Charles D. Garland Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Betsy Webber - betsy@megalink.net

Surname: GARLAND
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1116

     CHARLES D. GARLAND, owner and proprietor of a general store at
West Rye, of which place he is also postmaster, was born in Rye, October 1,
1849, a son of William C. and Mary (Marden) Garland. His parents were
members of the Christian church, the father being a farmer. They had
four children: Fidelia, wife of Charles Seavey; William H. Emmons and
Charles D.
     Charles D. Garland acquired his education in the common schools of Rye.
When eighteen years old he engaged in the produce business in this town,
handling all kinds of country produce, potatoes, hay, apples, eggs, etc., in one
year shipping 15,000 bushels of potatoes and 300 tons of hay. In 1878 he
started his present business in Rye and has since carried it on successfully,
dealing in flour and groceries, dry goads, hardware and nicknacks. A dem-
ocrat in politics, he has served in most of the local offices, and has been
postmaster at west Rye since November 5, 1885. being appointed under Presi-
dent Cleveland. He took the civil service examination February 10, 1914.
     Mr. Garland was married in 1869 to Eliza J. Garland, who was also
born in Rye, being a daughter of Edward L. and Elvira (Dalton) Garland.
who were farming people here. Their other children were Mary W., wife
of Samuel Smart, and Nettie. Mr. and Mrs. Garland have had two children:
Susie E., now deceased, who was the wife of Gilman Walker; and Willie E.,
who married Ethel M. Locke and has two children, Edna and Elizabeth.
The family attends the Christian church. 

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