Dekalb County AlArchives News.....Charles L. Driskill May 28, 1941
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Fort Payne Journal

	Mr. Driskill’s ancestors on his father’s side were three Irishmen who 
settled in Maryland.  His mother’s ancestors were English.  
	Charles Driskill was born march 15, 1866, a mile from Portersville, in 
Big Valley, on the George Place.  His Grandfather, who came from Winchester, 
Tenn., settled there in 1830.  (Winchester is in Franklin County, Tennessee.)
	Charles was the 13th child in a family of 16 children, though one died 
in infancy.  The living consisted of nine boys and six girls.
	He attended school at Lookout Chapel, three miles from Sulpher 
Springs.  At the ripe old age of 18 he taught school at Lookout Chapel where 
he had learned his A B C’s.
	On Christmas Day, 1889, he married Miss Laura Dean, of Valley Head, 
who was born on Puddin’ Ridge.  They celebrated their golden wedding 
anniversary on Christmas, 1939.
	After their wedding, the Driskill’s settled on a farm and lived there 
until 1912, when they came to Fort Payne and bought out the Jim Malone 
Restaurant.  After a few month’s work in the restaurant, Mr. Driskill went to 
work in the J.O. Crow Store and worked there on and off for ten years.  He 
also worked in G. L. Malone’s Store for three years and he worked in a store 
for J.W. Walker.
	He served in the Fort Payne City Council for 16 years and was City 
Clerk for two years.  In 1930, he retired from active life, except for work in 
his vegetable garden and other work around the home.
	Mr. and Mrs. Driskill are the parents of five children, three boys and 
two girls; and they have five grandchildren, three boys and two girls.
	The boys are all telegraph operators.  Byron Driskill is a telegraph 
operator at Tuscaloosa now, but he was for twenty-five and one-half years, 
operator at Fort Payne Railroad Station.
	Bernard Driskill quit the telegrapher’s job to work in the bank.  He 
is now Teller and Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank of Fort Payne.
	Bill lives in Daytona Beach, Florida.  He is manager for the American 
Telephone and Telegraph Company, a position he has held for 25 years.
	The girls are Mrs. W.S. Brown (Fanny Driskill) of Jackson, 
Mississippi, (she worked in a bank inBirmingham for some years) and Mrs. 
Donald V. Marshall (Carrie Driskill) of Birmingham, Alabama.  D.V. Marshall is 
widely known for his successful business dealings with Holiday Inn activities.
	Mr. Driskill has held nearly all the offices in the Masonic Lodge and 
there are many men in Fort Payne that have learned Masonry from Mr. Driskill.  
He is a conscientious worker in the First Methodist Church  and has been a 
steward for more than forty years.
	Mr. Driskill does not look his age of 75.  He has had no serious 
illness, except influenza.  Until he was 49 years old, he never had a doctor 
call on him.  His chief hobby is playing checkers.  And he is still laughing 
over a game he played and won in Daytona Beach, Florida, last year when he and 
Mrs. Driskill were visiting their son, Bill.
	The Driskills have lived in the home they live in now since 1915.  The 
lawns and the flowers are wonderfully kept.  Mrs. Driskill looks after the 
flowers which she loves.  Mr. Driskill takes no interest in the flowers, 
except to enjoy their beauty.  But he looks after the vegetable garden.  He 
said that no plow has been in his garden for ten years.  He digs the soil with 
a fork.
	


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