Charlton A. Valentine

As printed in 1906

HARLTON A. VALENTINE, who resides upon a farm of 81 acres situated in section 5, Circleville township, was born in Frederick County, Maryland, February 14, 1847, and is a son of Henry and Sarah (Eccard) Valentine and a grandson of Henry Valentine, who was a prominent farmer in Frederick County, Maryland.

Henry Valentine and his wife, both of whom were natives of Frederick County, Maryland, came to Pickaway County in 1851, at which time their son, Charlton A. Valentine, was but four years old, and settled on a farm east of Circleville where Henry Valentine devoted his time to agricultural pursuits until the time of his death in 1857. His widow survived him many years, dying in

Since his loth year, Charlton A. Valentine has lived in Circleville township with the exception of two years spent in farming in Tennessee. For a considerable period Mr. Valentine was a breeder of thoroughbred horses, but now devotes his whole time exclusively to farming. He was at one time interested in selling farm implements through the country. He was married in 1876 to Sallie Morrow, a daughter of Robert and Mary Morrow, both well-known citizens of Pickaway County. Mr. Morrow died in 1884 and his wife died in April, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Valentine were married in the same house which they now occupy. They have had three children as follows: Ella and Robert, \Vho live

Google at home; and Alice, who died in her ninth month. Mr. Valentine is a member of the Foresters and is a Democrat in politics.

As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.