Charles L. Weller

As printed in 1882

CHARLES L. WELLER.

Charles L. Weller was born in. the town of Montgomery, Hamilton County, September 4, 1821, from whence his parents moved to Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, about the year 1820. Both parents died there. Charles was appointed a cadet at West Point in 1841, but his heaitb failing under the rigorous discipline of that institution, lie resigned after about nine mouths' service. He was schooled at Miami University, though not to graduation. In 1844, after the decease of his father, lie took up his residence at Hamilton, where he served about a year as deputy sheriff under William-T. Elliott. Then he went to Washington City as a clerk in the general post-office under Cave Johnson. In 1849 lie resigned to take the position of disbursing officer in the boundary commission under his brother John B., who had been appointed to rim the boundary line between the United States and Mexico. On the way to the fieldof survey he was sent back from Panama with dispatches to the government at Washington. He had there a long controversy with the Secretary of the Interior, over an - attempt to remove him from the commission, in conscj quence of which lie was detained there some six months, i during which time he was employed by the secretary of the United States Senate in compiling a book of claims.

At the session of Congress in 1849 and 1850 he was the Democratic candidate for sergeant-at-arms, and was within one vote of an election. In 1850 he returned to his former home, Hamilton, bought out the newspaper organ of the Democratic party, the Telegraph, which he edited for two years or more, during which time he was sent by his party as representative to the Ohio Legislature. After serving one session he resigned, and in December, 1852, he started with his wife (Miranda Martindell), whom he married in 1816, for California, where he arrived January 6, 1853, and located at San Francisco, where he still resides. He was appointed under President Pierce assistant United States appraiser of merchandise; also pension agent, both of which positions he resigned, upon his being appointed postmaster; of San Francisco in August, 1854. This latter office he I held until April, 18G1, since which time lie has been en-; gaged in the real estate and stock-broker’s business, and in mining operations, being president of the Opkir, the Mexican, the Crown Point, and the Exchequer mining companies, and also president of the Pacific Stock Exchange Board, of San Francisco.

As printed in A history and biographical cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio, with illustrations and sketches of its representative men and pioneers (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.