(in part)
Charles H. Vorse, one of the best known men in the county, was born in Garden Valley, McHenry county, Illinois, March 22, 1846, son of William and Lois (Hart) Vorse, the pioneers, who in 1855 brought him to Clearwater township in this county. At the age of sixteen, in 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Edward Hartley. He served on the frontier against the Sioux Indians, and afterward went south and saw service with the Army of the Ohio in the Twenty-third Army Corps. He took part in the Battle of the Cedars and the Battle of British Cross Roads, as well as in many minor engagements and skirmishes. He was mustered out at Charlotte, N. C, July, 1865.
Mr. Vorse was married December 24, 1872, to Mary Ella Bogenrief, of Clearwater, and they have had three children, Lois, Nellie and Vivian. Lois married J. W. McDonald, of Minneapolis, and they have one son, Russell. Nellie married Charles Carmen, of North Dakota, and they have a son, Ralph. Vivian is a teacher at Glenwood, Minn. She is a graduate of the St. Cloud State Normal.
Full biography at:
History of Wright County, Minnesota
by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge
Volume 1, Chicago
H.C. Cooper Jr & Co
1915
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Chas. D. Varse
Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990
birth: 23 April 1846 Illinois
death: 8 December 1919 Buffalo, Wright, Minnesota
burial: 11 December 1919 Buffalo
father: Wm. Varse
mother: Louise Hart
Enlisted as a Private in Company E, 8th Minnesota Infantry at Lynden, Stearns County on August 14, 1862. Was discharged from service at Fort Snelling on July 11, 1865.
(in part)
Charles H. Vorse, one of the best known men in the county, was born in Garden Valley, McHenry county, Illinois, March 22, 1846, son of William and Lois (Hart) Vorse, the pioneers, who in 1855 brought him to Clearwater township in this county. At the age of sixteen, in 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Edward Hartley. He served on the frontier against the Sioux Indians, and afterward went south and saw service with the Army of the Ohio in the Twenty-third Army Corps. He took part in the Battle of the Cedars and the Battle of British Cross Roads, as well as in many minor engagements and skirmishes. He was mustered out at Charlotte, N. C, July, 1865.
Mr. Vorse was married December 24, 1872, to Mary Ella Bogenrief, of Clearwater, and they have had three children, Lois, Nellie and Vivian. Lois married J. W. McDonald, of Minneapolis, and they have one son, Russell. Nellie married Charles Carmen, of North Dakota, and they have a son, Ralph. Vivian is a teacher at Glenwood, Minn. She is a graduate of the St. Cloud State Normal.
Full biography at:
History of Wright County, Minnesota
by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge
Volume 1, Chicago
H.C. Cooper Jr & Co
1915
~~~
Chas. D. Varse
Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990
birth: 23 April 1846 Illinois
death: 8 December 1919 Buffalo, Wright, Minnesota
burial: 11 December 1919 Buffalo
father: Wm. Varse
mother: Louise Hart
Enlisted as a Private in Company E, 8th Minnesota Infantry at Lynden, Stearns County on August 14, 1862. Was discharged from service at Fort Snelling on July 11, 1865.
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