Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Dubois, Charles Ewing
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown A-L


CHARLES EWING DuBOIS deceased, was the oldest child of the 
Rev. Uriah and Martha P. DuBois, and was born July 16, 1799, 
at the Deep Run parsonage, in Bucks county.  Five years 
afterward his parents removed to Doylestown, where he 
continued to reside the rest of his life.  He received his 
education in the Union Academy of that place under the 
careful tuition of his father, who was the principal and 
pastor of the Deep Run and Doylestown Presbyterian churches. 
 He studied law under Abraham Chapman, Esq., and was 
admitted as an attorney August 28, 1820.  In 1823 he was 
commissioned by the governor as clerk of the orphans' court 
and in 1832 he was appointed district attorney.  He also at 
one time filled the position of postmaster.  In 1847, on the 
resignation of Mr. Chapman, he was chosen president of the 
Doylestown bank, which office he held to the entire 
satisfaction of all concerned until his death.  The leading 
work of his life was as a practicing attorney. As a 
counselor, in which form of practice he was chiefly 
employed, his judgment was implicitly confided in by his 
clients, while his opponents never feared that any unfair 
advantages would be taken of them.  Great trust was placed 
in his honor and his scrupulous morality.  His opinions were 
carefully considered before they were given, so that when 
given they carried weight and commended themselves to the 
court.  His appeals were made to reason, justice and law, 
rather than to the passions, emotions, or prejudices.  He 
practiced law for forty years in the courts of Bucks county. 
Through all his life he bore the character of an honorable 
high-toned man.  In politics he was never an active 
partisan, but was always a true lover of his country and a 
staunch adherent of the Union.  Devoted to his profession he 
worthily won an ample competence in its practice.  He was 
married to Mary S., daughter of Rev. John E. Latta, of 
Newcastle, Del.  They had a family of eleven children, of 
whom seven are now living, and two are married.  The oldest, 
John L., succeeded his father as an attorney, James is a 
merchant in San Francisco, Cal. and Henry M. is a practicing 
attorney in Philadelphia.  Emma, his eldest daughter, 
married Edward P. Flint, a merchant in San Francisco, who 
lives at Oakland, Cal.  In his early life Mr. DuBois was 
fond of society, but after his marriage he became quite 
domestic in his habits.  He was of great service to his 
mother, whom he assisted in managing her affairs and in 
taking the oversight of his younger brothers and sisters.  
He had many warm friends and as to his enemies he scarcely 
knew where to find them.  He died on the morning of the 5th 
of March, 1865, in the 66th year of his age.