Biographies:   Charles H. AYERS, Otter Creek Township, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Charles H. Ayers, who is descended from prominent New England ancestors, 
among whom were physicians, mechanics and prosperous manufacturers, is a 
native of Albany, N. Y., where he was born September 11, 1855, the son of 
William and Elizabeth (Stone) Ayers.  The father was a mechanic by profession,
while Grandfather Ayers was a practicing physician of prominence in New York 
state, and for many years members of the Ayers family were engaged in the 
manufature of umbrellas in Albany.

In 1857, William Ayers came West to Wisconsin and settled in Milwaukee, where 
for about ten years he was engaged in contracting and building, and during 
this time he built the Racine College.  He later moved to Oshkosh, Wis., and 
lived to the age of 74 years, the mother having passed away at the age of 26.

During the balmy days of the lumber industry in Wisconsin and while a young 
man Mr. Ayers spent five years in logging and lumbering, mostly in the 
neighborhood of Merrill.  He subsequently spent two years in the village of 
Fairchild, and then for a period of eighteen years was employed by Henry 
Brown, one of the early settlers of Thompson Valley.  He afterward purchased 
a farm of eighty acres in Otter Creek township, which he improved and where 
he now resides, engaged in general farming.  He is a wideawake, public-
spirited citizen, is active in the affairs of the Democratic party and is an 
attendant and supporter of the Methodist church.

On October 20, 1902, Mr. Ayers married Miss Lydia Hewlett, daughter of 
Lafayette Hewlett, who originally lived in Pennsylvania but later moved to 
Trempealeau county, Wisconsin.  Mr. and Mrs. Ayers have a family of two 
children, viz: Brown and Margaret Rosalind Ayers.  John Ayers, who resides 
in Scott's Valley, is a brother of Charles H.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
pages 640-641.