SAMUEL M. CHARLTON, proprietor of the well-known and long established confectionery business in Washington, comes of German ancestry. His grandfather, Robert Charlton, a native of Germany, came to Washington county in 1813, and died at Cook's Place, Chartiers township, in 1828, his wife (who had accompanied him from the Fatherland) dying some time later. They had a family of seven children, of whom only one, James, survives his home being in Iowa. Samuel Charlton, eldest son of Robert, was born in Germany and came with his parents to this country and county. By occupation he was a wagoner, or teamster, on the National Pike between Washington, Penn., and Baltimore, Md. He was twice married: first time to Miss Shipe, who died leaving two children: Robert (now deceased) and Frank (in Mannington, W. Va.). His second marriage was with Mrs. Elizabeth Morrow, nee Hewey, a lady of Irish parentage, and they had a family of five children, as follows: John H., in Washington; Mary, wife of Fred Hood, of Washington; Susan, also in that borough; Rebecca, deceased wife of Henry Llewellen (she died in 1874), and Samuel M., subject of sketch. The parents soon after marriage came to live in the borough of Washington, where the father died about the year 1858, at the age of sixty years, the mother in 1875, aged sixty-five. Samuel M. Charlton was born in Washington, this county, in 1847, and received a liberal education in the schools of the borough. In boyhood he learned the trade of tobacconist with Thomas McKean, and followed same for fourteen years in his native town. In 1876 he opened a confectionery store on Main street, and in 1889 removed it to East Maiden street, where he has since continued. In 1871 Mr. Charlton was united in marriage with Eliza, daughter of William Hays, of Waynesburg, Greene Co., Penn. Her parents at one time lived in Washington county, whence they moved to Greene county, where her widowed mother now lives; her father at one time was clerk of the courts of Washington county. To Mr. and Mrs. Hays were born children as follows: James, John, Eliza, Catherine, Margaret, George, Ella and Matilda. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Charlton, viz.: Sarah Hedge and William Hays (both deceased), and Alfred W., Nannie E., Marion Elizabeth and Sabina Pearl, all living at home. Politically Mr. Charlton is a Republican, and, in religious connection, a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington.

Text taken from page 114 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed April 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published April 1997 on the Washington County, PA pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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