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Charles William Varnum

Charles William Varnum

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  • Name Charles William Varnum 
    Birth 25 Feb 1862  Speaker, Sanilac, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 23 Jun 1870  Speaker, Sanilac, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 8, born MI, living with parents 
    Census 26 Jun 1880  Fredonia, Plymouth, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 18, born MI, works on farm, living with parents 
    Census 4 Jun 1900  Denver, Arapahoe, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 38, born Feb 1862 in MI, marr 7 yrs, lawyer, parents born CAN/CAN 
    Census 3 Jan 1920  Denver, Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 57, born MI, lawyer, parents born CAN/NS 
    Census 17 Apr 1930  Denver, Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 67, born MI, marr at 32, attoney, parents born CAN/CAN 
    Census 18 Apr 1940  Denver, Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 77, born MI, C4 ed, residing here in 1935, lawyer and property owner, parents born CAN/CAN 
    Person ID I2763  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 

    Father Richard Martin Varnum,   b. 26 Aug 1825, Sutton, Brome, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1915, Centerville, Turner, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Harriet Ann Perkins,   b. 5 May 1827, Aylesford, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1899, Centerville, Turner, SD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1854  Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lulu Lee DeLissenbee,   b. 9 Oct 1869, Little Rock, AR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1956, Denver, Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [1
    Marriage 1 Jun 1898  Seward Co, NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908" (ancestry.com)
      On 31 May 1893 in Seward County NE, C.W. Varnum, age 31, residing Denver CO, born MI to Richard M & Harriet A (Perkins) Varnum married Lulu L DeLissenbee, age 25, residing Seward Co, born AR to Lenard & Marie (Stallcup) DeLissenbee.
    Family ID F2181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 

  • Photos
    Charles W Varnum
    Charles W Varnum
    Photo from Bench and Bar of Colorado - 1917

    Headstones
    Charles W and Lulu Lee Varnum Gravestone
    Charles W and Lulu Lee Varnum Gravestone

    Histories
    Excerpts from Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin Genealogy
    Excerpts from Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin Genealogy

  • Notes 
    • From Bench and Bar of Colorado - 1917
      CHARLES W. VARNUM, DENVER
      Born, Sanilac County, Michigan ; graduate Hillsdale (Michigan) College, law department, University of Iowa ; married June 1, 1893; admitted Iowa Bar, 1888; Colorado Bar, 1889; Past Grand Master, I. O. O. F. ; Past State Councilor, Junior Order American Alechanics.
    • From Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography by Thomas William Herringshaw, 1901, pg 960
      VARNUM, CHARLES W., lawyer, politician, orator, was born Feb. 25, 1862, in Sanilac County, Mich. He attended the Hillsdale college; graduated with highest honors from the Iowa City Commercial college, amd from the law department of the state university of Iowa with the degree of LL.B. He has attained success in the profession of law at Denver, Colo. In 1891 he organized the Republican league of Colorado, and was its first president. He has been three times a delegate to the National League convention, and secured the national convention of 1894 for Denver. In 1894 he was elected chairman of the national silver party committee of Denver.
    • From findagrave.com biography
      Charles William Varnum was born February 25, 1862 in Speaker, Sanilac County, Michigan; the forth of six children of Richard Martin and Harriet Ann Perkins Varnum. He married Lulu Lee DeLissenbee daughter of Leonard W. and Mary Stallcup DeLissenbee, on June 1, 1893. They had no children. Charles was a teacher and a lawyer, graduated L.L.B. in 1888 from Iowa State University, and secretary of Republican League in 1894.

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] Ward, Duren James Henderson, Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin genealogy, (Denver, Colo.: Up the Divide Pub. Co., 1926).