Lucas-Polk County IA Archives Biographies.....Goltry, Charles F. 1863 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1896)

PROF. CHARLES F. GOLTRY, principal of the Chariton Academy and one of the
leading educators of the State, is numbered among the native sons of Iowa, his
birth having occurred in Lucas county, on the 19th of February, 1863. Tradition
says that the Goltry family was founded in America by ancestors who came to this
country with William Penn. The parents of our subject, John and Barbara Goltry,
were both natives of Indiana, in which State they were married in 1855, coming
to Iowa the following year. In Lucas county the father entered 160 acres of land
from the Government, located in Cedar township and at once began its
development, transforming it into a good farm, to which he had added from time
to time until within its boundaries were comprised 360 acres of valuable land.
The family numbered twelve children, all of whom are yet living. The family is
one of prominence in the community and hold an enviable position in social
circles where true worth and intelligence are received as the passports into
good society.

   Professor Goltry, whose name introduces this review, acquired his preliminary
education in the district schools of the neighborhood, but wishing to advance
farther on the road of knowledge he became a student in Drake University of Des
Monies, Iowa, in 1885, and after completing the four years' classical course was
graduated at that institution in the class of 1889, with the degree of Bachelor
of Arts. Previous to entering college he had attended the preparatory school in
Shenandoah, Iowa, and also taught for two years. He was principal of the Russell
(Iowa) public schools for three years following his graduation, and then took a
special course in chemistry and chemical analysis at a summer term of the
Indiana State University. Professor Goltry was next chosen professor of ancient
languages in Central Christian College, of Albany, Missouri, where he remained
one year, and then accepted a position in the Humeston Normal College, where he
also remained for a year.

   Professor Goltry was married in Des Moines, Iowa, December 28, 1892, to Miss
Clara E. Crim, a native of Indiana and a daughter of J. S. and Harriet Crim. The
family are of German lineage and was established in the United States near
Salem, Massachusetts. Mrs. Goltry and her mother are the only survivors of a
family of nine, there being four brothers and three sisters. During her
childhood her parents removed to Chariton, and she acquired a liberal education,
in the high school of this city, in Stuart's Academy and Drake University. The
academy, which was then conducted by Mrs. R. A. Stuart and was an excellent
school, has since been discontinued. For several years Mrs. Goltry has
successfully engaged in teaching. She taught for three years in the country
schools of Lucas county, then for three years in the city schools of Chariton,
after which she was elected to the principalship of the Hedrick school in
Ottumwa, Iowa, a position which she acceptably filled for three years. Two
years' work was given to the schools of Hurneston, as principal, and she then
aided her husband in the establishment of the Chariton Academy. She is a lady of
fine educational attainments and rich in practical experience, cultured and
refined in manner and possessed of that genuine worth which commands recognition
everywhere, no matter in what society. She has been nominated by the Republican
party for County Superintendent of Schools, for which office she is ably
qualified. She has the support of many friends, and should she win that position
the schools of Lucas county will prosper and advance under her able management.

   In November, 1894, Professor Goltry and his estimable wife established the
Chariton Academy, a school for students desiring to fit themselves for teaching
or for special business. The school opened with eleven students; and the first
term closed with thirty-two, the second term opened with fifty-four, and closed
with sixty-two. The prospects for the school are certainly bright and
encouraging, and the Academy will doubtless become one of the leading schools of
its character in the State, for with the able instructors at its head its merits
must commend it to the consideration and patronage of the public.

   In his political views Mr. Goltry is a Republican, and is a prominent member
of Chariton Lodge, No. 64, I. O. O. F., while his wife belongs to the P. E. O.,
an organization for the social and literary entertainment of ladies. Both the
Professor and his wife are members of the Christian Church, and all who know
them esteem them highly, and their circle of friends is extensive. Professor
Goltry was endowed by nature for the work he has chosen, and his abilities have
been strengthened by thorough preparation and the power that comes through use.
He devotes himself untiringly to his work, and is one of the able
representatives of educational interests in the State.


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A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IOWA

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"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."'—MACAULAY.

"Biography is by nature the must universally profitable, universally pleasant,
of all things."—CARLYLE

"History is only biography on a large scale"—LAMARTINE.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1896


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