Romine, Charles C.

ROMINE

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Date: 6/30/2021 at 00:05:07

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.894

CHARLES CURTIS ROMINE
Charles Curtis Romine, a progressive and well-to-do farmer of Virginia Township, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, May 3. 1866, and is the son of William and Mary (McQuillen) Romine. He was but two years of age when his parents removed from Ohio to Warren County, and settled there on a farm. He was educated in the district schools which he attended regularly through­out the winter months, while his summers were given over to assisting in the work on his father’s farm. At the age of twenty-one years he engaged in farming for himself, buying forty acres of land near his father's place on which he built a home and there resided until 1903, when he came to his present home, the William Kent farm. Mr. Romine now owns one hundred and twenty acres of land which is in a high state of cultivation and yields him excellent returns for his investment. He has remodeled the house, built a large barn, and altogether has added such further conveniences and made such improvements as are necessary for the profitable conduct of his business.
Mr. Romine has been ably assisted in the acquirement of his present home by the cooperation of his wife, who was Miss Ellen Schutt, the daugh­ter of Harrison and Catherine (Black) Schutt, living in Jackson Township, this county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Romine have been born six children, namely: William Harrison, Henry Curtis, Fannie May, Daisy Dean, Charles Overton and Floyd. Mrs. Romine is a member of the Dunkard's Church.
Mr. Romine's political support is given to the Republican Party, and, while in no sense of the word a politician, he has always taken an active interest in its workings, believing its principles to be founded on the right basis. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.