St Francis County ArArchives Biographies.....Havens, Charles Henry October 22, 1844 - June 13, 1914
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Source: Goodspeed's History of Tennessee
Author: Goodspeed Brothers

Charles Henry Havens b. Oct. 22, 1844 Germany d. Jun. 13, 1914 Memphis, Tenn. 
Goodspeed's Biography:
Charles H. Havens, a prosperous and energetic citizen of Hickory Withe, was 
born October 22, 1844, in Germany, and is a son of Henry D. Havens, and is one 
of two sons, both living, The parents were both born and married in Germany. 
Our subject's mother died when he was an infant. The father afterward married 
Dora Copeman, and in 1849 came to America and settled in Saline County, Mo., 
where he remained until he died in 1878. By his last marriage two sons and two 
daughters were born, all living, and their mother is living in Kansas. Our 
subject remained at home until sixteen years old, then went to Vernon County, 
Mo., and in 1860 went to Texas, and at the commencement of the war enlisted in 
the Seventh Missouri Infantry (Confederate Army) at Little Rock, Ark. He was 
taken prisoner in 1864 at Waverly, Mo., and held as a prisoner until the 
spring of 1865, when he was exchanged at Richmond, Va., and at the close of 
the war located in Shelby County, Tenn., where he engaged in farming and 
milling in connection with cotton ginning until 1880, then moved to his 
present location at Hickory Withe, where he started a grist and cotton mill, 
and soon added a saw mill and planing mill and has done a large and prosperous 
business with all. In 1868 Mr. Havens married Matilda Ophelia Teal, a native 
of Shelby County, Tenn. They have had three sons and five daughters. One son 
and one daughter died. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Havens and family 
stand well in the community and are greatly esteemed! for their good qualities.

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