siblings:
Eleanor Nugent Bowler
Harry H. Nugent
Fred O. Nugent
Louise "Lulu" Nugent
Lillian Nugent
James Nugent, Jr.
----------
Newspaper article:
4 WOMEN IN NUGENT
FAMILY WORK IN STORE
Eight Young Men Relatives
Are Engaged in War Service
of United States.
While eight young men of the Nugent family are in war service, four young women of the family have entered the employ of B. Nugent & Bro. Dry Goods Co. as saleswomen, in keeping with the Government request for conservation of man power.
Miss Louise Nugent and Miss Theotiste Nugent, 4319 Lindell boulevard, daughters of the late Charles W. Nugent, are serving in the mail order and costume departments respectively.
Miss Lulu Nugent and Mrs. Wash Adams, daughters of James G. Nugent, vice president of the company, are selling ready-to-wear goods. Miss Lulu Nugent is a saleswoman for misses' suits and Mrs. Adams for costumes. All became saleswomen over the protest of their parents.
Liet. Dan C. Nugent Jr., son of the president of the store, is serving in France in ground aviation, and his brother, Morgan Nugent, is expecting daily his commission as a flyer at Austin, Tex.
Liet. Wright Nugent, son of the late Charles W. Nugent, is flying in France.
Capt. Harry Nugent, son of James G. Nugent, 5847 Maple avenue, is in the Quartermaster's Department at Washington, and his brother, Fred, is in training for flying at Austin, Tex.
Lieut. Wash Adams, son-in-law of James G. Nugent, is with an infantry regiment in France.
Corp. Haywood Patton, nephew of James G. Nugent and son of Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Patton, 5847 Maple avenue, is lying wounded in a base hospital in France. He is a member of H Company, 138th (St. Louis) Infantry, and participated in his company's raid of July 6, suffering a shrapnel wound in his right side and four machine gun bullets in his left leg.
Fred C. Lake Jr., son of Fred C. Lake, brother of the late Mrs. Byron Nugent, is a Y.M.C.A. secretary at the United States Naval Flying Station at Miami, Fla.
In addition, the mothers of all the Nugent young men are actively engaged in Red Cross and kindred war services.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 07 Sep 1918; p. 3)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Charlotte was married to Washington "Wash" Adams. He worked as a salesman at her father's store, and later became a foreman at an electric company. Charlotte and Wash were the parents of 1 child.
With the outbreak of World War I, Wash was inducted into the military on 27 Nov 1917. He was a lieutenant in the infantry and was stationed in France from 20 Jan 1918 to 06 Jun 1919.
During the war, Charlotte served her country by taking a job at her father's dry goods store in the face of societal pressures that frowned on women of her family's stature joining the work force in the 1910's.
At the time of her death due to complications from stomach ulcer surgery, Charlotte was 51 years, 6 months and 4 days old. She was buried on 03 Jul 1945 and was survived by her husband, Wash.
Children: 1 daughter.
Mother of:
Leila L. Adams
Charlotte's siblings:
Eleanor Nugent Bowler
Harry H. Nugent
Fred O. Nugent
Louise "Lulu" Nugent
Lillian Nugent
James Nugent, Jr.
----------
Newspaper article:
4 WOMEN IN NUGENT
FAMILY WORK IN STORE
Eight Young Men Relatives
Are Engaged in War Service
of United States.
While eight young men of the Nugent family are in war service, four young women of the family have entered the employ of B. Nugent & Bro. Dry Goods Co. as saleswomen, in keeping with the Government request for conservation of man power.
Miss Louise Nugent and Miss Theotiste Nugent, 4319 Lindell boulevard, daughters of the late Charles W. Nugent, are serving in the mail order and costume departments respectively.
Miss Lulu Nugent and Mrs. Wash Adams, daughters of James G. Nugent, vice president of the company, are selling ready-to-wear goods. Miss Lulu Nugent is a saleswoman for misses' suits and Mrs. Adams for costumes. All became saleswomen over the protest of their parents.
Liet. Dan C. Nugent Jr., son of the president of the store, is serving in France in ground aviation, and his brother, Morgan Nugent, is expecting daily his commission as a flyer at Austin, Tex.
Liet. Wright Nugent, son of the late Charles W. Nugent, is flying in France.
Capt. Harry Nugent, son of James G. Nugent, 5847 Maple avenue, is in the Quartermaster's Department at Washington, and his brother, Fred, is in training for flying at Austin, Tex.
Lieut. Wash Adams, son-in-law of James G. Nugent, is with an infantry regiment in France.
Corp. Haywood Patton, nephew of James G. Nugent and son of Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Patton, 5847 Maple avenue, is lying wounded in a base hospital in France. He is a member of H Company, 138th (St. Louis) Infantry, and participated in his company's raid of July 6, suffering a shrapnel wound in his right side and four machine gun bullets in his left leg.
Fred C. Lake Jr., son of Fred C. Lake, brother of the late Mrs. Byron Nugent, is a Y.M.C.A. secretary at the United States Naval Flying Station at Miami, Fla.
In addition, the mothers of all the Nugent young men are actively engaged in Red Cross and kindred war services.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 07 Sep 1918; p. 3)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
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CHARLOTTE ADAMS
NEE NUGENT
1893 - 1945
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