Charles Sexton was born on December 12, 1829 in Waterbury,
Connecticut. He was the son of Henry Youmans Sexton and Roxa
Adams. Charles married Nancy M. Lewis on October 7,
1852 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. The newlyweds moved to
Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan in 1852 in the company of the
family of Curtis and Artemesia Hyde Fuller as well as Ira Allen
and his wife. The trip took sixteen days using their combined
ox-teams.
Charles and Nancy had eight children: Martin, William, Alice, Harry, Melvin, George, Deforest, and Ernest.
Charles and Nancy were among the earliest members of the Elsie
Free Will Baptist Church. The name of this church came from
their belief that "God was not willing that any should perish,
that a full atonement had been made for the sins of all and that
every man might, if he would, on his own free will, come to
Christ." Prior to 1864 the Baptists and the Methodists shared
use of the Methodist church which had been built in 1860.
In 1864 a committee composed of the Reverend Ira Allen,
Charles Sexton, Franklin Tillotson, Aaron Sickels, and B. Kelley
was appointed to study the feasibility of constructing a separate
Baptist church building. Aaron Sickels donated the land for the
church, Chauncey Searles drew the blueprints, and Charles Sexton
supervised construction.
Charles Sexton spent his life as a farmer after coming to Elsie.
He operated a threshing machine for ten seasons. He has also sold
organs, pianos, and sewing machines. He raised cows and supplied
milk to the cheese factory. He acted as Chorister in the Baptist Church at Elsie for more than thirty years, with his wife Nancy as first soprano. Charles was also constable for some years, and was
highway commisioner for six years.
Politically Charles Sexton belonged to the Republican party but
transferred his allegiance to the Prohibitionists later in life.
Nancy Lewis Sexton died of cancer in Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan on December 14, 1900. Charles later married widow Martha Wooley in 1903. Charles died of La Grippe (influenza) on December 24, 1905 in Elsie.
Connecticut. He was the son of Henry Youmans Sexton and Roxa
Adams. Charles married Nancy M. Lewis on October 7,
1852 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. The newlyweds moved to
Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan in 1852 in the company of the
family of Curtis and Artemesia Hyde Fuller as well as Ira Allen
and his wife. The trip took sixteen days using their combined
ox-teams.
Charles and Nancy had eight children: Martin, William, Alice, Harry, Melvin, George, Deforest, and Ernest.
Charles and Nancy were among the earliest members of the Elsie
Free Will Baptist Church. The name of this church came from
their belief that "God was not willing that any should perish,
that a full atonement had been made for the sins of all and that
every man might, if he would, on his own free will, come to
Christ." Prior to 1864 the Baptists and the Methodists shared
use of the Methodist church which had been built in 1860.
In 1864 a committee composed of the Reverend Ira Allen,
Charles Sexton, Franklin Tillotson, Aaron Sickels, and B. Kelley
was appointed to study the feasibility of constructing a separate
Baptist church building. Aaron Sickels donated the land for the
church, Chauncey Searles drew the blueprints, and Charles Sexton
supervised construction.
Charles Sexton spent his life as a farmer after coming to Elsie.
He operated a threshing machine for ten seasons. He has also sold
organs, pianos, and sewing machines. He raised cows and supplied
milk to the cheese factory. He acted as Chorister in the Baptist Church at Elsie for more than thirty years, with his wife Nancy as first soprano. Charles was also constable for some years, and was
highway commisioner for six years.
Politically Charles Sexton belonged to the Republican party but
transferred his allegiance to the Prohibitionists later in life.
Nancy Lewis Sexton died of cancer in Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan on December 14, 1900. Charles later married widow Martha Wooley in 1903. Charles died of La Grippe (influenza) on December 24, 1905 in Elsie.
Charles Sexton was born on December 12, 1829 in Waterbury,
Connecticut. He was the son of Henry Youmans Sexton and Roxa
Adams. Charles married Nancy M. Lewis on October 7,
1852 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. The newlyweds moved to
Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan in 1852 in the company of the
family of Curtis and Artemesia Hyde Fuller as well as Ira Allen
and his wife. The trip took sixteen days using their combined
ox-teams.
Charles and Nancy had eight children: Martin, William, Alice, Harry, Melvin, George, Deforest, and Ernest.
Charles and Nancy were among the earliest members of the Elsie
Free Will Baptist Church. The name of this church came from
their belief that "God was not willing that any should perish,
that a full atonement had been made for the sins of all and that
every man might, if he would, on his own free will, come to
Christ." Prior to 1864 the Baptists and the Methodists shared
use of the Methodist church which had been built in 1860.
In 1864 a committee composed of the Reverend Ira Allen,
Charles Sexton, Franklin Tillotson, Aaron Sickels, and B. Kelley
was appointed to study the feasibility of constructing a separate
Baptist church building. Aaron Sickels donated the land for the
church, Chauncey Searles drew the blueprints, and Charles Sexton
supervised construction.
Charles Sexton spent his life as a farmer after coming to Elsie.
He operated a threshing machine for ten seasons. He has also sold
organs, pianos, and sewing machines. He raised cows and supplied
milk to the cheese factory. He acted as Chorister in the Baptist Church at Elsie for more than thirty years, with his wife Nancy as first soprano. Charles was also constable for some years, and was
highway commisioner for six years.
Politically Charles Sexton belonged to the Republican party but
transferred his allegiance to the Prohibitionists later in life.
Nancy Lewis Sexton died of cancer in Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan on December 14, 1900. Charles later married widow Martha Wooley in 1903. Charles died of La Grippe (influenza) on December 24, 1905 in Elsie.
Connecticut. He was the son of Henry Youmans Sexton and Roxa
Adams. Charles married Nancy M. Lewis on October 7,
1852 in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. The newlyweds moved to
Duplain, Clinton County, Michigan in 1852 in the company of the
family of Curtis and Artemesia Hyde Fuller as well as Ira Allen
and his wife. The trip took sixteen days using their combined
ox-teams.
Charles and Nancy had eight children: Martin, William, Alice, Harry, Melvin, George, Deforest, and Ernest.
Charles and Nancy were among the earliest members of the Elsie
Free Will Baptist Church. The name of this church came from
their belief that "God was not willing that any should perish,
that a full atonement had been made for the sins of all and that
every man might, if he would, on his own free will, come to
Christ." Prior to 1864 the Baptists and the Methodists shared
use of the Methodist church which had been built in 1860.
In 1864 a committee composed of the Reverend Ira Allen,
Charles Sexton, Franklin Tillotson, Aaron Sickels, and B. Kelley
was appointed to study the feasibility of constructing a separate
Baptist church building. Aaron Sickels donated the land for the
church, Chauncey Searles drew the blueprints, and Charles Sexton
supervised construction.
Charles Sexton spent his life as a farmer after coming to Elsie.
He operated a threshing machine for ten seasons. He has also sold
organs, pianos, and sewing machines. He raised cows and supplied
milk to the cheese factory. He acted as Chorister in the Baptist Church at Elsie for more than thirty years, with his wife Nancy as first soprano. Charles was also constable for some years, and was
highway commisioner for six years.
Politically Charles Sexton belonged to the Republican party but
transferred his allegiance to the Prohibitionists later in life.
Nancy Lewis Sexton died of cancer in Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan on December 14, 1900. Charles later married widow Martha Wooley in 1903. Charles died of La Grippe (influenza) on December 24, 1905 in Elsie.
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