Biographical Sketch of Charles TEMPLE (1904); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** "Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania", Vol. 2, edited by Gil- bert Cope and Henry Graham Ashmead, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1904, pp. 259-60. "CHARLES TEMPLE, deceased, for many years a prominent factor in the agri- cultural and political affairs of Concord township, Delaware county, Penn- sylvania, where he was the owner of a large and well cultivated farm of one hundred and twelve acres, was born in Pennsbury township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, 4 mo., 1, 1836, and is a son of Norris and Susan L. (Smith) Temple. "Norris Temple, father of Charles Temple, was a son of Edward and Sidney Hill Temple. Edward was a farmer in Pennsbury township, was a consistent member of the Society of Friends, and of good social and moral character. He had by his union in marriage an only child, Norris Temple, who was born and reared to manhood on the Temple homestead in Pennsbury township. He was born 5 mo., 2, 1808, and died 3 mo., 23, 1872. His wife, Susan L. (Smith) Temple, was born 11 mo., 12, 1806, and died 11 mo., 13, 1891. They were the parents of six children, namely: Edward, who married Mary Gunton; Charles; George B., who married Lydia Marshall; Sidney; Mary A.; and Jane B. Temple; neither of the three last named had married. Norris Temple was a farmer by occupation. Both he and his wife were members of the Society of Friends. "Charles Temple obtained his educational advantages in the Westtown board- ing school, and after completing his studies he turned his attention to farming. Subsequently he purchased a tract of land in Concord township, which he devoted to general farming and dairying and his well cultivated fields and dairy of forty cows yielded him a handsome income. In his political affiliations Mr. Temple was a Republican, broad and liberal in his views, and for a number of years served his township in the capacity of supervisor, performing the duties of the office in such a manner as to win the approval and approbation of the citizens of the community. In his religious belief he was a member of the Society of Friends. "On 3 mo., 4, 1869, Mr. Temple married Philena Marshall, daughter of Thomas and Emily (Paxson) Marshall, the former being a native of Concord township, Delaware county, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Marshall and his wife, Emily (Paxson) Marshall, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Paxson, of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, were the parents of two children: Philena, widow of Charles Temple; and Mary, wife of Alban Harvey and mother of three children: Evans, Emily, and Edmund S. Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. Temple were the parents of the following named children: 1. Mary M., born 3 mo., 28, 1870, died 4 mo., 6, 1870; 2. Edward Brinton, born 8 mo., 28, 1871, married Lucy F. Bartram on 10 mo., 17, 1895, and they have one child, Charles, born 11 mo., 17, 1896; 3. William Paxson, born 6 mo., 15, 1873; 4. Horace, born 11 mo., 10, 1874; Jacob Paxson, born 11 mo., 18, 1880, married 5 mo., 10, 1902, Ada Underhill. Charles Temple, father of these children, died in the year 1892, survived by his widow, who resides on the old homestead in the township of Concord, respected and esteemed by all who have the honor of her acquaintance."