Sketch of Walter Charlesworth, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Walter Charlesworth, of England, being captivated by the glowing tales of life in the New World, ran away from his parents at the age of eighteen years, and came to America. He remained a while at Wheeling, VA., and then went to St. Charlesville in Ohio, where he engaged in shipping pork to New Orleans and the West India Islands. He married Mary A. Young, and in 1827 he came to St. Charles, Missouri. They had two children, Walter J. and Eliza. The latter died, but the formere is still living in St. Charles. Mrs. Charlesworth died sometime after the removal to St. Charles, and her husband subsequently married Mary St. Louis, of Canada, who died, leaving no children. Charles Charles- worth, a brother of Walter, came from England with his wife, in 1840, and settled in St. Charles. Here his wife went blind, and subsequent- ly died, when he started on his return to England, and died at New Orleans. They had six children: George, Martha, Ann, Charles, Mary and Hannah. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================