BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES H. SHALER


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ILLUSTRATED ALBUM OF BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AND THE 
PARK REGIONS, INCLUDING THE MOST FERTILE AND WIDELY-KNOWN PORTIONS OF 
MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA…ILLUSTRATED; CHICAGO; ALDEN, OGLE & COMPANY; 1889.
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CHARLES H. SHALER was born in Kalamazoo county, Michigan, September 15, 1840,
a son of Thomas and Adelia (Burdeck) Shaler, natives of Connecticut and New 
York, respectively.  The father was born March 20, 1814, the mother March 20,
1822; went with their parents to Michigan, where they were married.  The 
father engaged in farming until the spring of 1850, when he went overland to 
California, and engaged in farming just below Sacramento City, on the banks
of the Sacramento.  He sent for his family, whom he had left behind in 
Michigan in 1859.  The mother died in Sacramento City, the father still 
lives there.   Their children were Mary T., deceased, Almeda, and Charles H.,
subject of this sketch.  The father took an active interest in public 
affairs, was formerly a whig, and voted for William Henry Harrison in 1840; 
has been a stanch republican since its organization, and voted for Benjamin 
Harrison in 1888.  Our subject went with the family to California, besides 
helping on the farm; spent one summer, 1860, in the mines of Nevada, then 
Utah Territory.  He enlisted in Company M, First California Cavalry, March 
14, 1863, at Sacramento City; went with his company to Arizona Territory and 
New Mexico, where they were engaged in scouting duty; participated in an 
engagement against the Kiawas and Camoncha Indians on the Canadian river, 
Indian Territory, November 24, 1864, Kit Carson commanding.  He received an 
honorable discharge March 15, 1866, at Fort Selden, New Mexico; went to 
Green Lake county, Wisconsin, and in the spring of 1868 settled in Blue 
Earth county, Minnesota.  He came to Todd county in the fall of 1888.  His 
home is in section 24, Stone Prairie township.  He is a republican in 
politics, a member of Mankato Lodge No. 15, I. O. O. F., and of Alexander 
Wilken Post, G. A. R., at Mankato, Minnesota.
Our subject was married December 8, 1868, to Julia J. French, born in 
Columbia county, Wisconsin, July 30, 1848.  Their children are Myrta F., 
born September 10, 1869; Bertha F., born August 2, 1871; Charles L., born
August 13, 1874, died September 21, 1878; Roy H., born February 17, 1877; 
Willie H., born July t, 1879, died March, 1880; Gaylord T., born June w, 
1888.











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