Osceola County MI Archives Biographies.....Rich, Charles W. February 8, 1848 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers, Chicago

Charles W. Rich, civil engineer and lumberman, resident at Tustin, Burdell 
Township, was born Feb. 8, 1848, in 

Piscataquis Co., Maine.  He is the son of Charles W and Albina S. (Kittredge) 
Rich, both natives of Massachusetts.  In 

1864 they removed to Ohio, and are not living near the village of Elyria in 
the Buckeye State.

Mr. Rich went to that State five years previously, and during that time was in 
charge of his uncle, I.S. Metcalf, 

residing at Elyria, Lorain County.  He attended the Union School at that place 
until the removal of his parents to 

Lorain County, and after he was again an inmate of the parental household, he 
continued his studies until he completed a 

full course and was graduated at the High School.  At the age of 21 he 
determined to acquire a practical knowledge of 

the profession of civil engineering, and to that end he devoted his time, 
working for a while for his board; but soon, 

by close application and diligence, secured positions of trust and profit.  
Continuing in the service, he obtained 

employment on different engineering works in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Baltimore, 
Md., until the year 1876, the date of his 

removal to Tustin.  He came here primarily in the real-estate interest of his 
uncle, E.W. Metcalf, of Elyria, Ohio.

In spring of 1877 he purchased 240 acres on section 24, Burdell Township, and 
in the same year he platted one-half of 

the village where he resides, locating 48 lots.  He has since made sale of 
nearly the entire number.  He is the 

proprietor of a fine residence in Tustin village, and owns 160 acres of land 
on section 26, in Burdell Township.  He has 

recently purchased 560 acres located on sections 2, 12 and 24 of the same 
township, and is operating as a lumberman and 

dealer in real estate in his own behalf.  Since his first removal to Michigan, 
he has spent three years in Ohio in his 

professional capacity.

The marriage of Mr. Rich to Callie Meloy occurred Dec. 25, 1873, at New 
Lexington, Perry Co., OHio.  They have one child 

- Wilder M. - born Aug. 9, 1884.  Mrs. Rich was born Sept. 23, 1848, in New 
Lexington, and is the daughter of William 

and Sophia (Thomsor) Meloy.  Her father was born in Pennsylvania and was by 
vocation a cabinet-maker.  He was a man of 

prominent standing in Perry Co., Ohio, and during his life-time held several 
positions of responsibility and trust, 

among which were those of County Auditor and Treasurer.  He died in Perry 
County, in the fall of 1882, aged 73 years.  

Her mother was born in ONio and descended from German ancestors.  she is still 
living in Perry County, and is 64 years 

of age.  Mrs. Rich was carefully educated, and at the age of 18 years 
commenced teaching, which profession she pursued 

with success five years.

Politically, Mr. Rich is a Republican.  In religious preference he is a 
Presbyterian, while his wife adopts the tenets 

of the Baptist faith.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Osceola Co.

Chapman Brothers, Chicago

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