Son of Josiah and Rachel West Westberry. Husband of Martha Ann Bennett. Brother to: Thomas Milton Westberry; William Charlton Westberry; Elizabeth Westberry Bennett; Nancy Westberry Bennett; John Moses Westberry; Rachel Westberry Bennett; Mary Ann Westberry Bennett; Justina Westberry Bennett; Moses Josiah Westberry and James Randall Westberry. Father of: Lemuel Westberry; Marion Westberry; John Walter Westberry; Justina "Tiny" Westberry Harper and Mary Westberry.
Charlton enlisted as a private in Company "A", 1st Regiment 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops on October 3, 1861. He then enlisted as a private in Company "K" 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry on April 18, 1862. Lessie Harper Conger wrote the following about her grandfather:
"The last battle he fought was about seven miles North of Charleston, SC by a little stone church house on the side of the road. The little stone church still stands today with its sides riddled with bullet holes. He was killed in a ditch on the side of the road by that church building where his blood ran down the ditch like water. His rifle was thrown in the Charleston River." Charlton's wife Martha Bennett Westberry had a child to another man after Charlton's death. She named him Henry Westberry. He was raised in the home of his natural father and stepmother and renamed George Nicholas (Nichols). George was the father of Anne Nichols, the famous playwright and author of "Abie's Irish Rose."
Son of Josiah and Rachel West Westberry. Husband of Martha Ann Bennett. Brother to: Thomas Milton Westberry; William Charlton Westberry; Elizabeth Westberry Bennett; Nancy Westberry Bennett; John Moses Westberry; Rachel Westberry Bennett; Mary Ann Westberry Bennett; Justina Westberry Bennett; Moses Josiah Westberry and James Randall Westberry. Father of: Lemuel Westberry; Marion Westberry; John Walter Westberry; Justina "Tiny" Westberry Harper and Mary Westberry.
Charlton enlisted as a private in Company "A", 1st Regiment 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops on October 3, 1861. He then enlisted as a private in Company "K" 54th Regiment Georgia Infantry on April 18, 1862. Lessie Harper Conger wrote the following about her grandfather:
"The last battle he fought was about seven miles North of Charleston, SC by a little stone church house on the side of the road. The little stone church still stands today with its sides riddled with bullet holes. He was killed in a ditch on the side of the road by that church building where his blood ran down the ditch like water. His rifle was thrown in the Charleston River." Charlton's wife Martha Bennett Westberry had a child to another man after Charlton's death. She named him Henry Westberry. He was raised in the home of his natural father and stepmother and renamed George Nicholas (Nichols). George was the father of Anne Nichols, the famous playwright and author of "Abie's Irish Rose."
Family Members
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Elizabeth Westberry Bennett
1827–1861
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Thomas Milton Westberry
1828–1908
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Nancy Westberry Bennett
1829 – unknown
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John Moses Westberry
1830–1909
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Rachel Westberry Bennett
1832–1917
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Mary Ann Westberry Bennett
1834–1923
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Pvt Moses Josiah Westberry
1839–1903
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James Randall "Confederate Hero" Westberry Sr
1844–1928
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