Charles Edward Van Vlack
1845 - 1942 (96 years)-
Name Charles Edward Van Vlack Born 9 Dec 1845 Rochester,NY 
Gender Male Died 15 Oct 1942 ? Jacksonville,FL Buried Ashland,WI Person ID I413 Marinus (M1) Tree Last Modified 1 Jun 1999
Father Townsend C. Van Vlack, b. Abt 1818, Fishkill,NY Mother Maria Trinneman, b. Rochester,NY Married Bef 1843 Family ID F52 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catherine Jane Garnett, b. 25 Sep 1851, Wisconsin , d. 21 Oct 1923, Ashland,WI (Age 72 years) Married 25 Oct 1873 Chicago,IL Children 1. Benjamin Van Vlack, b. 1885 2. Mabel Van Vlack 3. Edwin Lewis Van Vlack, b. 1890 4. Harry Van Vlack, b. 1902, prob. in WI Family ID F392 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Charles Edward Van Vlack, b. Dec. 9, 1845 at Rochester, NY, d. Oct. 15, 1942. Charles had moved to Chicago, IL by 1861 and there at the age of 16 enlisted in the Union Army as a drummer boy in 1862, discharged 1863 in Chicago, IL, re-enlisted in 1864, then discharged at the end of the war in Louisville, KY - a private. At one time, he was living in Geneva and was in Illinois Co. D, 52nd Infantry during the Civil War. On Oct. 25, 1873, in Chicago, he m. Catherine Jane Garnett, she b. Sept. 25, 1851 in WI, d. Oct. 21, 1923 at Ashland, WI. They moved to Ashland in 1881 and both are bd. there. Charles was a railroad engineeer and was said to have married a second time and living, in retirement, in Jacksonville, FL (Ref. Mary Sage Van Vlack letter 1926). Children:
Benjamin, b. 1885
Mabel (adopted)
Edwin Lewis, b. 1890 (adopted)
Harry, b. 1902 (adopted)
- Charles Edward Van Vlack, b. Dec. 9, 1845 at Rochester, NY, d. Oct. 15, 1942. Charles had moved to Chicago, IL by 1861 and there at the age of 16 enlisted in the Union Army as a drummer boy in 1862, discharged 1863 in Chicago, IL, re-enlisted in 1864, then discharged at the end of the war in Louisville, KY - a private. At one time, he was living in Geneva and was in Illinois Co. D, 52nd Infantry during the Civil War. On Oct. 25, 1873, in Chicago, he m. Catherine Jane Garnett, she b. Sept. 25, 1851 in WI, d. Oct. 21, 1923 at Ashland, WI. They moved to Ashland in 1881 and both are bd. there. Charles was a railroad engineeer and was said to have married a second time and living, in retirement, in Jacksonville, FL (Ref. Mary Sage Van Vlack letter 1926). Children: