The young couple lived first with his parents in the "Brown House," on the Plains. In 1874, with a family of seven children, Charles bought the Wes Reed farm a short distance to the south in Alna and Whitefield. Charles eventually owned about 225 acres of land in Whitefield and Alna, and three houses. These were sold to his sons: the 'Brown House' to Harmon, the Reed farm to Benjamin, and the Hatch-Simmons house to Henry. Charles was a farmer and a stagecoach driver. He drove the mail stage between Gardiner and Rockland. Like his father and grandfathers before him, he belonged to the Baptist faith, and owned a pew in the Alna-Newcastle Baptist Church.
He died of inflammation of the stomach and liver. His wife Harriet survived him by seventeen years. He is remembered as a handsome and dashing man, hearty, good-humored, and successful.
The young couple lived first with his parents in the "Brown House," on the Plains. In 1874, with a family of seven children, Charles bought the Wes Reed farm a short distance to the south in Alna and Whitefield. Charles eventually owned about 225 acres of land in Whitefield and Alna, and three houses. These were sold to his sons: the 'Brown House' to Harmon, the Reed farm to Benjamin, and the Hatch-Simmons house to Henry. Charles was a farmer and a stagecoach driver. He drove the mail stage between Gardiner and Rockland. Like his father and grandfathers before him, he belonged to the Baptist faith, and owned a pew in the Alna-Newcastle Baptist Church.
He died of inflammation of the stomach and liver. His wife Harriet survived him by seventeen years. He is remembered as a handsome and dashing man, hearty, good-humored, and successful.
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