Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Call, Charles ???? - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 320
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

Charles Call (Deceased) was born in Wood county, Ohio.  
His educational advantages were limited on account of the 
scarcity of schools in the section where he was reared.
    His father, John Call, a native of Ohio, was a very 
prominent stock dealer of his day.  He bought horses, cattle 
and sheep in Ohio, and would drive them to Baltimore to 
market.  For many years he followed this business.  In about 
1832 or 1833 he started from home with a drove of horses 
destined for Baltimore, and was never heard of afterward.  
His family removed to Pennsylvania and settled at 
Greensboro, Greene county, Penna.  As soon as Charles Call 
was old enough he went to work as a tender boy in the glass 
factory operated at that place.  He afterward learned the 
glassblower's trade, and followed that business most of his 
life.  
    His mother belonged to the Minor family, who were of the 
earliest families that settled in Greene county.  Her 
brother, Theophilus Minor, was a well known river man, and 
with him Charles Call ran on the river for some time.  
    Charles Call was married to Miss Hannah R Lynn.  They 
reared a family of seven children.  (For his ancestry see a 
sketch of Mr Lynn's family in this book.) Mr Call was 
prominent as a Mason; he served several years as justice of 
the peace of the borough of Belle Vernon; he had a 
remarkable memory, could retain whatever he read.  He was 
highly respected by all who knew him; he was ever ready to 
help the needy and to minister to all who were in distress; 
he died at Belle Vernon where he had lived for many years; 
his wife died eleven years previous to his death. 

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