BIOS: Charles H. WALTER, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 280/1

Charles H. WALTER.

Chalres H. Walter, a telegraph operator at Rockwood, Somerset county, 
Pennsylvania, is a native of the county in which he now resides, born December 
9, 1874 in Meyersdale.  His parents--Cyrus S. and Clara (Boyer) Walter--were 
born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, 1848 and December 2, 1848, respectively. 
The former named was a farmer by occupation, and the latter was a daughter of 
Samuel Walters and Dinah Boyer.  Their family consisted of four children: 
Winfield, Charles H., Franklin W., and Mary, deceased.
Charles H. Walter attended the common schools of Meyersdale until he attained 
the age of fourteen, after which he learned the art of telegraphy.  When fifteen 
years old he was competent to assume charge of the office for the Baltimore & 
Ohio railroad, continuing there until 1897.  In the meantime he had pursued a 
course in shorthand by mail, and in the latter named year completed the same in 
the two weeks school.  He then removed to Pittsburg and accepted the position of 
stenographer at the Pittsburg Junction railroad, his duty being to take notes 
from the train master, and this he followed for one year.  He then took an 
agency of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Keystone Junction, and followed the 
same until 1893, after which he returned Meyersdale and engaged in the baking 
business.  After conducting the same for a period of two years he sold out and 
returned to Pittsburg, where he was employed as stenographer for six months, and 
then changed his place of residence to Rockwood, where he has since been 
employed as telegraph operator.  As a citizen Mr. Walter is public-spirited and 
progressive, aiding to the best of his ability all measures that tend toward the 
growth and prosperity of his state and country.
On May 23, 1900, Mr. Walter married Minnie E. Griffith, born June 16, 1878, in 
Meyersdale, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Charles S. and Anna 
(Fike) Griffith, and granddaughter of Daniel and Susan (Supler) Griffith, whose 
ancestors were natives of Wales.  Charles S. Griffith was born in Somerset 
county, 1840, died in 1894; he was a blacksmith by trade, and was also a dealer 
in wagons and all kinds of vehicles.  His wife, Anna (Fike) Griffith, was born 
in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, 1834.  Mr. Walter is a descendant of a German 
ancestry.