Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 624
CHARLES C. CHAMPNEY

Charles C. CHAMPNEY, a farmer residing on section 15, of Jackson Township, has been a resident of Harrison County since the spring of 1867. He first located in Cincinnati Township, where he purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres of wild land, and made the necessary improvements, and subsequently added sixty acres more to his farm. He remained on that place until 1884, when he sold and bought the two hundred fifty-acre farm he now lives upon, which was partly improved at the time. Here he made marked improvement, providing more house room, digging a good well, and erecting a wind mill; also set out an orchard of one hundred and fifty trees.

Mr. CHAMPNEY was born in Oswego County, N. Y., in August, 1838. He is the son of Lorin and Julia (GREENWOOD) CHAMPNEY, natives of the Empire State, who had a family of five children--Charles C., Martha, Loretta, Julia, deceased, and Almon. Our subject lived with his parents until he had attained his majority, and then rented land for himself until he came to Harrison County in 1867.

He was married March 7, 1861 to Helen CLARK, the daughter of Lewis and Harriet CLARK, who were the parents of eleven children--Jane, deceased; Ann, deceased; Lucena, William, decease; Charles, deceased; Olin, Henry, Almira, deceased; Minerva, deceased; Louis, deceased and Helen deceased.

For his second wife our subject married Julia GILBERT, March 1, 1871 and by this union the following children were born: Nellie, September 30, 1864; Ada, March 22, 1873, deceased; Frank L., April 15, 1876; Charles f., July 25, 1877 and Grace, February 21, 1885.

For his third wife Mr. CHAMPNEY married on October 7, 1890, Emma MCWILLIAMS, the daughter of John and Mary MCWILLIAMS, natives of Ohio, who had a family of ten children, our subject's wife being the fifth. The children's names were Catherine C., Jane, deceased; Matilda, deceased; one died in infancy; Emma, William, deceased; Worth, deceased; Maria, deceased; Abbie and Charles.

Our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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