Charles Carlson
Charles Carlson, one of Liberty Township's excellent citizens and representative farmers, was born November 23, 1842. in Sweden, where his father, Charles Carlson, lived and died.
In 1869. when 27 years of age, Mr. Carlson came to America and after a pause in New York, proceeded to Burlington, Iowa, remaining in that State for five years, variously engaged. Prior to reaching Delaware County, September 10. 1875. he had worked at Toledo, Ohio, and for a short time he engaged in railroad work in Delaware County, but finally worked at farming on the place on which he has resided ever since.
On September 26, 1876, Mr. Carlson was married to Dora Case. The grandparents of Mrs. Carlson were Lumis and Lucinda Case and Roswell and Nancy Tuller. Both families came to Ohio from Connecticut and the maternal grandparents died on the present farm, their burial being at Powell. The paternal grandparents settled at Beechtown, Ohio, and the grandfather died at Marietta, and both he and wife were interred in Grove Cemetery, Delaware. August Case, father of Mrs. Carlson, was born in 1816, and died of cholera at Delaware. Ohio, in 1854. He had the contract to carry the mail prior to the building of the railroad to Delaware. He married Cynthia Tuller. who was born at Powell, Ohio, in 1819, and died in 1880. aged 61 years. They had three sons and two daughters, namely: Oscar, born April 6, 1840. residing at Powell; Josephine, born February 13. 1842, married Winfield S. Marks, residing in Liberty Township; Cicero, born June 13. 1844. is engaged in farming in Liberty Township: Mrs. Carlson, born February 18, 1851; and Lumis, born August 2, 1854, who is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlson have had five children, as follows: Cicero, born July 11, 1877, is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad, married Gertrude Johnston and they reside at Columbus; Fred, born March 1, 1879, is in the employ of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, at Chicago; Worthy, born April 9, 1881, is an employe of the Hocking Valley Railroad; Victor, born February 18, 1884, is also with the Hocking Valley system; and Guy, born June 16, 1888, who died September 28, 1888.
Mrs. Carlson has resided on the present home farm, containing 147 acres, since she was eight years old, and Mr. Carlson has resided here since 1875. In 1882 the comfortable residence was built and many improvements have since been made. Mr. Carlson is a member of Powell Lodge, No. 4, Odd Fellows, and of Powell Lodge of Knights of Pythias. His eldest son, Cicero, is a Mason. In politics, Mr. Carlson votes independently, doing his own thinking and supporting the candidates who, in his judgment, will best carry out the laws. The family is one which stands very high in general esteem in Liberty Township.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens by James R. Lytle