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He and his first wife Mary Lane Cook had 9 children: Charles, Jr., Henry, Elsie, George, Elizabeth, Walter, Mary, Robert and Edward.
His son George married Anna Forney LeGrand in Birmingham, AL on 5 Jun 1912. Their son, Major Dr. George MacAtee, married Evelyn Randolph Richardson in 1942.
Charles MacAtee, Sr. located in Front Royal, VA on May 1, 1871. He was President of Warren Manufacturing Company of Riverton, and for many years was Clerk of the County Court and later was employed by the United States Revenue Service in Porto Rico. He was a noted merchant, manufacturer, architect, and builder. He designed and built 3 Front Royal, VA churches: Catholic, Presbyterian, and Episcopal. He also designed and built the Hotel Royal and fire department and numerous homes.
He was 1 of 5 incorporators of Front Royal's first water system which was known as The Royal Water Co., in 1898. The installation of their mountain water supply reduced the town's high typhoid fever to almost zero.
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Military: Captain of the Warren Light Infantry, Co. D., 2nd VA Reg't
Military: He served for some time as an officer in the Cavalry Service of the Maryland National Guard and subsequent to locating in VA, commanded a Company of
Infantry of the National Guard of VA.
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From the Warren Times in Front Royal, VA
The Front Royal Volunteer Fire Department formally organized on Oct 4, 1892 as the relief Fire Department. The Front Royal Town Council instituted fire fighting in Front Royal on Dec 19, 1870, when they authorized the purchase of fire hooks and ladders. Fire department historian Tony March (1998)believes that a disasterous fire on Mill St. (now Water) led the corporation to realize
the necessity of fire protection.
On Jan 5, 1871, the Council appointed a committee to obtain prices of leather and gum buckets, and autorized construction of ladders. Later in the year, the town purchased 24 buckets and six additional ladders at a cost of $24.
Town minutes of that era reveal that the town fathers autorized the ladders to hang in various fences throughout the town, and that anybody who removed a ladder and failed to replace it in its proper spot was subject to a fine. The fine was 50 cents an hour.
Buckets, ladders and fire hooks were the only equipment available to firefighters from 1870 to 1887. The town, still in charge of fire fighting, appointed Charles Augustus Macatee & C. H. Beaty to purchase a hook and ladder truck from Holloway of Baltimore, MD, at a cost not to exceed $635. The purchase of the truck led to the organization of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 on July 29, 1887. Private funding was used to purchase the unit. That year, a fireman's bazaar was held on the Warren County Courthouse lawn, and funds were used for the truck. The bazaar coincided with the arrival of the truck.
The department's history was interupted briefly, following a fire which began at the feed mill on lower East Main Street on 21 Nov, which destroyed an entire block of the town's business district.
The Relief Fire Department continued until 7 Dec 1922 when the entire department resigned. Four days later, on 11 Dec 1922, the fire department was reorganized and chartered under the same name, the Relief Fire Department.
This then changed to the Front Royal Fire Department on 1 Jan 1960.
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He and his first wife Mary Lane Cook had 9 children: Charles, Jr., Henry, Elsie, George, Elizabeth, Walter, Mary, Robert and Edward.
His son George married Anna Forney LeGrand in Birmingham, AL on 5 Jun 1912. Their son, Major Dr. George MacAtee, married Evelyn Randolph Richardson in 1942.
Charles MacAtee, Sr. located in Front Royal, VA on May 1, 1871. He was President of Warren Manufacturing Company of Riverton, and for many years was Clerk of the County Court and later was employed by the United States Revenue Service in Porto Rico. He was a noted merchant, manufacturer, architect, and builder. He designed and built 3 Front Royal, VA churches: Catholic, Presbyterian, and Episcopal. He also designed and built the Hotel Royal and fire department and numerous homes.
He was 1 of 5 incorporators of Front Royal's first water system which was known as The Royal Water Co., in 1898. The installation of their mountain water supply reduced the town's high typhoid fever to almost zero.
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Military: Captain of the Warren Light Infantry, Co. D., 2nd VA Reg't
Military: He served for some time as an officer in the Cavalry Service of the Maryland National Guard and subsequent to locating in VA, commanded a Company of
Infantry of the National Guard of VA.
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From the Warren Times in Front Royal, VA
The Front Royal Volunteer Fire Department formally organized on Oct 4, 1892 as the relief Fire Department. The Front Royal Town Council instituted fire fighting in Front Royal on Dec 19, 1870, when they authorized the purchase of fire hooks and ladders. Fire department historian Tony March (1998)believes that a disasterous fire on Mill St. (now Water) led the corporation to realize
the necessity of fire protection.
On Jan 5, 1871, the Council appointed a committee to obtain prices of leather and gum buckets, and autorized construction of ladders. Later in the year, the town purchased 24 buckets and six additional ladders at a cost of $24.
Town minutes of that era reveal that the town fathers autorized the ladders to hang in various fences throughout the town, and that anybody who removed a ladder and failed to replace it in its proper spot was subject to a fine. The fine was 50 cents an hour.
Buckets, ladders and fire hooks were the only equipment available to firefighters from 1870 to 1887. The town, still in charge of fire fighting, appointed Charles Augustus Macatee & C. H. Beaty to purchase a hook and ladder truck from Holloway of Baltimore, MD, at a cost not to exceed $635. The purchase of the truck led to the organization of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 on July 29, 1887. Private funding was used to purchase the unit. That year, a fireman's bazaar was held on the Warren County Courthouse lawn, and funds were used for the truck. The bazaar coincided with the arrival of the truck.
The department's history was interupted briefly, following a fire which began at the feed mill on lower East Main Street on 21 Nov, which destroyed an entire block of the town's business district.
The Relief Fire Department continued until 7 Dec 1922 when the entire department resigned. Four days later, on 11 Dec 1922, the fire department was reorganized and chartered under the same name, the Relief Fire Department.
This then changed to the Front Royal Fire Department on 1 Jan 1960.
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He and his first wife Mary Lane Cook had 9 children: Charles, Jr., Henry, Elsie, George, Elizabeth, Walter, Mary, Robert and Edward.
His son George married Anna Forney LeGrand in Birmingham, AL on 5 Jun 1912. Their son, Major Dr. George MacAtee, married Evelyn Randolph Richardson in 1942.
Charles MacAtee, Sr. located in Front Royal, VA on May 1, 1871. He was President of Warren Manufacturing Company of Riverton, and for many years was Clerk of the County Court and later was employed by the United States Revenue Service in Porto Rico. He was a noted merchant, manufacturer, architect, and builder. He designed and built 3 Front Royal, VA churches: Catholic, Presbyterian, and Episcopal. He also designed and built the Hotel Royal and fire department and numerous homes.
He was 1 of 5 incorporators of Front Royal's first water system which was known as The Royal Water Co., in 1898. The installation of their mountain water supply reduced the town's high typhoid fever to almost zero.
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Military: Captain of the Warren Light Infantry, Co. D., 2nd VA Reg't
Military: He served for some time as an officer in the Cavalry Service of the Maryland National Guard and subsequent to locating in VA, commanded a Company of
Infantry of the National Guard of VA.
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From the Warren Times in Front Royal, VA
The Front Royal Volunteer Fire Department formally organized on Oct 4, 1892 as the relief Fire Department. The Front Royal Town Council instituted fire fighting in Front Royal on Dec 19, 1870, when they authorized the purchase of fire hooks and ladders. Fire department historian Tony March (1998)believes that a disasterous fire on Mill St. (now Water) led the corporation to realize
the necessity of fire protection.
On Jan 5, 1871, the Council appointed a committee to obtain prices of leather and gum buckets, and autorized construction of ladders. Later in the year, the town purchased 24 buckets and six additional ladders at a cost of $24.
Town minutes of that era reveal that the town fathers autorized the ladders to hang in various fences throughout the town, and that anybody who removed a ladder and failed to replace it in its proper spot was subject to a fine. The fine was 50 cents an hour.
Buckets, ladders and fire hooks were the only equipment available to firefighters from 1870 to 1887. The town, still in charge of fire fighting, appointed Charles Augustus Macatee & C. H. Beaty to purchase a hook and ladder truck from Holloway of Baltimore, MD, at a cost not to exceed $635. The purchase of the truck led to the organization of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 on July 29, 1887. Private funding was used to purchase the unit. That year, a fireman's bazaar was held on the Warren County Courthouse lawn, and funds were used for the truck. The bazaar coincided with the arrival of the truck.
The department's history was interupted briefly, following a fire which began at the feed mill on lower East Main Street on 21 Nov, which destroyed an entire block of the town's business district.
The Relief Fire Department continued until 7 Dec 1922 when the entire department resigned. Four days later, on 11 Dec 1922, the fire department was reorganized and chartered under the same name, the Relief Fire Department.
This then changed to the Front Royal Fire Department on 1 Jan 1960.
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He and his first wife Mary Lane Cook had 9 children: Charles, Jr., Henry, Elsie, George, Elizabeth, Walter, Mary, Robert and Edward.
His son George married Anna Forney LeGrand in Birmingham, AL on 5 Jun 1912. Their son, Major Dr. George MacAtee, married Evelyn Randolph Richardson in 1942.
Charles MacAtee, Sr. located in Front Royal, VA on May 1, 1871. He was President of Warren Manufacturing Company of Riverton, and for many years was Clerk of the County Court and later was employed by the United States Revenue Service in Porto Rico. He was a noted merchant, manufacturer, architect, and builder. He designed and built 3 Front Royal, VA churches: Catholic, Presbyterian, and Episcopal. He also designed and built the Hotel Royal and fire department and numerous homes.
He was 1 of 5 incorporators of Front Royal's first water system which was known as The Royal Water Co., in 1898. The installation of their mountain water supply reduced the town's high typhoid fever to almost zero.
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Military: Captain of the Warren Light Infantry, Co. D., 2nd VA Reg't
Military: He served for some time as an officer in the Cavalry Service of the Maryland National Guard and subsequent to locating in VA, commanded a Company of
Infantry of the National Guard of VA.
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From the Warren Times in Front Royal, VA
The Front Royal Volunteer Fire Department formally organized on Oct 4, 1892 as the relief Fire Department. The Front Royal Town Council instituted fire fighting in Front Royal on Dec 19, 1870, when they authorized the purchase of fire hooks and ladders. Fire department historian Tony March (1998)believes that a disasterous fire on Mill St. (now Water) led the corporation to realize
the necessity of fire protection.
On Jan 5, 1871, the Council appointed a committee to obtain prices of leather and gum buckets, and autorized construction of ladders. Later in the year, the town purchased 24 buckets and six additional ladders at a cost of $24.
Town minutes of that era reveal that the town fathers autorized the ladders to hang in various fences throughout the town, and that anybody who removed a ladder and failed to replace it in its proper spot was subject to a fine. The fine was 50 cents an hour.
Buckets, ladders and fire hooks were the only equipment available to firefighters from 1870 to 1887. The town, still in charge of fire fighting, appointed Charles Augustus Macatee & C. H. Beaty to purchase a hook and ladder truck from Holloway of Baltimore, MD, at a cost not to exceed $635. The purchase of the truck led to the organization of Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 on July 29, 1887. Private funding was used to purchase the unit. That year, a fireman's bazaar was held on the Warren County Courthouse lawn, and funds were used for the truck. The bazaar coincided with the arrival of the truck.
The department's history was interupted briefly, following a fire which began at the feed mill on lower East Main Street on 21 Nov, which destroyed an entire block of the town's business district.
The Relief Fire Department continued until 7 Dec 1922 when the entire department resigned. Four days later, on 11 Dec 1922, the fire department was reorganized and chartered under the same name, the Relief Fire Department.
This then changed to the Front Royal Fire Department on 1 Jan 1960.
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