Charles, John F.

Born: 1808 Pennsylvania

A physician, Charles settled in Carthage, Illinois, in 1834. On June 26 of that year, he married Ann Eliza Baldwin. Charles won election to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1840, representing Hancock County. He lost his election to the Illinois Senate in 1842. In 1850, he was a physician living in Hancock County, Illinois.

Theodore C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923), 346, 351; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Hancock County, IL, 319; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Hancock County, 26 June 1834, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Th. Gregg, History of Hancock County, Illinois (Chicago: Chas. C. Chapman, 1880), 522-23.