_Jethro BABB ________
|
_Leonard BABB _______|
| (1823 - 1888) m 1843|
| |_Sally DREW _________
|
|
|--Sarah E BABB
| (1847 - 1848)
| _Richard F EMERSON __+
| | (1789 - 1866) m 1823
|_Martha Ann EMERSON _|
(1823 - ....) m 1843|
|_Delia H GOSS _______+
(1804 - 1883) m 1823
__
|
_Hamilton BICKFORD __|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Hannah G BICKFORD
| (1840 - 1866)
| __
| |
|_* __________________|
|
|__
_Samuel GIVEN _______+
| (1788 - 1876) m 1812
_Samuel GIVEN Jr.____|
| (1829 - 1919) m 1859|
| |_Ruth BOOKER ________+
| (1789 - 1866) m 1812
|
|--Charles Saville GIVEN
| (1865 - 1929)
| _Joseph BOOKER ______
| |
|_Eliza Ellen BOOKER _|
(.... - 1919) m 1859|
|_Eliza PHILPS _______
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Charles started railroading first as a newsboy, later becoming a brakeman. While in the performance of his duties he was injured and was assigned to the position as crossing tender in Portland. In 1900, he returned to his old home where he had since lived. For many years up until the time of his death he had spent much of his time writing articles on railroad men and incidents for newspapers and magazines. His wide acquaintance among railroad men and a retentive memory of incidents which he had related in his early boyhood made him a very interesting writer and his weekly columns running in the 'Portland Sunday Telegram' and 'Lewiston Journal' were keenly enjoyed by many ardent readers.
Charles Given worked for the Rail Road and had a back accident once where the train derailed and Charles became crippled from the waist down. The Rail Road company gave him the bell of the train in which he was in the accident with. He later kept the bell under his wheel chair and when he wanted to call in the children from the fields he would ring the bell under the wheel chair.
According to Frank Ernest Debiasio Jr. Charles had a Gold leaf pin (broach) that was made from the gold rush and given to Charles's wife that was later handed on down to Ella Given, Franks Seniors wife. But as Frank Sr. got older he took on several house keepers and the gold leaf pin was noticed missing later after Franks death. It is assumed that one of the house keepers may have taken it.
_Samuel GIVEN Jr.____+
| (1829 - 1919) m 1859
_Charles Saville GIVEN ____|
| (1865 - 1929) m 1889 |
| |_Eliza Ellen BOOKER _+
| (.... - 1919) m 1859
|
|--Laura Belle GIVEN
| (1897 - 1921)
| _Charles R RACKLEFF _
| |
|_Hattie Chandler RACKLEFF _|
(1869 - 1932) m 1889 |
|_Ella HIGGINS _______
_Josiah TOWLE Jr.____+
| (1798 - 1882) m 1825
_Josiah Clark TOWLE _|
| (1835 - ....) m 1863|
| |_Lucinda MORRISON ___+
| (1806 - 1886) m 1825
|
|--Ellen Frances TOWLE
| (1837 - 1857)
| _____________________
| |
|_Kate CARVETH _______|
(1843 - 1883) m 1863|
|_____________________
_Philip TOWLE _______
| (1616 - 1696) m 1657
_Joseph TOWLE _______|
| (1669 - 1757) m 1693|
| |_Isabella AUSTIN ____+
| (1633 - 1719) m 1657
|
|--Jonathan TOWLE
| (1703 - 1791)
| _John HOBBS _________+
| | m 1665
|_Mehetabel HOBBS ____|
(1673 - ....) m 1693|
|_Sarah COLCORD ______+
(1647 - ....) m 1665