Bio of Charley, Augustus (b.1825) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Charley, Augustus, was born in Sweden, April 15, 1825. On October 5, 1853,
he landed in Chicago. When on the sea between Liverpool and New York, the
vessel in which he had taken passage was overtaken by a terrific storm,
and all three of the masts were swept away, and was for several days
without any propelling motive on board the vessel. The captain finally
succeeded in rigging out a small sail by using some loose poles which
happened to be on board the vessel for masts. They were four weeks and
three days on the sea, and many suffered with hunger. As many as nineteen
children died for want of something to eat. Mr. Charley staid in Chicago
over three years, working asAbout one year of this time his wife was sick
and in bed. He then worked in a sawmill for three years in Read's Landing;
and from there he came to Glasgow township, where he now lives, in the
fall of 1859. He homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land, and
since then has bought eighty acres more. He and his daughter built the
first house in which they lived, a small log house which was replaced by
another log house and that by his present house, which he built in 1874.
When Mr. Charley first came to his place, he found everything wild, and he
has done all the improving on his place himself. He had no money when he
came, and was without a team of any description for over two years. By
working for his neighbors he finally managed to buy himself a team (a
couple of two-year-old steers). Mr. Charley now has his second wife; he
was married first time in Sweden, and his wife died before he came to this
country. His second wife, Christine Erikson, he also married in Sweden. Of
the nine children born to them, but four of them are now living. Matilda,
the eldest, is the wife of John Peterson, and now lives in Wisconsin.
John, Alfred, and Ida are the names of the other three. Mr. Charley
enlisted in Co. D, of the 5th Minn. Inf., and was mustered in at Memphis,
Tennessee. He was in the battles of Nashville, Spanish Fort, Mobile,
Vicksburg and Columbia. He was mustered out at Montgomery, Alabama. Mr.
Charley lost his health while in the army, and has not be able to work a
day since. He now draws a pension.