DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: ALBRIGHT, CHARLES S. (A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894)
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A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DELAWARE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES, IND.
A.W. Bowen & Co., 1894  - Page 819-820

        CHARLES S. ALBRIGHT, embalmer and undertaker of Winchester, is a
native of Darke county, Ohio, and was born December 19, 1863; he is a son
of Henderson L. and Catherine (Leedy) Albright. Henderson L. was a son of
Simpson and Mary (Snowderly) Albright, natives of Germany; Mrs. Catherine
Albright was born in Darke county, Ohio.
        Henderson L. answered the call for 100 day men in the early part of
the late war, and after his return engaged in farming until 1886, and then
in undertaking, under the firm name of Ford & Albright, until 1887, when he
retired to private life. His family consisted of the following children:
Fremont, William D., Winfield S. and Charles S., and they also reared a
girl, Lizzie Morris, now the wife of William D. Albright. Mr. Albright has
been very liberal in his donations to church and school, and especially so
in regard to Ottoman University.
        Charles S. Albright was reared a farmer in Darke county and
received a very liberal education, but by overstudy was obliged to
relinquish his books and engage in business. In 1887 he began the study of
embalming and funeral directorship under Curtis, of Greeneville, Ohio, for
a short time and then with Gross & Son, at Springfield. He then went into
partnership with Peter Myers, but soon parted with him and came to
Winchester in October, 1889. He holds a diploma from Clark's school of
Indiana, dated May, 1889, and later he received a diploma from the United
States college of Embalming, of New York city, and on coming here engaged
in business under the firm name of Albright Bros. The firm carry a full
line of caskets, robes, etc., and have three hearses and a funeral car, and
are thus fully equipped for all demands for their services.
        October 6, 1889, Mr. Albright  was married in  Preble county, Ohio,
to Miss Edna Huddle, a daughter of Noah and Mary (Seitz) Huddle, born
August 7, 1867. One child, Earle, has been born to this union. The parents
are members of the United Brethren church, and in politics he is a
republican. Under her husband's able instructions. Mrs. Albright has also
become an expert in embalming and undertaking. Mr. Albright is of an
enterprising spirit, and takes great interest in all movements that have
for their object the advancement of the city of Winchester.


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