BIOGRAPHIES:  Charles F. YORK, Hale Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Charles F. York, a prosperous farmer residing on a farm of 160 acres
in section 26, town 23 north, range 8 west, Hale township, was born
on this farm, which he now owns, Nov. 14, 1874, son of Abel and Susan
(Pierce) York.  The father, born in New York State, April 10, 1827,
migrated to Wisconsin, residing for some years in the vicinity of
Whitewater.  In 1868 he purchased the farm now owned by his son
Charles and resided on it subsequently until his death, Nov. 11,
1912.  He had been a widower for eight years, as his wife Susan, who
was born in New York State in 1836, died on the homestead Sept. 11,
1904.  They were the parents of two children:  James, who is a
carpenter at Black River Falls, Wis., and Charles F.  Charles F.
York, who in his youth had received a thorough training in
agriculture, operated his father's farm on shares from 1895 to 1912,
the year of his father's death, at which time he purchased the
property, and has since continued farming on it, with remunerative
results.  He was married, Nov. 10, 1897, to Alice G. Heath, of Hale
Township, who was born at Arcadia, Wis. in 1875, and who died Oct.
22, 1899.  She was the daughter of Barney and Adella (Briggs) Heath,
farming people of Hale Township, and at her death left one child, Iva
Alice, who was born Aug. 4, 1898.  April 26, 1903, Mr. York married
for his second wife Jennie Dean, a school teacher by occupation, who
was born in Chimney Rock Township, this county, May 17, 1880.  Her
parents, Barney and Delia (Hess) Dean, are well known farmers of Hale
Township.  Mr. and Mrs. York are well known and popular members of
the community, having a wide circle of firends in this part of the
county. 

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," page 530.

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