Charles Cornelius Brattain was born on February 20, 1915, in Jennings Township, Scott County, Indiana. He was the son and only child of James Thomas and Letha Ball (Leafie Boggs) Brattain.
James Thomas Brattain and Letha Boggs were married on May 4, 1914, in Scott County, Indiana.
In the 1920 Federal census, Charles Brattain, age 4; his mother Letha Day, age 25, and half-sister Moneta Day, age 1, was living in Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, Indiana. Letha was a widow.
In the 1930 Federal census, Charles Wallace, age 15 (wrong surname – should have been Brattain) was living with head of house and his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 69; stepfather Floyd Wallace, age 44; mother Letha Wallace, age 35; half-sister Waneta Wallace (listed as Moneta in 1920 census), age 11; and grandson Loyd Wallace, age 6, in Grassy Fork Township
Note: Loyd Wallace was likely the then future husband of Wilma Ruth Smith/Williams (memorial # 121439676).
Charles Brattain was listed as the head of house and living in Grassy Fork Township with his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 80. His occupation was as a wage or salary worker in government work, according to the 1940 Federal census.
Charles C. Brattain enlisted into the U.S. Army on September 18, 1941, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was part of Co. A, 201st Infantry, and was discharged on September 17, 1942. He registered for the World War II draft, and at the time, was employed by A. P. Perry, living in rural Crothersville, and listed Mrs. Serena Boggs (grandmother) as the person who would always know how to get in touch with him.
On June 8, 1946, Charles Cornelius Brattain and Ola Elizabeth Williams were married in Scott County, Indiana. The marriage license was announced in The Scott County Journal (Scottsburg, Indiana), in the June 13, 1946, edition, page 1.
OBITUARY: Charles Brattain, Crothersville R1, Dies of Gunshot Wound
Charles C. Brattain, 47, of Crothersville, R1, died at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in his home of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Omer Owen, deputy coroner of Jackson County, said today he ruled the death was an apparent suicide. Brattain was found in his home at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
After the man was discovered by his mother [Letha Wallace], who lives nearby on Crothersville R1, the Jackson County sheriff's office was notified, which in turn notified Owens. Deputy Sheriff Harvey Green accompanied Owens in the investigation.
He was last seen alive about 2 p.m. Wednesday by his mother. It is believe Brattain was despondent because of the recent death of his wife.
A native of Scott County, Brattain was born February 20, 1915 to Charles C. [James Thomas] and Leatha Bogga Brattain. His mother survives.
He married the former Ola Williams January 8 [actually June 8], 1946,at Scottsburg and she preceded him in death February 23, 1962. A member of the Tampico Christian Church and a disabled Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Brattain had worked part time with the Jackson County Highway Department.
Survivors besides his mother include one step-daughter, Wilma Ruth Wallace, Crothersville R1; one half-brother Loyd Wallace, Crothersville R1; and one half-sister, Mrs. Juanita Elmore, North Vernon.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday from the Kovener Funeral Home, Crothersville, with the Rev. Harold L. Barnett, pastor of the Austin Christian Church, officiating. Burial in Russell Chapel Cemetery.
Friends may call after 6 o'clock tonight at the Kovener Funeral home.
Published in The Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) May 3, 1962, page 9.
James Thomas Brattain and Letha Boggs were married on May 4, 1914, in Scott County, Indiana.
In the 1920 Federal census, Charles Brattain, age 4; his mother Letha Day, age 25, and half-sister Moneta Day, age 1, was living in Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, Indiana. Letha was a widow.
In the 1930 Federal census, Charles Wallace, age 15 (wrong surname – should have been Brattain) was living with head of house and his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 69; stepfather Floyd Wallace, age 44; mother Letha Wallace, age 35; half-sister Waneta Wallace (listed as Moneta in 1920 census), age 11; and grandson Loyd Wallace, age 6, in Grassy Fork Township
Note: Loyd Wallace was likely the then future husband of Wilma Ruth Smith/Williams (memorial # 121439676).
Charles Brattain was listed as the head of house and living in Grassy Fork Township with his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 80. His occupation was as a wage or salary worker in government work, according to the 1940 Federal census.
Charles C. Brattain enlisted into the U.S. Army on September 18, 1941, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was part of Co. A, 201st Infantry, and was discharged on September 17, 1942. He registered for the World War II draft, and at the time, was employed by A. P. Perry, living in rural Crothersville, and listed Mrs. Serena Boggs (grandmother) as the person who would always know how to get in touch with him.
On June 8, 1946, Charles Cornelius Brattain and Ola Elizabeth Williams were married in Scott County, Indiana. The marriage license was announced in The Scott County Journal (Scottsburg, Indiana), in the June 13, 1946, edition, page 1.
OBITUARY: Charles Brattain, Crothersville R1, Dies of Gunshot Wound
Charles C. Brattain, 47, of Crothersville, R1, died at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in his home of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Omer Owen, deputy coroner of Jackson County, said today he ruled the death was an apparent suicide. Brattain was found in his home at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
After the man was discovered by his mother [Letha Wallace], who lives nearby on Crothersville R1, the Jackson County sheriff's office was notified, which in turn notified Owens. Deputy Sheriff Harvey Green accompanied Owens in the investigation.
He was last seen alive about 2 p.m. Wednesday by his mother. It is believe Brattain was despondent because of the recent death of his wife.
A native of Scott County, Brattain was born February 20, 1915 to Charles C. [James Thomas] and Leatha Bogga Brattain. His mother survives.
He married the former Ola Williams January 8 [actually June 8], 1946,at Scottsburg and she preceded him in death February 23, 1962. A member of the Tampico Christian Church and a disabled Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Brattain had worked part time with the Jackson County Highway Department.
Survivors besides his mother include one step-daughter, Wilma Ruth Wallace, Crothersville R1; one half-brother Loyd Wallace, Crothersville R1; and one half-sister, Mrs. Juanita Elmore, North Vernon.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday from the Kovener Funeral Home, Crothersville, with the Rev. Harold L. Barnett, pastor of the Austin Christian Church, officiating. Burial in Russell Chapel Cemetery.
Friends may call after 6 o'clock tonight at the Kovener Funeral home.
Published in The Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) May 3, 1962, page 9.
Charles Cornelius Brattain was born on February 20, 1915, in Jennings Township, Scott County, Indiana. He was the son and only child of James Thomas and Letha Ball (Leafie Boggs) Brattain.
James Thomas Brattain and Letha Boggs were married on May 4, 1914, in Scott County, Indiana.
In the 1920 Federal census, Charles Brattain, age 4; his mother Letha Day, age 25, and half-sister Moneta Day, age 1, was living in Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, Indiana. Letha was a widow.
In the 1930 Federal census, Charles Wallace, age 15 (wrong surname – should have been Brattain) was living with head of house and his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 69; stepfather Floyd Wallace, age 44; mother Letha Wallace, age 35; half-sister Waneta Wallace (listed as Moneta in 1920 census), age 11; and grandson Loyd Wallace, age 6, in Grassy Fork Township
Note: Loyd Wallace was likely the then future husband of Wilma Ruth Smith/Williams (memorial # 121439676).
Charles Brattain was listed as the head of house and living in Grassy Fork Township with his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 80. His occupation was as a wage or salary worker in government work, according to the 1940 Federal census.
Charles C. Brattain enlisted into the U.S. Army on September 18, 1941, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was part of Co. A, 201st Infantry, and was discharged on September 17, 1942. He registered for the World War II draft, and at the time, was employed by A. P. Perry, living in rural Crothersville, and listed Mrs. Serena Boggs (grandmother) as the person who would always know how to get in touch with him.
On June 8, 1946, Charles Cornelius Brattain and Ola Elizabeth Williams were married in Scott County, Indiana. The marriage license was announced in The Scott County Journal (Scottsburg, Indiana), in the June 13, 1946, edition, page 1.
OBITUARY: Charles Brattain, Crothersville R1, Dies of Gunshot Wound
Charles C. Brattain, 47, of Crothersville, R1, died at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in his home of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Omer Owen, deputy coroner of Jackson County, said today he ruled the death was an apparent suicide. Brattain was found in his home at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
After the man was discovered by his mother [Letha Wallace], who lives nearby on Crothersville R1, the Jackson County sheriff's office was notified, which in turn notified Owens. Deputy Sheriff Harvey Green accompanied Owens in the investigation.
He was last seen alive about 2 p.m. Wednesday by his mother. It is believe Brattain was despondent because of the recent death of his wife.
A native of Scott County, Brattain was born February 20, 1915 to Charles C. [James Thomas] and Leatha Bogga Brattain. His mother survives.
He married the former Ola Williams January 8 [actually June 8], 1946,at Scottsburg and she preceded him in death February 23, 1962. A member of the Tampico Christian Church and a disabled Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Brattain had worked part time with the Jackson County Highway Department.
Survivors besides his mother include one step-daughter, Wilma Ruth Wallace, Crothersville R1; one half-brother Loyd Wallace, Crothersville R1; and one half-sister, Mrs. Juanita Elmore, North Vernon.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday from the Kovener Funeral Home, Crothersville, with the Rev. Harold L. Barnett, pastor of the Austin Christian Church, officiating. Burial in Russell Chapel Cemetery.
Friends may call after 6 o'clock tonight at the Kovener Funeral home.
Published in The Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) May 3, 1962, page 9.
James Thomas Brattain and Letha Boggs were married on May 4, 1914, in Scott County, Indiana.
In the 1920 Federal census, Charles Brattain, age 4; his mother Letha Day, age 25, and half-sister Moneta Day, age 1, was living in Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, Indiana. Letha was a widow.
In the 1930 Federal census, Charles Wallace, age 15 (wrong surname – should have been Brattain) was living with head of house and his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 69; stepfather Floyd Wallace, age 44; mother Letha Wallace, age 35; half-sister Waneta Wallace (listed as Moneta in 1920 census), age 11; and grandson Loyd Wallace, age 6, in Grassy Fork Township
Note: Loyd Wallace was likely the then future husband of Wilma Ruth Smith/Williams (memorial # 121439676).
Charles Brattain was listed as the head of house and living in Grassy Fork Township with his grandmother Serena Boggs, age 80. His occupation was as a wage or salary worker in government work, according to the 1940 Federal census.
Charles C. Brattain enlisted into the U.S. Army on September 18, 1941, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was part of Co. A, 201st Infantry, and was discharged on September 17, 1942. He registered for the World War II draft, and at the time, was employed by A. P. Perry, living in rural Crothersville, and listed Mrs. Serena Boggs (grandmother) as the person who would always know how to get in touch with him.
On June 8, 1946, Charles Cornelius Brattain and Ola Elizabeth Williams were married in Scott County, Indiana. The marriage license was announced in The Scott County Journal (Scottsburg, Indiana), in the June 13, 1946, edition, page 1.
OBITUARY: Charles Brattain, Crothersville R1, Dies of Gunshot Wound
Charles C. Brattain, 47, of Crothersville, R1, died at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in his home of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Omer Owen, deputy coroner of Jackson County, said today he ruled the death was an apparent suicide. Brattain was found in his home at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
After the man was discovered by his mother [Letha Wallace], who lives nearby on Crothersville R1, the Jackson County sheriff's office was notified, which in turn notified Owens. Deputy Sheriff Harvey Green accompanied Owens in the investigation.
He was last seen alive about 2 p.m. Wednesday by his mother. It is believe Brattain was despondent because of the recent death of his wife.
A native of Scott County, Brattain was born February 20, 1915 to Charles C. [James Thomas] and Leatha Bogga Brattain. His mother survives.
He married the former Ola Williams January 8 [actually June 8], 1946,at Scottsburg and she preceded him in death February 23, 1962. A member of the Tampico Christian Church and a disabled Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Brattain had worked part time with the Jackson County Highway Department.
Survivors besides his mother include one step-daughter, Wilma Ruth Wallace, Crothersville R1; one half-brother Loyd Wallace, Crothersville R1; and one half-sister, Mrs. Juanita Elmore, North Vernon.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday from the Kovener Funeral Home, Crothersville, with the Rev. Harold L. Barnett, pastor of the Austin Christian Church, officiating. Burial in Russell Chapel Cemetery.
Friends may call after 6 o'clock tonight at the Kovener Funeral home.
Published in The Tribune (Seymour, Indiana) May 3, 1962, page 9.
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