Charles Harrison Fields: (Family Source).
Charles H. Fields: (1860/1920 Census & Homestead Records).
Charles A. Fields: (1910 Census).
Charles Fields: (1850/1870/1920/1930 Census).
C. H. Fields: (Marriage record & 1885 NE Census & 1897 History of O'Brien County, Iowa).
Charles Phields: (1880 Census).
May have been named Harrison after President Harrison who opened up the U.S.A. to immigration. [This name was given for this reason by James Butka to his son and the middle name continued in honor of coming to this great country through three generations.]
b. 15 Jul 1841, Conewango Twp., Warren Co., PA.
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkinton, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced shortly Bef 16 August 1905 when wife remarried in Garfield Co., OK.
d. Oct 1932, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Co., CA.
COD: ? Age 91.
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2016, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
Born in Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania (Residence in 1850 Census & birth location believed by family).
Born in Pennsylvania (1850, 1860, 1985, 1900, & 1930 Census).
Born in Remna (?) (1870 Census).
Born in New York (1880 & 1920 Census).
Born in Chantengua County, New York. (Family source).
Born in Chautauqua County, New York. (Death Certificate of Daughter Mary Carolyn Fields (Miller).
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkington, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced
Charles Harrison Fields was born 15 July 1841 in Warren County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Alexander G. Fields and Charlotte Betsey Taylor. Charles was one of 13 or 15 children (of whom 8 survived into adulthood). The thought is he was named Charles in honor of his older brother Charles Perry Fields who is believed to have died shortly after the 1840 census while he was just a little boy. (Family Source).
He was a strict, rigid, and stern man. Not real loving. (Family Source).
Religion: Seventh-day Adventist (SDA).
He was a Mason. In one family photo he is wearing a Mason's pin.
Ancestry.com researcher has:
m. (1) Carrie Moore (b. Abt 1843, NJ). They had a daughter, Jessie Mary Fletcher (b. Dec 1865, IA). ???
1850 Census: Charles (9) appears with his family in the 1850 census for Conewango Twp., Warren County, Pennsylvania. While he was still young, father Alex took the family to New York for a while and then to Delaware County, Iowa.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Conewango, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Page: 387, Roll: M432_832
Dwelling 2347, Family 2350
Alexander Fields, Age 55, Male, Occupation Lumberma(n), Birthplace NH (New Hampshire).
Betssy Fields, Age 43, Female, Birthplace Nab (?).
Lucinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lorrinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Thomas Fields, Age 13, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles Fields, Age 9, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Dewitt Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Zachay Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles dove off a bridge when he was young and hurt his knee leaving him crippled. Thus, when the Civil War broke out he was unable to serve. However, two of his brothers, Thomas J. Fields and Dewitt Fields joined Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiments and served until the end of the war. Both saw action against the South.
1860 U. S. Federal Census: Castle Grove, Jones County, Iowa
Roll: M653_328, Page: 154
Dwelling 1072, Family 1115
John Fields, Age 32, Male, Occupation Blacksmith, Value of Real Estate $1,000, Value of Personal Estate $150, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Sarah J. Fields, Age 25, Female, Birthplace New York.
C. L. Fields, Age 6, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Alex J. Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
L. C. Fields, Age 3, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Wm. (William) F. Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles H. Fields, [Brother,] Age 20, Male, Occupation Laborer, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Attend School Yes.
m. (1) 13 Sep 1869: Phoebe Lucille Myers married Charles Harrison Fields in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa, just west of Dubuque.
9-13-1869: Phebe L. Myers married C. H. Fields September 13, 1869 at Hopkinton,
Deleware, Iowa; they were married by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M. The latter is
the same person who married Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas Sept. 26,
or Oct. 2, 1869. Information from the Delaware County Courthouse,
Manchester, Iowa.
Zachary Taylor Fields and Charles Harrison Fields are brothers.
[Phoebe was the daughter of Alexander G. (B.?) Myers and Lucy (Lucille Myers) of New York. Phoebe had been born in New York (June 1853?), but the family moved shortly thereafter to Delaware County, Iowa. Charles was 28 and Phebe 16 when they were married. Charles' brother, Zachary Fields was married in the same town by the same official a few weeks later. Earlier this same year, Charles' two older brothers, Thomas and Dewitt settled in O'Brien County in the northwest part of Iowa. (May 19, 1869) -- Primghar, O'brien County, Iowa.
1869: Marriages-Delaware Co. Courthouse--Manchester, Iowa
page 41
C. H. Fields & Phebe L. Myers--testimony of A.R. Hunt Married 13 Sept. 1869 at Hopkinton by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M.
page 43
Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas--testimony of parents Married 26 Sept or 2 Oct 1869 by Sam'l Hodges V.C.M.
page 54
William W. Myers & Ella Colburn testimony of Alex B. Myers Married 30, Oct 1869 at Hopkinton by J. A. Abbott, Minister of Gospel.
1870 Census: Shortly after their marriage, Charles and Phoebe decided to join his brothers in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe are listed in the 1870 census for O'Brien County, Iowa. Charles (29) and wife Phebe (19), [sic]) are living with brother Thomas and family. Charles is working as a shoemaker. Charles and Phebe would later settle on Sec. 20 near Calumet, in Liberty, O'Brien, Iowa. Brother Dewitt Fields also settled in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe had three children while living in O'Brien--Lucy Charlotte, born Feb 1871; Thomas B. Fields, born in Nov 1876; and Carrie, born in Dec. 1877. Some family records suggest that Lucy Charlotte was born in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa.
Charles is listed in the D.A.W. Perkins "History of O'Brien County" as living in the same section as his wife's sister and husband (William Milton and Abigail Breyfogle). Several of the Fields brothers are also listed in "Old Soldiers Who Have Lived in O'Brien County."
1870 U. S. Federal Census: Township 94 Range 40, O'Brien County, Iowa
Post Office: O'Brien
Roll: M593_414, Page: 377, Image: 15
Dwelling 15, Family 16
Thomas Field, Age 34, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Value of Personal Estate $600, Birthplace New York, Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Lida Field, Age 25, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Senath Field, Age 4, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Cynis Field, Age 2, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles Field, Age 29, Male, White, Occupation Shoemaker, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Phoebs Field, Age 19, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 16, Family 17
Dewitt Field, Age 26, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Minerva Field, Age 22, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Charlotte Field, Age 3, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Homer Field, Age 1, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
5-17-1870: Settled on Homestead land, Sioux City, Iowa. (Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants, 5-14-1877).
Note: Two brothers, Charles Harrison Fields and Dewitt Clinton Fields, moved to this area the same time and filed sequential applications on the same day for a Homestead.
Brother's record mirrors his, except on section 26 instead of 20.
Note: Brothers Thomas Jones Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, Dewitt Clinton Fields, and Zachariah Taylor Fields were all living in O'Brien County, Iowa and Homesteaded circa 1870-1877.
5-16-1877: Homestead Records: Charles H. Fields: (14 pages):
Page 1:
"Final Certificate No. 4084
Homestead Application No. 3336
LAND Office
Sioux City Iowa
May 16th, 1877.
Sect. 20, Town 94, Range 40
App[rove]d Aug 13, 1877
S.W.S.
977580
Pat. Dec. 29, 1877.
Rec. Vol. 9 Page 171.
58/31"
Page 6:
"Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants.
Act of May 20, 1862
I, Charles H. Fields, having made a Homestead entry of the South West Quarter section No. 20 in township No. 94, of range No. 40 subject to entry at Sioux City Iowa under the first section of the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862 & Mar. 21, 1864, do now apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of section No. 2291 Revised Statutes of the United States; and for that purpose do solemnly Swear that I am married and a citizen of the United States; that I have made actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having resided thereon since the 17th day of May, 1870, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; and that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States.
/s/ Charles H. Fields...."
Page 10:
"Homestead
Land Office, at Sioux City, Iowa,
May 17 1870.
I, Charles H. Fields of OBrien Co Iowa having filed my Application, No. 3336, for Entry under the provision of the Act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure Homestead to actual settlers on the Public Domain," do solemnly swear that I am twenty-one years of age the Head of a family that I am a citizen of the United States; that said application, No. 3336 is for my exclusive use and benefit, and for actual cultivation and settlement, and not directly nor indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever. /s/ Charles H. Fields
Sworn and subscribed this 17 day of May 1870 before
/s/ John Cleghorn
Register of the Land Office"
Page 11:
"HOMESTEAD. …RECEIVER'S RECEIPT…$14.00…."
12-29-1877: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Charles H Fields
Issue Date: 29 Dec 1877
State of Record: Iowa
Acres: 160
Accession Number: IA2880__.170
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Sioux City
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392)
Document Number: 4084
Legal Land Description:
Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
20 94-N 40-W 5th PM O'brien
Sometime prior to 1880 Charles and his brothers Thomas and Zac decided to move their families to Beaver, Decatur Township, Kansas. Brother Dewitt decided to stay back in O'Brien County, Iowa.
1880 Census: During the 1880 census Charles and Phebe Fields are living in Beaver, Decatur Township in Kansas. Their last name is incorrectly spelled "Phields." Charles is 35 (should be 39)--both of his parents are listed as from New York. Phebe's age is given as 30 (at little off). Her parents are listed as from Massachusetts. In the household are Lucy (9), Thomas (4) and Carrie (2). All three of the children were born in Iowa. Charles' occupation is farming. Charles' brothers, Thomas and Zac, live with their families nearby.
1880 U. S. Federal Census (June 21 & 22): Beaver, Decatur County, Kansas:
Family History Library Film 1254379 NA Film Number T9-0379 Page Number 305C
Roll: T9_379; Family History Film: 1254379; Page: 305C; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 0173.
Dwelling 219, Family 219: (Misindexed under Phields instead of Fields)
Charles Phields, White, Male, Age 35, (Head), Married, Occupation Farmer, # mos. unemployed X, Cannot Write Yes, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Phebe Phields, White, Female, Age 30, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts.
Lucy Phields, White, Female, Age 9, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Thomas Phields, White, Male, Age 4, Son, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Carrie Phields, White, Female, Age 2, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 220, family 220: [Brother & Family]
Zac Fields, White, Male, Age 31, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Sarah Fields, White, Female, Age 27, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Illinois.
Horace Fields, White, Male, Age 6, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Arthur Fields, White, Male, Age 4, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Minnie Fields, White, Female, Age 2, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Dwelling 230, Family 230: [Brother - on next census page from Charles & Zachary]
Thomas Fields, White, Male, Age 41, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lida Fields, White, Female, Age 30, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Cyrus Fields, White, Male, Age 13, Single, Occupation At Home, Cannot Read Yes, Cannot Write Yes,
Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lena Fields, White, Female, Age 11, Daughter, Single, Occupation At Home, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
1883 Charles and Phebe were living in Bellaplain, Benton County, Iowa (a few miles west of Cedar Rapids), where their daughter, Lurinda Abagail Fields, was born 4 Aug 1883.
1883-5: A short while later Charles and his brother Thomas again decided to move--this time to Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska. Charles and Phebe Fields appear in the June 1885 Census.
1885 Nebraska State Census (June 3): Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska.
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 2, Locality: Midway Borough
C. H. Fields, Age 42, White, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Pheby L. Fields, Age 33, White, Birthplace New York.
Lucy C. Fields, Age 14, White, Birthplace Iowa.
T. B. Fields (should be T[homas]. B.), Age 19, White, Birthplace Iowa.
M. C[arrie] Fields, Age 6, White, Birthplace Iowa.
L[urinda] A. Fields, Age 2, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Also listed is his brother and his family: Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska
Date: 03 Jun 1885
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 3, Locality: Midway Borough
S. [should be Thomas] J. Fields, Age 49, White, Birthplace New York.
Lida Fields, Age 40, White, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Cyrus Fields, Age 17, Birthplace Iowa.
Edgar L. Fields, Age 4, Birthplace Kansas.
Alalola M. Fields, Age 5/12, Birthplace Nebraska.
1888 the family moved again, this time to Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska. This was a newly formed town and county (both established in 1883). By 1890, when the Fields lived there, the county had 1662 inhabitants. Mrs. C.H. Fields appears in the Nebraska State Gazetteer Business Directory and Farmer list for 1890-1891 for Taylor. She is listed for millinery work. Taylor had a large wind mill for processing grain. C. H. Fields is listed as the father of children in School Dist. #5, Taylor NE, Thomas 17, Carrie 14, and Lucinda 10. (C.H. Fields and Lucy also appear in the 1883-1983 Index of Loup County, Taylor, Nebraska Centennial 1883-1983, as does Frank Butka, Jim's brother who would marry Lucy Fields).
Also listed in the Gazetteer under the Farmer's Directory section are James Butka and [brother] Francis (Frank) B. Butka. On 22 Feb 1888 oldest daughter Lucy Charlotte "Daisy" Fields married James "Jim" Butka. Although Jim was born in Iowa (25 March 1863), his folks were from Bohemia. The wedding took place in the Pavillion Hotel in Taylor (picture at right--due north of Kearny on Hwy. 183) Both Lucy and Jim appear in the Wedding Index for Loup County Vol 1, p 65. Jim was almost 25 and Lucy was 17 when they got married.
Phoebe was listed as the first teacher in Loup County, Nebraska and taught three months for $20.
(I don't know about Mrs. Myers Fields being the first teacher in Loup County. We had teachers here as early as 1876 before the county was organized but was under the jurisdiction of Valley County at the time. -Kevin Brown, President of Loup County Historic Society.)
Phoebe Lucille Myers (Fields) was also listed in the Business Directory for 1890-1891 in Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska: "Mrs. C. H. Fields Millinery." (The GAZETTE of Nebraska lists Mrs. Fields as in the millinery business.)
Lucy Fields (his daughter) was teaching in District #18 Butka about the time she was married to James Butka. She also taught a term in District #17 Loup County.
In about 1888 Charles H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska.
C.H. Fields was the Loup County Treasurer in Taylor (Nebraska) from approximately 1889 to 1892.
Evidence for Mr. Fields serving as Loup County Treasurer from approximately 1889 to 1892 come from Loup County records and were recorded in the book, LOUP COUNTY CENTENNIAL BOOK, 1883-1983, by the Centennial Commitee, Burwell, NE: Tribune Publishing, 1984, page 197, by Virginia Perkins Doty, under the Chapter XIV: Elected Officials of Loup County, 1883-1982. She cites as her sources Books 1-4 in the Clerk's Office of the Loup County Court House.
C. H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska and Frank Butka was a member of the first Board of Education and James Butka was later added as a member of the Board of Education.
C.H. Fields' wife is listed as Phebe Myers Fields and they were listed as married in 1869 in Iowa.
I show their children and birth dates listed as S.B., 1866; M.C., 1879; and L.A., 1883.
We show Lucy's name as Lucy Charlotte Fields.
(The Fields children's names and dates of birth came from the school census records of School District #5 Taylor, Nebraska from the 1880s.)
James Butka (son-in-law) and Francis "Frank" B. Butka (James' brother) were listed in the Farmers list for 1890-1891. (The Farmers List is on-line for 1890-1891on our Loup County website and that's where that information came from.)
17 Apr 1893: Page 13. Homestead Proof - Testimony of Witness: Charles [All but C. then crossed out] H. Fields for his son-in-law, James Butka:
"Question 1.--What is your name, age, and post-office address? Answer. C H Fields age 52 Taylor Loop Co Neb"
"Quest. 4.--State Specifically the character of this land...Ans. Prairie Grazing & Farming"
"Quest. 5.--When did claimant settle upon the homestead and at what date did he establish actual residence thereon? Ans. he was on the claim when I came here six years ago"
"Quest. 6.--Have claimant and family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence thereon? (If settler is unmarried, state the fact.) Ans. he has and his family has since he was married five years ago"
"Quest. 8.--How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated and for how many seasons did he raise crops thereon? Ans. about 12 acres 5 seasons"
"Ques. 9.--What improvements are on the land and what is their value? Ans. Sod house shingle roof board floor 4 rooms sod stable frame grassing 3 wells hen house overall value $350.00"
1894 the Butkas and the Fields moved from Loup County, Nebraska, and never returned.
This is probably why the Butka Post Office moved.
Sometime during the mid 1890's Charles and Phebe decided to move to Columbia, Oklahoma. Daughter Carrie married Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling in 1897 in Oklahoma. Nelt's father, James, was from New York and his mother Mary was from Maine. Nelt was born in Illinois (Nov 1861). He was 35 and Carrie 19 when they were married. Nelt and Carrie would eventually settle in Columbia, Oklahoma near both of their parents (1900 census). About this same time, brother Thomas B. Fields married a lady named Lena.
A couple of years after Carrie was married, Charles and Phoebe's youngest child, daughter Lurinda Abagail married Sylvester Oscar Washburn on 23 Oct 1899 in Enid, Oklahoma. Oscar was 23 and Rinda was 16 when they were married.
Charles, Phoebe, son Thomas B., and father-in-law Alexander B. Myers (or Meyer) are living in Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma at the time of the 1900 census (14 June); their daughter, Lurinda seems to have met Oscar Washburn there in 1899.
1897: History of O'Brien County, Iowa, by D.A.W. Perkins
lists:
Fields, C.H., page 139,
D.C. page 138, 347-50, T.J. 138, 210, 243. "The information is about settlers in Liberty twp.
D.C. Fields, settled on section 26, and is now in business at Calument (ran a general store on pages 347-50).
Page 138-139 read:
"T.J. Fields, at one time a member of the board of supervisors, settled on section 26, and C.H. Fields on section 20". information from Nancy Wilson, O'Brien Co. look-up. Genweb of O'Brien Co., IA.
1900 U. S. Federal Census (June 4): Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T623 1338; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 106.
Dwelling 134, Family 135:
Charles Fields, Head, White, Male, born July 1841, Age 60, Married, 29, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace UN, Mother's Birthplace UN (UNKNOWN), Occupation Farmer, # months not employed 0, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes, Own, Free of Mortgage, Farm, # of Farm Schedule 115.
Phebe Fields, Wife, White, Female, born June 1855, Age 45, Married, 29, 4, 4, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Thomas B. Fields, Son, White, Male, born Nov. 1887, Age 23, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Alexander B. Myers, Father-in Law, White, Male, born Aug. 1812, Age 86, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Vermont, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
1905: Phoebe left Charles and divorced on 16 August 1905 and she married George L. Minear in Garfield County, Oklahoma. His ex-wife Pheobe later died in 1911.
m. (2) Between 1905 - 1910: It appears that Charles Harrison Fields remarried and that wife #2 died before the 1910 Census where he is listed as widowed and living with his daughter Lucy Charlotte Fields (Butka) (Menefee) and her husband #2.
1910 U. S. Federal Census (April 20): Dist. 267, Alva Ward 1, Woods County, Oklahoma
Dwelling 84, Family 84
William C. Menefee, Head, Male, White, Age 28, Marriage 1, Birthplace Missouri, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Indiana, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Lottie B. C. Menefee, Wife, Female, White, Age 27, Marriage 1, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Charles A. Field, Father [should be father-in-law], Male, White, Age 69, Widowed, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Unknown, Mother's Birthplace Unknown, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Own Income - None, Can Read & Write Yes.
Oct 1911: Wife Phoebe's funeral - Group photo:
Top- Emery Washburn, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling, Hubert Swartout, Oscar Washburn,Veda Huling.
Middle - Carrie Huling, Charles Harrison Fields, Lurinda Washburn.
Bottom - Daisy Maude Butka (Swartout), Vella and Vera Huling.
Charles stayed with daughter Lurinda for a few years and later with daughter Carrie.
In 1912, Charles lived in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, not far east of the Oklahoma border (Route 2, Box 59).
1920 Charles Harrison Fields appears in the Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma directory (p. 72); he is retired at 1605 W. 2nd Street. (There is a photo of ths home).
1920 U. S. Federal Census: Bartlesville Township, Washington County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T625_1490, Page: 65B, ED: 271, Image: 0282
West 2nd Street, House 1605, Dwelling, 701, Family 832:
Nelson L. Huling, Head, Rent Home, Male, White, Age 60, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Illinois, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Illinois, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Carpenter - Smelter, Worked last regular day W, 148.
Mary Huling, Wife, Female, White, Age 41, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vada Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 20, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vera Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 17, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vella Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 13, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 9, Single, Attend School Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Charles H. Fields, Father-in-law, Male, White, Age 78, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English, Occupation None.
In 1924 and 1925 Charles is at 1501 W. 3rd Street in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma.
1930 Census: Charles Fields eventually moved to Los Angeles, California. He is listed in the 1930 Census for San Fernando as (90) still living with his daughter Mary Carrie (53) and Nelson (Nelt) Lincoln Huling (70) a repairman doing odd jobs; granddaughter Vada Huling (300 a teacher at a private school. Granddaughter, Mirabelle, 19 a nursemaid for a private family.
1930 U. S. Federal Census (April 9): San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California
Roll: 170; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1394; Image: 502.0.
1055 Griswold Avenue, House 1055, Dwelling 230, Family 231
Vada Huling, Head, Rent Home, $18 per month Rent, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Female, White, Age 30, Single, Attend School No, Can Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Teacher - Private School, Code 9494, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Nelson Huling, Father, Male, White, Age 70, Married, Age at First Marriage 21, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Ohio, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 59, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Repair Man - Odd Jobs, Code 7979, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday No, Line # on Unemployment Schedule 1B-35, Veteran No.
Mary C. Huling, Mother, Female, White, Age 53, Married, Age at First Marriage 18, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 69, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Sister, Female, White, Age 19, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Nursemaid - Private Family, Code 9596, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Charles Fields, Grandfather, Male, White, Age 90, Widowed, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 51, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
d. 1931. (Wynona).
d. Abt Oct 1932: Charles Harrison Fields died October 1932 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles County, California. He was 92 years old.
He was buried in Los Angeles County, California, on 10-22-1932 (Cemetery Records). [Probably died in week prior to this date.]
The San Gabriel DuBois Mortuary which was used has long been closed as of 2005, but the records are stored (now gone) at Pierce Brothers Simone DuBois Mortuary, 1136 E. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel, California 91776, phone (626) 287-0595. They claimed they do not have any old records any more.
The County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk certified that they searched the Death indexes from January 1932 to December 1932 and do not find a Charles Harrison Fields.
They said the record could be obtained from the Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records - M.S. 5103, P.O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410.
[Upon inquiry at D.H.S., they sent a Standard Certificate of Death for a Charles H. Fields who died in Clear Creek Dist., Shasta County, CA on 6-11-1935 and who had been born 1-14-1857 in California, with his parents unknown and the informant was Raymond Fields from Redding, CA. This is not our relative. I don't know if they pulled the wrong record or if possibly Charles Harrison Fields died in a state other than California and was sent to California for burial.]
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2011, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
His son-in-law, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling's urn was later buried in the same plot on 5-20-1937.
Buried here (nearby) are the following relatives: Leon Howard Wirt & Ethel Teressa Wirt & Mabel Margaret Wirt & Carol Alice Ludington & Arminta "Minnie" Hoshaw & Benjamin Rush Wirt & Louis Goodrich Ludington & Lawrence "Larry" Goodrich Ludington & Lucy Charlotte Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, & Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling. Some of them are related through the marriage his grandson Hersel who married Mabel Wirt.
Grand View Cemetery
1341 Glenwood Road
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201
(818) 242-2697
Directions to Cemetery:
From Los Angeles:
Take the 110 NORTH/HARBOR FWY NORTH to
the 5 FWY NORTH towards SACRAMENTO to
134 EAST/VENTURA FWY exit towards PASADENA
Take the SAN FERNANDO RD exit.
Turn RIGHT onto West DORAN ST.
Turn RIGHT onto SAN FERNANDO RD.
Turn RIGHT onto GRANDVIEW AVE.
Turn LEFT onto GLENWOOD RD.
From the Valley:
Take the 101 SOUTH/VENTURA FWY EAST to
the 134 FWY EAST towards BURBANK/ GLENDALE
Take the VICTORY BLVD exit
Turn LEFT onto RIVERSIDE DR.
Turn RIGHT onto SONORA AVE.
Turn RIGHT onto GLENWOOD RD.
Note: No headstone. Nelson Lincoln Huling's urn was added to his plot.
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Charles H. Fields: (1860/1920 Census & Homestead Records).
Charles A. Fields: (1910 Census).
Charles Fields: (1850/1870/1920/1930 Census).
C. H. Fields: (Marriage record & 1885 NE Census & 1897 History of O'Brien County, Iowa).
Charles Phields: (1880 Census).
May have been named Harrison after President Harrison who opened up the U.S.A. to immigration. [This name was given for this reason by James Butka to his son and the middle name continued in honor of coming to this great country through three generations.]
b. 15 Jul 1841, Conewango Twp., Warren Co., PA.
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkinton, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced shortly Bef 16 August 1905 when wife remarried in Garfield Co., OK.
d. Oct 1932, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Co., CA.
COD: ? Age 91.
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2016, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
Born in Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania (Residence in 1850 Census & birth location believed by family).
Born in Pennsylvania (1850, 1860, 1985, 1900, & 1930 Census).
Born in Remna (?) (1870 Census).
Born in New York (1880 & 1920 Census).
Born in Chantengua County, New York. (Family source).
Born in Chautauqua County, New York. (Death Certificate of Daughter Mary Carolyn Fields (Miller).
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkington, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced
Charles Harrison Fields was born 15 July 1841 in Warren County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Alexander G. Fields and Charlotte Betsey Taylor. Charles was one of 13 or 15 children (of whom 8 survived into adulthood). The thought is he was named Charles in honor of his older brother Charles Perry Fields who is believed to have died shortly after the 1840 census while he was just a little boy. (Family Source).
He was a strict, rigid, and stern man. Not real loving. (Family Source).
Religion: Seventh-day Adventist (SDA).
He was a Mason. In one family photo he is wearing a Mason's pin.
Ancestry.com researcher has:
m. (1) Carrie Moore (b. Abt 1843, NJ). They had a daughter, Jessie Mary Fletcher (b. Dec 1865, IA). ???
1850 Census: Charles (9) appears with his family in the 1850 census for Conewango Twp., Warren County, Pennsylvania. While he was still young, father Alex took the family to New York for a while and then to Delaware County, Iowa.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Conewango, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Page: 387, Roll: M432_832
Dwelling 2347, Family 2350
Alexander Fields, Age 55, Male, Occupation Lumberma(n), Birthplace NH (New Hampshire).
Betssy Fields, Age 43, Female, Birthplace Nab (?).
Lucinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lorrinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Thomas Fields, Age 13, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles Fields, Age 9, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Dewitt Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Zachay Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles dove off a bridge when he was young and hurt his knee leaving him crippled. Thus, when the Civil War broke out he was unable to serve. However, two of his brothers, Thomas J. Fields and Dewitt Fields joined Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiments and served until the end of the war. Both saw action against the South.
1860 U. S. Federal Census: Castle Grove, Jones County, Iowa
Roll: M653_328, Page: 154
Dwelling 1072, Family 1115
John Fields, Age 32, Male, Occupation Blacksmith, Value of Real Estate $1,000, Value of Personal Estate $150, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Sarah J. Fields, Age 25, Female, Birthplace New York.
C. L. Fields, Age 6, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Alex J. Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
L. C. Fields, Age 3, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Wm. (William) F. Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles H. Fields, [Brother,] Age 20, Male, Occupation Laborer, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Attend School Yes.
m. (1) 13 Sep 1869: Phoebe Lucille Myers married Charles Harrison Fields in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa, just west of Dubuque.
9-13-1869: Phebe L. Myers married C. H. Fields September 13, 1869 at Hopkinton,
Deleware, Iowa; they were married by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M. The latter is
the same person who married Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas Sept. 26,
or Oct. 2, 1869. Information from the Delaware County Courthouse,
Manchester, Iowa.
Zachary Taylor Fields and Charles Harrison Fields are brothers.
[Phoebe was the daughter of Alexander G. (B.?) Myers and Lucy (Lucille Myers) of New York. Phoebe had been born in New York (June 1853?), but the family moved shortly thereafter to Delaware County, Iowa. Charles was 28 and Phebe 16 when they were married. Charles' brother, Zachary Fields was married in the same town by the same official a few weeks later. Earlier this same year, Charles' two older brothers, Thomas and Dewitt settled in O'Brien County in the northwest part of Iowa. (May 19, 1869) -- Primghar, O'brien County, Iowa.
1869: Marriages-Delaware Co. Courthouse--Manchester, Iowa
page 41
C. H. Fields & Phebe L. Myers--testimony of A.R. Hunt Married 13 Sept. 1869 at Hopkinton by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M.
page 43
Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas--testimony of parents Married 26 Sept or 2 Oct 1869 by Sam'l Hodges V.C.M.
page 54
William W. Myers & Ella Colburn testimony of Alex B. Myers Married 30, Oct 1869 at Hopkinton by J. A. Abbott, Minister of Gospel.
1870 Census: Shortly after their marriage, Charles and Phoebe decided to join his brothers in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe are listed in the 1870 census for O'Brien County, Iowa. Charles (29) and wife Phebe (19), [sic]) are living with brother Thomas and family. Charles is working as a shoemaker. Charles and Phebe would later settle on Sec. 20 near Calumet, in Liberty, O'Brien, Iowa. Brother Dewitt Fields also settled in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe had three children while living in O'Brien--Lucy Charlotte, born Feb 1871; Thomas B. Fields, born in Nov 1876; and Carrie, born in Dec. 1877. Some family records suggest that Lucy Charlotte was born in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa.
Charles is listed in the D.A.W. Perkins "History of O'Brien County" as living in the same section as his wife's sister and husband (William Milton and Abigail Breyfogle). Several of the Fields brothers are also listed in "Old Soldiers Who Have Lived in O'Brien County."
1870 U. S. Federal Census: Township 94 Range 40, O'Brien County, Iowa
Post Office: O'Brien
Roll: M593_414, Page: 377, Image: 15
Dwelling 15, Family 16
Thomas Field, Age 34, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Value of Personal Estate $600, Birthplace New York, Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Lida Field, Age 25, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Senath Field, Age 4, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Cynis Field, Age 2, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles Field, Age 29, Male, White, Occupation Shoemaker, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Phoebs Field, Age 19, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 16, Family 17
Dewitt Field, Age 26, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Minerva Field, Age 22, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Charlotte Field, Age 3, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Homer Field, Age 1, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
5-17-1870: Settled on Homestead land, Sioux City, Iowa. (Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants, 5-14-1877).
Note: Two brothers, Charles Harrison Fields and Dewitt Clinton Fields, moved to this area the same time and filed sequential applications on the same day for a Homestead.
Brother's record mirrors his, except on section 26 instead of 20.
Note: Brothers Thomas Jones Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, Dewitt Clinton Fields, and Zachariah Taylor Fields were all living in O'Brien County, Iowa and Homesteaded circa 1870-1877.
5-16-1877: Homestead Records: Charles H. Fields: (14 pages):
Page 1:
"Final Certificate No. 4084
Homestead Application No. 3336
LAND Office
Sioux City Iowa
May 16th, 1877.
Sect. 20, Town 94, Range 40
App[rove]d Aug 13, 1877
S.W.S.
977580
Pat. Dec. 29, 1877.
Rec. Vol. 9 Page 171.
58/31"
Page 6:
"Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants.
Act of May 20, 1862
I, Charles H. Fields, having made a Homestead entry of the South West Quarter section No. 20 in township No. 94, of range No. 40 subject to entry at Sioux City Iowa under the first section of the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862 & Mar. 21, 1864, do now apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of section No. 2291 Revised Statutes of the United States; and for that purpose do solemnly Swear that I am married and a citizen of the United States; that I have made actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having resided thereon since the 17th day of May, 1870, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; and that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States.
/s/ Charles H. Fields...."
Page 10:
"Homestead
Land Office, at Sioux City, Iowa,
May 17 1870.
I, Charles H. Fields of OBrien Co Iowa having filed my Application, No. 3336, for Entry under the provision of the Act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure Homestead to actual settlers on the Public Domain," do solemnly swear that I am twenty-one years of age the Head of a family that I am a citizen of the United States; that said application, No. 3336 is for my exclusive use and benefit, and for actual cultivation and settlement, and not directly nor indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever. /s/ Charles H. Fields
Sworn and subscribed this 17 day of May 1870 before
/s/ John Cleghorn
Register of the Land Office"
Page 11:
"HOMESTEAD. …RECEIVER'S RECEIPT…$14.00…."
12-29-1877: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Charles H Fields
Issue Date: 29 Dec 1877
State of Record: Iowa
Acres: 160
Accession Number: IA2880__.170
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Sioux City
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392)
Document Number: 4084
Legal Land Description:
Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
20 94-N 40-W 5th PM O'brien
Sometime prior to 1880 Charles and his brothers Thomas and Zac decided to move their families to Beaver, Decatur Township, Kansas. Brother Dewitt decided to stay back in O'Brien County, Iowa.
1880 Census: During the 1880 census Charles and Phebe Fields are living in Beaver, Decatur Township in Kansas. Their last name is incorrectly spelled "Phields." Charles is 35 (should be 39)--both of his parents are listed as from New York. Phebe's age is given as 30 (at little off). Her parents are listed as from Massachusetts. In the household are Lucy (9), Thomas (4) and Carrie (2). All three of the children were born in Iowa. Charles' occupation is farming. Charles' brothers, Thomas and Zac, live with their families nearby.
1880 U. S. Federal Census (June 21 & 22): Beaver, Decatur County, Kansas:
Family History Library Film 1254379 NA Film Number T9-0379 Page Number 305C
Roll: T9_379; Family History Film: 1254379; Page: 305C; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 0173.
Dwelling 219, Family 219: (Misindexed under Phields instead of Fields)
Charles Phields, White, Male, Age 35, (Head), Married, Occupation Farmer, # mos. unemployed X, Cannot Write Yes, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Phebe Phields, White, Female, Age 30, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts.
Lucy Phields, White, Female, Age 9, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Thomas Phields, White, Male, Age 4, Son, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Carrie Phields, White, Female, Age 2, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 220, family 220: [Brother & Family]
Zac Fields, White, Male, Age 31, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Sarah Fields, White, Female, Age 27, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Illinois.
Horace Fields, White, Male, Age 6, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Arthur Fields, White, Male, Age 4, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Minnie Fields, White, Female, Age 2, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Dwelling 230, Family 230: [Brother - on next census page from Charles & Zachary]
Thomas Fields, White, Male, Age 41, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lida Fields, White, Female, Age 30, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Cyrus Fields, White, Male, Age 13, Single, Occupation At Home, Cannot Read Yes, Cannot Write Yes,
Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lena Fields, White, Female, Age 11, Daughter, Single, Occupation At Home, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
1883 Charles and Phebe were living in Bellaplain, Benton County, Iowa (a few miles west of Cedar Rapids), where their daughter, Lurinda Abagail Fields, was born 4 Aug 1883.
1883-5: A short while later Charles and his brother Thomas again decided to move--this time to Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska. Charles and Phebe Fields appear in the June 1885 Census.
1885 Nebraska State Census (June 3): Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska.
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 2, Locality: Midway Borough
C. H. Fields, Age 42, White, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Pheby L. Fields, Age 33, White, Birthplace New York.
Lucy C. Fields, Age 14, White, Birthplace Iowa.
T. B. Fields (should be T[homas]. B.), Age 19, White, Birthplace Iowa.
M. C[arrie] Fields, Age 6, White, Birthplace Iowa.
L[urinda] A. Fields, Age 2, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Also listed is his brother and his family: Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska
Date: 03 Jun 1885
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 3, Locality: Midway Borough
S. [should be Thomas] J. Fields, Age 49, White, Birthplace New York.
Lida Fields, Age 40, White, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Cyrus Fields, Age 17, Birthplace Iowa.
Edgar L. Fields, Age 4, Birthplace Kansas.
Alalola M. Fields, Age 5/12, Birthplace Nebraska.
1888 the family moved again, this time to Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska. This was a newly formed town and county (both established in 1883). By 1890, when the Fields lived there, the county had 1662 inhabitants. Mrs. C.H. Fields appears in the Nebraska State Gazetteer Business Directory and Farmer list for 1890-1891 for Taylor. She is listed for millinery work. Taylor had a large wind mill for processing grain. C. H. Fields is listed as the father of children in School Dist. #5, Taylor NE, Thomas 17, Carrie 14, and Lucinda 10. (C.H. Fields and Lucy also appear in the 1883-1983 Index of Loup County, Taylor, Nebraska Centennial 1883-1983, as does Frank Butka, Jim's brother who would marry Lucy Fields).
Also listed in the Gazetteer under the Farmer's Directory section are James Butka and [brother] Francis (Frank) B. Butka. On 22 Feb 1888 oldest daughter Lucy Charlotte "Daisy" Fields married James "Jim" Butka. Although Jim was born in Iowa (25 March 1863), his folks were from Bohemia. The wedding took place in the Pavillion Hotel in Taylor (picture at right--due north of Kearny on Hwy. 183) Both Lucy and Jim appear in the Wedding Index for Loup County Vol 1, p 65. Jim was almost 25 and Lucy was 17 when they got married.
Phoebe was listed as the first teacher in Loup County, Nebraska and taught three months for $20.
(I don't know about Mrs. Myers Fields being the first teacher in Loup County. We had teachers here as early as 1876 before the county was organized but was under the jurisdiction of Valley County at the time. -Kevin Brown, President of Loup County Historic Society.)
Phoebe Lucille Myers (Fields) was also listed in the Business Directory for 1890-1891 in Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska: "Mrs. C. H. Fields Millinery." (The GAZETTE of Nebraska lists Mrs. Fields as in the millinery business.)
Lucy Fields (his daughter) was teaching in District #18 Butka about the time she was married to James Butka. She also taught a term in District #17 Loup County.
In about 1888 Charles H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska.
C.H. Fields was the Loup County Treasurer in Taylor (Nebraska) from approximately 1889 to 1892.
Evidence for Mr. Fields serving as Loup County Treasurer from approximately 1889 to 1892 come from Loup County records and were recorded in the book, LOUP COUNTY CENTENNIAL BOOK, 1883-1983, by the Centennial Commitee, Burwell, NE: Tribune Publishing, 1984, page 197, by Virginia Perkins Doty, under the Chapter XIV: Elected Officials of Loup County, 1883-1982. She cites as her sources Books 1-4 in the Clerk's Office of the Loup County Court House.
C. H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska and Frank Butka was a member of the first Board of Education and James Butka was later added as a member of the Board of Education.
C.H. Fields' wife is listed as Phebe Myers Fields and they were listed as married in 1869 in Iowa.
I show their children and birth dates listed as S.B., 1866; M.C., 1879; and L.A., 1883.
We show Lucy's name as Lucy Charlotte Fields.
(The Fields children's names and dates of birth came from the school census records of School District #5 Taylor, Nebraska from the 1880s.)
James Butka (son-in-law) and Francis "Frank" B. Butka (James' brother) were listed in the Farmers list for 1890-1891. (The Farmers List is on-line for 1890-1891on our Loup County website and that's where that information came from.)
17 Apr 1893: Page 13. Homestead Proof - Testimony of Witness: Charles [All but C. then crossed out] H. Fields for his son-in-law, James Butka:
"Question 1.--What is your name, age, and post-office address? Answer. C H Fields age 52 Taylor Loop Co Neb"
"Quest. 4.--State Specifically the character of this land...Ans. Prairie Grazing & Farming"
"Quest. 5.--When did claimant settle upon the homestead and at what date did he establish actual residence thereon? Ans. he was on the claim when I came here six years ago"
"Quest. 6.--Have claimant and family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence thereon? (If settler is unmarried, state the fact.) Ans. he has and his family has since he was married five years ago"
"Quest. 8.--How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated and for how many seasons did he raise crops thereon? Ans. about 12 acres 5 seasons"
"Ques. 9.--What improvements are on the land and what is their value? Ans. Sod house shingle roof board floor 4 rooms sod stable frame grassing 3 wells hen house overall value $350.00"
1894 the Butkas and the Fields moved from Loup County, Nebraska, and never returned.
This is probably why the Butka Post Office moved.
Sometime during the mid 1890's Charles and Phebe decided to move to Columbia, Oklahoma. Daughter Carrie married Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling in 1897 in Oklahoma. Nelt's father, James, was from New York and his mother Mary was from Maine. Nelt was born in Illinois (Nov 1861). He was 35 and Carrie 19 when they were married. Nelt and Carrie would eventually settle in Columbia, Oklahoma near both of their parents (1900 census). About this same time, brother Thomas B. Fields married a lady named Lena.
A couple of years after Carrie was married, Charles and Phoebe's youngest child, daughter Lurinda Abagail married Sylvester Oscar Washburn on 23 Oct 1899 in Enid, Oklahoma. Oscar was 23 and Rinda was 16 when they were married.
Charles, Phoebe, son Thomas B., and father-in-law Alexander B. Myers (or Meyer) are living in Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma at the time of the 1900 census (14 June); their daughter, Lurinda seems to have met Oscar Washburn there in 1899.
1897: History of O'Brien County, Iowa, by D.A.W. Perkins
lists:
Fields, C.H., page 139,
D.C. page 138, 347-50, T.J. 138, 210, 243. "The information is about settlers in Liberty twp.
D.C. Fields, settled on section 26, and is now in business at Calument (ran a general store on pages 347-50).
Page 138-139 read:
"T.J. Fields, at one time a member of the board of supervisors, settled on section 26, and C.H. Fields on section 20". information from Nancy Wilson, O'Brien Co. look-up. Genweb of O'Brien Co., IA.
1900 U. S. Federal Census (June 4): Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T623 1338; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 106.
Dwelling 134, Family 135:
Charles Fields, Head, White, Male, born July 1841, Age 60, Married, 29, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace UN, Mother's Birthplace UN (UNKNOWN), Occupation Farmer, # months not employed 0, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes, Own, Free of Mortgage, Farm, # of Farm Schedule 115.
Phebe Fields, Wife, White, Female, born June 1855, Age 45, Married, 29, 4, 4, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Thomas B. Fields, Son, White, Male, born Nov. 1887, Age 23, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Alexander B. Myers, Father-in Law, White, Male, born Aug. 1812, Age 86, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Vermont, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
1905: Phoebe left Charles and divorced on 16 August 1905 and she married George L. Minear in Garfield County, Oklahoma. His ex-wife Pheobe later died in 1911.
m. (2) Between 1905 - 1910: It appears that Charles Harrison Fields remarried and that wife #2 died before the 1910 Census where he is listed as widowed and living with his daughter Lucy Charlotte Fields (Butka) (Menefee) and her husband #2.
1910 U. S. Federal Census (April 20): Dist. 267, Alva Ward 1, Woods County, Oklahoma
Dwelling 84, Family 84
William C. Menefee, Head, Male, White, Age 28, Marriage 1, Birthplace Missouri, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Indiana, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Lottie B. C. Menefee, Wife, Female, White, Age 27, Marriage 1, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Charles A. Field, Father [should be father-in-law], Male, White, Age 69, Widowed, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Unknown, Mother's Birthplace Unknown, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Own Income - None, Can Read & Write Yes.
Oct 1911: Wife Phoebe's funeral - Group photo:
Top- Emery Washburn, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling, Hubert Swartout, Oscar Washburn,Veda Huling.
Middle - Carrie Huling, Charles Harrison Fields, Lurinda Washburn.
Bottom - Daisy Maude Butka (Swartout), Vella and Vera Huling.
Charles stayed with daughter Lurinda for a few years and later with daughter Carrie.
In 1912, Charles lived in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, not far east of the Oklahoma border (Route 2, Box 59).
1920 Charles Harrison Fields appears in the Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma directory (p. 72); he is retired at 1605 W. 2nd Street. (There is a photo of ths home).
1920 U. S. Federal Census: Bartlesville Township, Washington County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T625_1490, Page: 65B, ED: 271, Image: 0282
West 2nd Street, House 1605, Dwelling, 701, Family 832:
Nelson L. Huling, Head, Rent Home, Male, White, Age 60, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Illinois, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Illinois, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Carpenter - Smelter, Worked last regular day W, 148.
Mary Huling, Wife, Female, White, Age 41, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vada Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 20, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vera Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 17, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vella Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 13, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 9, Single, Attend School Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Charles H. Fields, Father-in-law, Male, White, Age 78, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English, Occupation None.
In 1924 and 1925 Charles is at 1501 W. 3rd Street in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma.
1930 Census: Charles Fields eventually moved to Los Angeles, California. He is listed in the 1930 Census for San Fernando as (90) still living with his daughter Mary Carrie (53) and Nelson (Nelt) Lincoln Huling (70) a repairman doing odd jobs; granddaughter Vada Huling (300 a teacher at a private school. Granddaughter, Mirabelle, 19 a nursemaid for a private family.
1930 U. S. Federal Census (April 9): San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California
Roll: 170; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1394; Image: 502.0.
1055 Griswold Avenue, House 1055, Dwelling 230, Family 231
Vada Huling, Head, Rent Home, $18 per month Rent, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Female, White, Age 30, Single, Attend School No, Can Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Teacher - Private School, Code 9494, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Nelson Huling, Father, Male, White, Age 70, Married, Age at First Marriage 21, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Ohio, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 59, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Repair Man - Odd Jobs, Code 7979, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday No, Line # on Unemployment Schedule 1B-35, Veteran No.
Mary C. Huling, Mother, Female, White, Age 53, Married, Age at First Marriage 18, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 69, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Sister, Female, White, Age 19, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Nursemaid - Private Family, Code 9596, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Charles Fields, Grandfather, Male, White, Age 90, Widowed, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 51, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
d. 1931. (Wynona).
d. Abt Oct 1932: Charles Harrison Fields died October 1932 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles County, California. He was 92 years old.
He was buried in Los Angeles County, California, on 10-22-1932 (Cemetery Records). [Probably died in week prior to this date.]
The San Gabriel DuBois Mortuary which was used has long been closed as of 2005, but the records are stored (now gone) at Pierce Brothers Simone DuBois Mortuary, 1136 E. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel, California 91776, phone (626) 287-0595. They claimed they do not have any old records any more.
The County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk certified that they searched the Death indexes from January 1932 to December 1932 and do not find a Charles Harrison Fields.
They said the record could be obtained from the Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records - M.S. 5103, P.O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410.
[Upon inquiry at D.H.S., they sent a Standard Certificate of Death for a Charles H. Fields who died in Clear Creek Dist., Shasta County, CA on 6-11-1935 and who had been born 1-14-1857 in California, with his parents unknown and the informant was Raymond Fields from Redding, CA. This is not our relative. I don't know if they pulled the wrong record or if possibly Charles Harrison Fields died in a state other than California and was sent to California for burial.]
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2011, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
His son-in-law, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling's urn was later buried in the same plot on 5-20-1937.
Buried here (nearby) are the following relatives: Leon Howard Wirt & Ethel Teressa Wirt & Mabel Margaret Wirt & Carol Alice Ludington & Arminta "Minnie" Hoshaw & Benjamin Rush Wirt & Louis Goodrich Ludington & Lawrence "Larry" Goodrich Ludington & Lucy Charlotte Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, & Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling. Some of them are related through the marriage his grandson Hersel who married Mabel Wirt.
Grand View Cemetery
1341 Glenwood Road
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201
(818) 242-2697
Directions to Cemetery:
From Los Angeles:
Take the 110 NORTH/HARBOR FWY NORTH to
the 5 FWY NORTH towards SACRAMENTO to
134 EAST/VENTURA FWY exit towards PASADENA
Take the SAN FERNANDO RD exit.
Turn RIGHT onto West DORAN ST.
Turn RIGHT onto SAN FERNANDO RD.
Turn RIGHT onto GRANDVIEW AVE.
Turn LEFT onto GLENWOOD RD.
From the Valley:
Take the 101 SOUTH/VENTURA FWY EAST to
the 134 FWY EAST towards BURBANK/ GLENDALE
Take the VICTORY BLVD exit
Turn LEFT onto RIVERSIDE DR.
Turn RIGHT onto SONORA AVE.
Turn RIGHT onto GLENWOOD RD.
Note: No headstone. Nelson Lincoln Huling's urn was added to his plot.
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Charles Harrison Fields: (Family Source).
Charles H. Fields: (1860/1920 Census & Homestead Records).
Charles A. Fields: (1910 Census).
Charles Fields: (1850/1870/1920/1930 Census).
C. H. Fields: (Marriage record & 1885 NE Census & 1897 History of O'Brien County, Iowa).
Charles Phields: (1880 Census).
May have been named Harrison after President Harrison who opened up the U.S.A. to immigration. [This name was given for this reason by James Butka to his son and the middle name continued in honor of coming to this great country through three generations.]
b. 15 Jul 1841, Conewango Twp., Warren Co., PA.
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkinton, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced shortly Bef 16 August 1905 when wife remarried in Garfield Co., OK.
d. Oct 1932, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Co., CA.
COD: ? Age 91.
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2016, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
Born in Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania (Residence in 1850 Census & birth location believed by family).
Born in Pennsylvania (1850, 1860, 1985, 1900, & 1930 Census).
Born in Remna (?) (1870 Census).
Born in New York (1880 & 1920 Census).
Born in Chantengua County, New York. (Family source).
Born in Chautauqua County, New York. (Death Certificate of Daughter Mary Carolyn Fields (Miller).
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkington, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced
Charles Harrison Fields was born 15 July 1841 in Warren County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Alexander G. Fields and Charlotte Betsey Taylor. Charles was one of 13 or 15 children (of whom 8 survived into adulthood). The thought is he was named Charles in honor of his older brother Charles Perry Fields who is believed to have died shortly after the 1840 census while he was just a little boy. (Family Source).
He was a strict, rigid, and stern man. Not real loving. (Family Source).
Religion: Seventh-day Adventist (SDA).
He was a Mason. In one family photo he is wearing a Mason's pin.
Ancestry.com researcher has:
m. (1) Carrie Moore (b. Abt 1843, NJ). They had a daughter, Jessie Mary Fletcher (b. Dec 1865, IA). ???
1850 Census: Charles (9) appears with his family in the 1850 census for Conewango Twp., Warren County, Pennsylvania. While he was still young, father Alex took the family to New York for a while and then to Delaware County, Iowa.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Conewango, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Page: 387, Roll: M432_832
Dwelling 2347, Family 2350
Alexander Fields, Age 55, Male, Occupation Lumberma(n), Birthplace NH (New Hampshire).
Betssy Fields, Age 43, Female, Birthplace Nab (?).
Lucinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lorrinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Thomas Fields, Age 13, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles Fields, Age 9, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Dewitt Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Zachay Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles dove off a bridge when he was young and hurt his knee leaving him crippled. Thus, when the Civil War broke out he was unable to serve. However, two of his brothers, Thomas J. Fields and Dewitt Fields joined Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiments and served until the end of the war. Both saw action against the South.
1860 U. S. Federal Census: Castle Grove, Jones County, Iowa
Roll: M653_328, Page: 154
Dwelling 1072, Family 1115
John Fields, Age 32, Male, Occupation Blacksmith, Value of Real Estate $1,000, Value of Personal Estate $150, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Sarah J. Fields, Age 25, Female, Birthplace New York.
C. L. Fields, Age 6, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Alex J. Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
L. C. Fields, Age 3, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Wm. (William) F. Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles H. Fields, [Brother,] Age 20, Male, Occupation Laborer, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Attend School Yes.
m. (1) 13 Sep 1869: Phoebe Lucille Myers married Charles Harrison Fields in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa, just west of Dubuque.
9-13-1869: Phebe L. Myers married C. H. Fields September 13, 1869 at Hopkinton,
Deleware, Iowa; they were married by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M. The latter is
the same person who married Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas Sept. 26,
or Oct. 2, 1869. Information from the Delaware County Courthouse,
Manchester, Iowa.
Zachary Taylor Fields and Charles Harrison Fields are brothers.
[Phoebe was the daughter of Alexander G. (B.?) Myers and Lucy (Lucille Myers) of New York. Phoebe had been born in New York (June 1853?), but the family moved shortly thereafter to Delaware County, Iowa. Charles was 28 and Phebe 16 when they were married. Charles' brother, Zachary Fields was married in the same town by the same official a few weeks later. Earlier this same year, Charles' two older brothers, Thomas and Dewitt settled in O'Brien County in the northwest part of Iowa. (May 19, 1869) -- Primghar, O'brien County, Iowa.
1869: Marriages-Delaware Co. Courthouse--Manchester, Iowa
page 41
C. H. Fields & Phebe L. Myers--testimony of A.R. Hunt Married 13 Sept. 1869 at Hopkinton by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M.
page 43
Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas--testimony of parents Married 26 Sept or 2 Oct 1869 by Sam'l Hodges V.C.M.
page 54
William W. Myers & Ella Colburn testimony of Alex B. Myers Married 30, Oct 1869 at Hopkinton by J. A. Abbott, Minister of Gospel.
1870 Census: Shortly after their marriage, Charles and Phoebe decided to join his brothers in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe are listed in the 1870 census for O'Brien County, Iowa. Charles (29) and wife Phebe (19), [sic]) are living with brother Thomas and family. Charles is working as a shoemaker. Charles and Phebe would later settle on Sec. 20 near Calumet, in Liberty, O'Brien, Iowa. Brother Dewitt Fields also settled in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe had three children while living in O'Brien--Lucy Charlotte, born Feb 1871; Thomas B. Fields, born in Nov 1876; and Carrie, born in Dec. 1877. Some family records suggest that Lucy Charlotte was born in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa.
Charles is listed in the D.A.W. Perkins "History of O'Brien County" as living in the same section as his wife's sister and husband (William Milton and Abigail Breyfogle). Several of the Fields brothers are also listed in "Old Soldiers Who Have Lived in O'Brien County."
1870 U. S. Federal Census: Township 94 Range 40, O'Brien County, Iowa
Post Office: O'Brien
Roll: M593_414, Page: 377, Image: 15
Dwelling 15, Family 16
Thomas Field, Age 34, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Value of Personal Estate $600, Birthplace New York, Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Lida Field, Age 25, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Senath Field, Age 4, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Cynis Field, Age 2, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles Field, Age 29, Male, White, Occupation Shoemaker, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Phoebs Field, Age 19, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 16, Family 17
Dewitt Field, Age 26, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Minerva Field, Age 22, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Charlotte Field, Age 3, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Homer Field, Age 1, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
5-17-1870: Settled on Homestead land, Sioux City, Iowa. (Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants, 5-14-1877).
Note: Two brothers, Charles Harrison Fields and Dewitt Clinton Fields, moved to this area the same time and filed sequential applications on the same day for a Homestead.
Brother's record mirrors his, except on section 26 instead of 20.
Note: Brothers Thomas Jones Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, Dewitt Clinton Fields, and Zachariah Taylor Fields were all living in O'Brien County, Iowa and Homesteaded circa 1870-1877.
5-16-1877: Homestead Records: Charles H. Fields: (14 pages):
Page 1:
"Final Certificate No. 4084
Homestead Application No. 3336
LAND Office
Sioux City Iowa
May 16th, 1877.
Sect. 20, Town 94, Range 40
App[rove]d Aug 13, 1877
S.W.S.
977580
Pat. Dec. 29, 1877.
Rec. Vol. 9 Page 171.
58/31"
Page 6:
"Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants.
Act of May 20, 1862
I, Charles H. Fields, having made a Homestead entry of the South West Quarter section No. 20 in township No. 94, of range No. 40 subject to entry at Sioux City Iowa under the first section of the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862 & Mar. 21, 1864, do now apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of section No. 2291 Revised Statutes of the United States; and for that purpose do solemnly Swear that I am married and a citizen of the United States; that I have made actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having resided thereon since the 17th day of May, 1870, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; and that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States.
/s/ Charles H. Fields...."
Page 10:
"Homestead
Land Office, at Sioux City, Iowa,
May 17 1870.
I, Charles H. Fields of OBrien Co Iowa having filed my Application, No. 3336, for Entry under the provision of the Act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure Homestead to actual settlers on the Public Domain," do solemnly swear that I am twenty-one years of age the Head of a family that I am a citizen of the United States; that said application, No. 3336 is for my exclusive use and benefit, and for actual cultivation and settlement, and not directly nor indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever. /s/ Charles H. Fields
Sworn and subscribed this 17 day of May 1870 before
/s/ John Cleghorn
Register of the Land Office"
Page 11:
"HOMESTEAD. …RECEIVER'S RECEIPT…$14.00…."
12-29-1877: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Charles H Fields
Issue Date: 29 Dec 1877
State of Record: Iowa
Acres: 160
Accession Number: IA2880__.170
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Sioux City
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392)
Document Number: 4084
Legal Land Description:
Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
20 94-N 40-W 5th PM O'brien
Sometime prior to 1880 Charles and his brothers Thomas and Zac decided to move their families to Beaver, Decatur Township, Kansas. Brother Dewitt decided to stay back in O'Brien County, Iowa.
1880 Census: During the 1880 census Charles and Phebe Fields are living in Beaver, Decatur Township in Kansas. Their last name is incorrectly spelled "Phields." Charles is 35 (should be 39)--both of his parents are listed as from New York. Phebe's age is given as 30 (at little off). Her parents are listed as from Massachusetts. In the household are Lucy (9), Thomas (4) and Carrie (2). All three of the children were born in Iowa. Charles' occupation is farming. Charles' brothers, Thomas and Zac, live with their families nearby.
1880 U. S. Federal Census (June 21 & 22): Beaver, Decatur County, Kansas:
Family History Library Film 1254379 NA Film Number T9-0379 Page Number 305C
Roll: T9_379; Family History Film: 1254379; Page: 305C; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 0173.
Dwelling 219, Family 219: (Misindexed under Phields instead of Fields)
Charles Phields, White, Male, Age 35, (Head), Married, Occupation Farmer, # mos. unemployed X, Cannot Write Yes, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Phebe Phields, White, Female, Age 30, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts.
Lucy Phields, White, Female, Age 9, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Thomas Phields, White, Male, Age 4, Son, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Carrie Phields, White, Female, Age 2, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 220, family 220: [Brother & Family]
Zac Fields, White, Male, Age 31, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Sarah Fields, White, Female, Age 27, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Illinois.
Horace Fields, White, Male, Age 6, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Arthur Fields, White, Male, Age 4, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Minnie Fields, White, Female, Age 2, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Dwelling 230, Family 230: [Brother - on next census page from Charles & Zachary]
Thomas Fields, White, Male, Age 41, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lida Fields, White, Female, Age 30, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Cyrus Fields, White, Male, Age 13, Single, Occupation At Home, Cannot Read Yes, Cannot Write Yes,
Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lena Fields, White, Female, Age 11, Daughter, Single, Occupation At Home, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
1883 Charles and Phebe were living in Bellaplain, Benton County, Iowa (a few miles west of Cedar Rapids), where their daughter, Lurinda Abagail Fields, was born 4 Aug 1883.
1883-5: A short while later Charles and his brother Thomas again decided to move--this time to Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska. Charles and Phebe Fields appear in the June 1885 Census.
1885 Nebraska State Census (June 3): Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska.
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 2, Locality: Midway Borough
C. H. Fields, Age 42, White, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Pheby L. Fields, Age 33, White, Birthplace New York.
Lucy C. Fields, Age 14, White, Birthplace Iowa.
T. B. Fields (should be T[homas]. B.), Age 19, White, Birthplace Iowa.
M. C[arrie] Fields, Age 6, White, Birthplace Iowa.
L[urinda] A. Fields, Age 2, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Also listed is his brother and his family: Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska
Date: 03 Jun 1885
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 3, Locality: Midway Borough
S. [should be Thomas] J. Fields, Age 49, White, Birthplace New York.
Lida Fields, Age 40, White, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Cyrus Fields, Age 17, Birthplace Iowa.
Edgar L. Fields, Age 4, Birthplace Kansas.
Alalola M. Fields, Age 5/12, Birthplace Nebraska.
1888 the family moved again, this time to Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska. This was a newly formed town and county (both established in 1883). By 1890, when the Fields lived there, the county had 1662 inhabitants. Mrs. C.H. Fields appears in the Nebraska State Gazetteer Business Directory and Farmer list for 1890-1891 for Taylor. She is listed for millinery work. Taylor had a large wind mill for processing grain. C. H. Fields is listed as the father of children in School Dist. #5, Taylor NE, Thomas 17, Carrie 14, and Lucinda 10. (C.H. Fields and Lucy also appear in the 1883-1983 Index of Loup County, Taylor, Nebraska Centennial 1883-1983, as does Frank Butka, Jim's brother who would marry Lucy Fields).
Also listed in the Gazetteer under the Farmer's Directory section are James Butka and [brother] Francis (Frank) B. Butka. On 22 Feb 1888 oldest daughter Lucy Charlotte "Daisy" Fields married James "Jim" Butka. Although Jim was born in Iowa (25 March 1863), his folks were from Bohemia. The wedding took place in the Pavillion Hotel in Taylor (picture at right--due north of Kearny on Hwy. 183) Both Lucy and Jim appear in the Wedding Index for Loup County Vol 1, p 65. Jim was almost 25 and Lucy was 17 when they got married.
Phoebe was listed as the first teacher in Loup County, Nebraska and taught three months for $20.
(I don't know about Mrs. Myers Fields being the first teacher in Loup County. We had teachers here as early as 1876 before the county was organized but was under the jurisdiction of Valley County at the time. -Kevin Brown, President of Loup County Historic Society.)
Phoebe Lucille Myers (Fields) was also listed in the Business Directory for 1890-1891 in Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska: "Mrs. C. H. Fields Millinery." (The GAZETTE of Nebraska lists Mrs. Fields as in the millinery business.)
Lucy Fields (his daughter) was teaching in District #18 Butka about the time she was married to James Butka. She also taught a term in District #17 Loup County.
In about 1888 Charles H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska.
C.H. Fields was the Loup County Treasurer in Taylor (Nebraska) from approximately 1889 to 1892.
Evidence for Mr. Fields serving as Loup County Treasurer from approximately 1889 to 1892 come from Loup County records and were recorded in the book, LOUP COUNTY CENTENNIAL BOOK, 1883-1983, by the Centennial Commitee, Burwell, NE: Tribune Publishing, 1984, page 197, by Virginia Perkins Doty, under the Chapter XIV: Elected Officials of Loup County, 1883-1982. She cites as her sources Books 1-4 in the Clerk's Office of the Loup County Court House.
C. H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska and Frank Butka was a member of the first Board of Education and James Butka was later added as a member of the Board of Education.
C.H. Fields' wife is listed as Phebe Myers Fields and they were listed as married in 1869 in Iowa.
I show their children and birth dates listed as S.B., 1866; M.C., 1879; and L.A., 1883.
We show Lucy's name as Lucy Charlotte Fields.
(The Fields children's names and dates of birth came from the school census records of School District #5 Taylor, Nebraska from the 1880s.)
James Butka (son-in-law) and Francis "Frank" B. Butka (James' brother) were listed in the Farmers list for 1890-1891. (The Farmers List is on-line for 1890-1891on our Loup County website and that's where that information came from.)
17 Apr 1893: Page 13. Homestead Proof - Testimony of Witness: Charles [All but C. then crossed out] H. Fields for his son-in-law, James Butka:
"Question 1.--What is your name, age, and post-office address? Answer. C H Fields age 52 Taylor Loop Co Neb"
"Quest. 4.--State Specifically the character of this land...Ans. Prairie Grazing & Farming"
"Quest. 5.--When did claimant settle upon the homestead and at what date did he establish actual residence thereon? Ans. he was on the claim when I came here six years ago"
"Quest. 6.--Have claimant and family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence thereon? (If settler is unmarried, state the fact.) Ans. he has and his family has since he was married five years ago"
"Quest. 8.--How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated and for how many seasons did he raise crops thereon? Ans. about 12 acres 5 seasons"
"Ques. 9.--What improvements are on the land and what is their value? Ans. Sod house shingle roof board floor 4 rooms sod stable frame grassing 3 wells hen house overall value $350.00"
1894 the Butkas and the Fields moved from Loup County, Nebraska, and never returned.
This is probably why the Butka Post Office moved.
Sometime during the mid 1890's Charles and Phebe decided to move to Columbia, Oklahoma. Daughter Carrie married Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling in 1897 in Oklahoma. Nelt's father, James, was from New York and his mother Mary was from Maine. Nelt was born in Illinois (Nov 1861). He was 35 and Carrie 19 when they were married. Nelt and Carrie would eventually settle in Columbia, Oklahoma near both of their parents (1900 census). About this same time, brother Thomas B. Fields married a lady named Lena.
A couple of years after Carrie was married, Charles and Phoebe's youngest child, daughter Lurinda Abagail married Sylvester Oscar Washburn on 23 Oct 1899 in Enid, Oklahoma. Oscar was 23 and Rinda was 16 when they were married.
Charles, Phoebe, son Thomas B., and father-in-law Alexander B. Myers (or Meyer) are living in Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma at the time of the 1900 census (14 June); their daughter, Lurinda seems to have met Oscar Washburn there in 1899.
1897: History of O'Brien County, Iowa, by D.A.W. Perkins
lists:
Fields, C.H., page 139,
D.C. page 138, 347-50, T.J. 138, 210, 243. "The information is about settlers in Liberty twp.
D.C. Fields, settled on section 26, and is now in business at Calument (ran a general store on pages 347-50).
Page 138-139 read:
"T.J. Fields, at one time a member of the board of supervisors, settled on section 26, and C.H. Fields on section 20". information from Nancy Wilson, O'Brien Co. look-up. Genweb of O'Brien Co., IA.
1900 U. S. Federal Census (June 4): Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T623 1338; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 106.
Dwelling 134, Family 135:
Charles Fields, Head, White, Male, born July 1841, Age 60, Married, 29, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace UN, Mother's Birthplace UN (UNKNOWN), Occupation Farmer, # months not employed 0, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes, Own, Free of Mortgage, Farm, # of Farm Schedule 115.
Phebe Fields, Wife, White, Female, born June 1855, Age 45, Married, 29, 4, 4, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Thomas B. Fields, Son, White, Male, born Nov. 1887, Age 23, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Alexander B. Myers, Father-in Law, White, Male, born Aug. 1812, Age 86, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Vermont, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
1905: Phoebe left Charles and divorced on 16 August 1905 and she married George L. Minear in Garfield County, Oklahoma. His ex-wife Pheobe later died in 1911.
m. (2) Between 1905 - 1910: It appears that Charles Harrison Fields remarried and that wife #2 died before the 1910 Census where he is listed as widowed and living with his daughter Lucy Charlotte Fields (Butka) (Menefee) and her husband #2.
1910 U. S. Federal Census (April 20): Dist. 267, Alva Ward 1, Woods County, Oklahoma
Dwelling 84, Family 84
William C. Menefee, Head, Male, White, Age 28, Marriage 1, Birthplace Missouri, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Indiana, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Lottie B. C. Menefee, Wife, Female, White, Age 27, Marriage 1, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Charles A. Field, Father [should be father-in-law], Male, White, Age 69, Widowed, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Unknown, Mother's Birthplace Unknown, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Own Income - None, Can Read & Write Yes.
Oct 1911: Wife Phoebe's funeral - Group photo:
Top- Emery Washburn, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling, Hubert Swartout, Oscar Washburn,Veda Huling.
Middle - Carrie Huling, Charles Harrison Fields, Lurinda Washburn.
Bottom - Daisy Maude Butka (Swartout), Vella and Vera Huling.
Charles stayed with daughter Lurinda for a few years and later with daughter Carrie.
In 1912, Charles lived in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, not far east of the Oklahoma border (Route 2, Box 59).
1920 Charles Harrison Fields appears in the Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma directory (p. 72); he is retired at 1605 W. 2nd Street. (There is a photo of ths home).
1920 U. S. Federal Census: Bartlesville Township, Washington County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T625_1490, Page: 65B, ED: 271, Image: 0282
West 2nd Street, House 1605, Dwelling, 701, Family 832:
Nelson L. Huling, Head, Rent Home, Male, White, Age 60, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Illinois, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Illinois, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Carpenter - Smelter, Worked last regular day W, 148.
Mary Huling, Wife, Female, White, Age 41, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vada Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 20, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vera Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 17, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vella Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 13, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 9, Single, Attend School Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Charles H. Fields, Father-in-law, Male, White, Age 78, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English, Occupation None.
In 1924 and 1925 Charles is at 1501 W. 3rd Street in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma.
1930 Census: Charles Fields eventually moved to Los Angeles, California. He is listed in the 1930 Census for San Fernando as (90) still living with his daughter Mary Carrie (53) and Nelson (Nelt) Lincoln Huling (70) a repairman doing odd jobs; granddaughter Vada Huling (300 a teacher at a private school. Granddaughter, Mirabelle, 19 a nursemaid for a private family.
1930 U. S. Federal Census (April 9): San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California
Roll: 170; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1394; Image: 502.0.
1055 Griswold Avenue, House 1055, Dwelling 230, Family 231
Vada Huling, Head, Rent Home, $18 per month Rent, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Female, White, Age 30, Single, Attend School No, Can Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Teacher - Private School, Code 9494, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Nelson Huling, Father, Male, White, Age 70, Married, Age at First Marriage 21, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Ohio, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 59, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Repair Man - Odd Jobs, Code 7979, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday No, Line # on Unemployment Schedule 1B-35, Veteran No.
Mary C. Huling, Mother, Female, White, Age 53, Married, Age at First Marriage 18, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 69, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Sister, Female, White, Age 19, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Nursemaid - Private Family, Code 9596, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Charles Fields, Grandfather, Male, White, Age 90, Widowed, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 51, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
d. 1931. (Wynona).
d. Abt Oct 1932: Charles Harrison Fields died October 1932 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles County, California. He was 92 years old.
He was buried in Los Angeles County, California, on 10-22-1932 (Cemetery Records). [Probably died in week prior to this date.]
The San Gabriel DuBois Mortuary which was used has long been closed as of 2005, but the records are stored (now gone) at Pierce Brothers Simone DuBois Mortuary, 1136 E. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel, California 91776, phone (626) 287-0595. They claimed they do not have any old records any more.
The County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk certified that they searched the Death indexes from January 1932 to December 1932 and do not find a Charles Harrison Fields.
They said the record could be obtained from the Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records - M.S. 5103, P.O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410.
[Upon inquiry at D.H.S., they sent a Standard Certificate of Death for a Charles H. Fields who died in Clear Creek Dist., Shasta County, CA on 6-11-1935 and who had been born 1-14-1857 in California, with his parents unknown and the informant was Raymond Fields from Redding, CA. This is not our relative. I don't know if they pulled the wrong record or if possibly Charles Harrison Fields died in a state other than California and was sent to California for burial.]
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2011, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
His son-in-law, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling's urn was later buried in the same plot on 5-20-1937.
Buried here (nearby) are the following relatives: Leon Howard Wirt & Ethel Teressa Wirt & Mabel Margaret Wirt & Carol Alice Ludington & Arminta "Minnie" Hoshaw & Benjamin Rush Wirt & Louis Goodrich Ludington & Lawrence "Larry" Goodrich Ludington & Lucy Charlotte Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, & Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling. Some of them are related through the marriage his grandson Hersel who married Mabel Wirt.
Grand View Cemetery
1341 Glenwood Road
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201
(818) 242-2697
Directions to Cemetery:
From Los Angeles:
Take the 110 NORTH/HARBOR FWY NORTH to
the 5 FWY NORTH towards SACRAMENTO to
134 EAST/VENTURA FWY exit towards PASADENA
Take the SAN FERNANDO RD exit.
Turn RIGHT onto West DORAN ST.
Turn RIGHT onto SAN FERNANDO RD.
Turn RIGHT onto GRANDVIEW AVE.
Turn LEFT onto GLENWOOD RD.
From the Valley:
Take the 101 SOUTH/VENTURA FWY EAST to
the 134 FWY EAST towards BURBANK/ GLENDALE
Take the VICTORY BLVD exit
Turn LEFT onto RIVERSIDE DR.
Turn RIGHT onto SONORA AVE.
Turn RIGHT onto GLENWOOD RD.
Note: No headstone. Nelson Lincoln Huling's urn was added to his plot.
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Charles H. Fields: (1860/1920 Census & Homestead Records).
Charles A. Fields: (1910 Census).
Charles Fields: (1850/1870/1920/1930 Census).
C. H. Fields: (Marriage record & 1885 NE Census & 1897 History of O'Brien County, Iowa).
Charles Phields: (1880 Census).
May have been named Harrison after President Harrison who opened up the U.S.A. to immigration. [This name was given for this reason by James Butka to his son and the middle name continued in honor of coming to this great country through three generations.]
b. 15 Jul 1841, Conewango Twp., Warren Co., PA.
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkinton, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced shortly Bef 16 August 1905 when wife remarried in Garfield Co., OK.
d. Oct 1932, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Co., CA.
COD: ? Age 91.
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2016, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
Born in Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania (Residence in 1850 Census & birth location believed by family).
Born in Pennsylvania (1850, 1860, 1985, 1900, & 1930 Census).
Born in Remna (?) (1870 Census).
Born in New York (1880 & 1920 Census).
Born in Chantengua County, New York. (Family source).
Born in Chautauqua County, New York. (Death Certificate of Daughter Mary Carolyn Fields (Miller).
m. 13 Sep 1869, Hopkington, Delaware Co., IA, Phoebe Lucille Myers. Divorced
Charles Harrison Fields was born 15 July 1841 in Warren County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Alexander G. Fields and Charlotte Betsey Taylor. Charles was one of 13 or 15 children (of whom 8 survived into adulthood). The thought is he was named Charles in honor of his older brother Charles Perry Fields who is believed to have died shortly after the 1840 census while he was just a little boy. (Family Source).
He was a strict, rigid, and stern man. Not real loving. (Family Source).
Religion: Seventh-day Adventist (SDA).
He was a Mason. In one family photo he is wearing a Mason's pin.
Ancestry.com researcher has:
m. (1) Carrie Moore (b. Abt 1843, NJ). They had a daughter, Jessie Mary Fletcher (b. Dec 1865, IA). ???
1850 Census: Charles (9) appears with his family in the 1850 census for Conewango Twp., Warren County, Pennsylvania. While he was still young, father Alex took the family to New York for a while and then to Delaware County, Iowa.
1850 U. S. Federal Census: Conewango, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Page: 387, Roll: M432_832
Dwelling 2347, Family 2350
Alexander Fields, Age 55, Male, Occupation Lumberma(n), Birthplace NH (New Hampshire).
Betssy Fields, Age 43, Female, Birthplace Nab (?).
Lucinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lorrinda Fields, Age 15, Female, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Thomas Fields, Age 13, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles Fields, Age 9, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Dewitt Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Zachay Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Charles dove off a bridge when he was young and hurt his knee leaving him crippled. Thus, when the Civil War broke out he was unable to serve. However, two of his brothers, Thomas J. Fields and Dewitt Fields joined Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiments and served until the end of the war. Both saw action against the South.
1860 U. S. Federal Census: Castle Grove, Jones County, Iowa
Roll: M653_328, Page: 154
Dwelling 1072, Family 1115
John Fields, Age 32, Male, Occupation Blacksmith, Value of Real Estate $1,000, Value of Personal Estate $150, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Sarah J. Fields, Age 25, Female, Birthplace New York.
C. L. Fields, Age 6, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Alex J. Fields, Age 4, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
L. C. Fields, Age 3, Female, Birthplace Iowa.
Wm. (William) F. Fields, Age 1, Male, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles H. Fields, [Brother,] Age 20, Male, Occupation Laborer, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Attend School Yes.
m. (1) 13 Sep 1869: Phoebe Lucille Myers married Charles Harrison Fields in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa, just west of Dubuque.
9-13-1869: Phebe L. Myers married C. H. Fields September 13, 1869 at Hopkinton,
Deleware, Iowa; they were married by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M. The latter is
the same person who married Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas Sept. 26,
or Oct. 2, 1869. Information from the Delaware County Courthouse,
Manchester, Iowa.
Zachary Taylor Fields and Charles Harrison Fields are brothers.
[Phoebe was the daughter of Alexander G. (B.?) Myers and Lucy (Lucille Myers) of New York. Phoebe had been born in New York (June 1853?), but the family moved shortly thereafter to Delaware County, Iowa. Charles was 28 and Phebe 16 when they were married. Charles' brother, Zachary Fields was married in the same town by the same official a few weeks later. Earlier this same year, Charles' two older brothers, Thomas and Dewitt settled in O'Brien County in the northwest part of Iowa. (May 19, 1869) -- Primghar, O'brien County, Iowa.
1869: Marriages-Delaware Co. Courthouse--Manchester, Iowa
page 41
C. H. Fields & Phebe L. Myers--testimony of A.R. Hunt Married 13 Sept. 1869 at Hopkinton by Sam'l Hodges V.D.M.
page 43
Z. T. Fields & Sarah Jane Douglas--testimony of parents Married 26 Sept or 2 Oct 1869 by Sam'l Hodges V.C.M.
page 54
William W. Myers & Ella Colburn testimony of Alex B. Myers Married 30, Oct 1869 at Hopkinton by J. A. Abbott, Minister of Gospel.
1870 Census: Shortly after their marriage, Charles and Phoebe decided to join his brothers in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe are listed in the 1870 census for O'Brien County, Iowa. Charles (29) and wife Phebe (19), [sic]) are living with brother Thomas and family. Charles is working as a shoemaker. Charles and Phebe would later settle on Sec. 20 near Calumet, in Liberty, O'Brien, Iowa. Brother Dewitt Fields also settled in O'Brien County. Charles and Phebe had three children while living in O'Brien--Lucy Charlotte, born Feb 1871; Thomas B. Fields, born in Nov 1876; and Carrie, born in Dec. 1877. Some family records suggest that Lucy Charlotte was born in Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa.
Charles is listed in the D.A.W. Perkins "History of O'Brien County" as living in the same section as his wife's sister and husband (William Milton and Abigail Breyfogle). Several of the Fields brothers are also listed in "Old Soldiers Who Have Lived in O'Brien County."
1870 U. S. Federal Census: Township 94 Range 40, O'Brien County, Iowa
Post Office: O'Brien
Roll: M593_414, Page: 377, Image: 15
Dwelling 15, Family 16
Thomas Field, Age 34, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Value of Personal Estate $600, Birthplace New York, Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Lida Field, Age 25, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Senath Field, Age 4, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Cynis Field, Age 2, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Charles Field, Age 29, Male, White, Occupation Shoemaker, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Phoebs Field, Age 19, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 16, Family 17
Dewitt Field, Age 26, Male, White, Occupation Farmer, Birthplace Remna (?), Male Citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards Yes.
Minerva Field, Age 22, Female, White, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York.
Charlotte Field, Age 3, Female, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Homer Field, Age 1, Male, White, Birthplace Iowa.
5-17-1870: Settled on Homestead land, Sioux City, Iowa. (Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants, 5-14-1877).
Note: Two brothers, Charles Harrison Fields and Dewitt Clinton Fields, moved to this area the same time and filed sequential applications on the same day for a Homestead.
Brother's record mirrors his, except on section 26 instead of 20.
Note: Brothers Thomas Jones Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, Dewitt Clinton Fields, and Zachariah Taylor Fields were all living in O'Brien County, Iowa and Homesteaded circa 1870-1877.
5-16-1877: Homestead Records: Charles H. Fields: (14 pages):
Page 1:
"Final Certificate No. 4084
Homestead Application No. 3336
LAND Office
Sioux City Iowa
May 16th, 1877.
Sect. 20, Town 94, Range 40
App[rove]d Aug 13, 1877
S.W.S.
977580
Pat. Dec. 29, 1877.
Rec. Vol. 9 Page 171.
58/31"
Page 6:
"Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants.
Act of May 20, 1862
I, Charles H. Fields, having made a Homestead entry of the South West Quarter section No. 20 in township No. 94, of range No. 40 subject to entry at Sioux City Iowa under the first section of the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862 & Mar. 21, 1864, do now apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of section No. 2291 Revised Statutes of the United States; and for that purpose do solemnly Swear that I am married and a citizen of the United States; that I have made actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having resided thereon since the 17th day of May, 1870, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; and that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States.
/s/ Charles H. Fields...."
Page 10:
"Homestead
Land Office, at Sioux City, Iowa,
May 17 1870.
I, Charles H. Fields of OBrien Co Iowa having filed my Application, No. 3336, for Entry under the provision of the Act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure Homestead to actual settlers on the Public Domain," do solemnly swear that I am twenty-one years of age the Head of a family that I am a citizen of the United States; that said application, No. 3336 is for my exclusive use and benefit, and for actual cultivation and settlement, and not directly nor indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever. /s/ Charles H. Fields
Sworn and subscribed this 17 day of May 1870 before
/s/ John Cleghorn
Register of the Land Office"
Page 11:
"HOMESTEAD. …RECEIVER'S RECEIPT…$14.00…."
12-29-1877: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
Name: Charles H Fields
Issue Date: 29 Dec 1877
State of Record: Iowa
Acres: 160
Accession Number: IA2880__.170
Metes and Bounds: No
Land Office: Sioux City
Canceled: No
US Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry Original (12 Stat. 392)
Document Number: 4084
Legal Land Description:
Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
20 94-N 40-W 5th PM O'brien
Sometime prior to 1880 Charles and his brothers Thomas and Zac decided to move their families to Beaver, Decatur Township, Kansas. Brother Dewitt decided to stay back in O'Brien County, Iowa.
1880 Census: During the 1880 census Charles and Phebe Fields are living in Beaver, Decatur Township in Kansas. Their last name is incorrectly spelled "Phields." Charles is 35 (should be 39)--both of his parents are listed as from New York. Phebe's age is given as 30 (at little off). Her parents are listed as from Massachusetts. In the household are Lucy (9), Thomas (4) and Carrie (2). All three of the children were born in Iowa. Charles' occupation is farming. Charles' brothers, Thomas and Zac, live with their families nearby.
1880 U. S. Federal Census (June 21 & 22): Beaver, Decatur County, Kansas:
Family History Library Film 1254379 NA Film Number T9-0379 Page Number 305C
Roll: T9_379; Family History Film: 1254379; Page: 305C; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 0173.
Dwelling 219, Family 219: (Misindexed under Phields instead of Fields)
Charles Phields, White, Male, Age 35, (Head), Married, Occupation Farmer, # mos. unemployed X, Cannot Write Yes, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Phebe Phields, White, Female, Age 30, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace Massachusetts, Mother's Birthplace Massachusetts.
Lucy Phields, White, Female, Age 9, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Thomas Phields, White, Male, Age 4, Son, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Carrie Phields, White, Female, Age 2, Daughter, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Dwelling 220, family 220: [Brother & Family]
Zac Fields, White, Male, Age 31, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York.
Sarah Fields, White, Female, Age 27, Wife, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Illinois.
Horace Fields, White, Male, Age 6, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Arthur Fields, White, Male, Age 4, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Minnie Fields, White, Female, Age 2, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Iowa.
Dwelling 230, Family 230: [Brother - on next census page from Charles & Zachary]
Thomas Fields, White, Male, Age 41, Married, Occupation Farmer, Months Not Employed X, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lida Fields, White, Female, Age 30, Married, Occupation Keeping House, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Cyrus Fields, White, Male, Age 13, Single, Occupation At Home, Cannot Read Yes, Cannot Write Yes,
Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Lena Fields, White, Female, Age 11, Daughter, Single, Occupation At Home, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania.
1883 Charles and Phebe were living in Bellaplain, Benton County, Iowa (a few miles west of Cedar Rapids), where their daughter, Lurinda Abagail Fields, was born 4 Aug 1883.
1883-5: A short while later Charles and his brother Thomas again decided to move--this time to Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska. Charles and Phebe Fields appear in the June 1885 Census.
1885 Nebraska State Census (June 3): Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska.
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 2, Locality: Midway Borough
C. H. Fields, Age 42, White, Birthplace Pennsylvania.
Pheby L. Fields, Age 33, White, Birthplace New York.
Lucy C. Fields, Age 14, White, Birthplace Iowa.
T. B. Fields (should be T[homas]. B.), Age 19, White, Birthplace Iowa.
M. C[arrie] Fields, Age 6, White, Birthplace Iowa.
L[urinda] A. Fields, Age 2, White, Birthplace Iowa.
Also listed is his brother and his family: Elkhorn Precinct, Dodge County, Nebraska
Date: 03 Jun 1885
Enumerator: E. G. Brugh, Enumeration District: 222, Page: 3, Locality: Midway Borough
S. [should be Thomas] J. Fields, Age 49, White, Birthplace New York.
Lida Fields, Age 40, White, Birthplace Wisconsin.
Cyrus Fields, Age 17, Birthplace Iowa.
Edgar L. Fields, Age 4, Birthplace Kansas.
Alalola M. Fields, Age 5/12, Birthplace Nebraska.
1888 the family moved again, this time to Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska. This was a newly formed town and county (both established in 1883). By 1890, when the Fields lived there, the county had 1662 inhabitants. Mrs. C.H. Fields appears in the Nebraska State Gazetteer Business Directory and Farmer list for 1890-1891 for Taylor. She is listed for millinery work. Taylor had a large wind mill for processing grain. C. H. Fields is listed as the father of children in School Dist. #5, Taylor NE, Thomas 17, Carrie 14, and Lucinda 10. (C.H. Fields and Lucy also appear in the 1883-1983 Index of Loup County, Taylor, Nebraska Centennial 1883-1983, as does Frank Butka, Jim's brother who would marry Lucy Fields).
Also listed in the Gazetteer under the Farmer's Directory section are James Butka and [brother] Francis (Frank) B. Butka. On 22 Feb 1888 oldest daughter Lucy Charlotte "Daisy" Fields married James "Jim" Butka. Although Jim was born in Iowa (25 March 1863), his folks were from Bohemia. The wedding took place in the Pavillion Hotel in Taylor (picture at right--due north of Kearny on Hwy. 183) Both Lucy and Jim appear in the Wedding Index for Loup County Vol 1, p 65. Jim was almost 25 and Lucy was 17 when they got married.
Phoebe was listed as the first teacher in Loup County, Nebraska and taught three months for $20.
(I don't know about Mrs. Myers Fields being the first teacher in Loup County. We had teachers here as early as 1876 before the county was organized but was under the jurisdiction of Valley County at the time. -Kevin Brown, President of Loup County Historic Society.)
Phoebe Lucille Myers (Fields) was also listed in the Business Directory for 1890-1891 in Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska: "Mrs. C. H. Fields Millinery." (The GAZETTE of Nebraska lists Mrs. Fields as in the millinery business.)
Lucy Fields (his daughter) was teaching in District #18 Butka about the time she was married to James Butka. She also taught a term in District #17 Loup County.
In about 1888 Charles H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska.
C.H. Fields was the Loup County Treasurer in Taylor (Nebraska) from approximately 1889 to 1892.
Evidence for Mr. Fields serving as Loup County Treasurer from approximately 1889 to 1892 come from Loup County records and were recorded in the book, LOUP COUNTY CENTENNIAL BOOK, 1883-1983, by the Centennial Commitee, Burwell, NE: Tribune Publishing, 1984, page 197, by Virginia Perkins Doty, under the Chapter XIV: Elected Officials of Loup County, 1883-1982. She cites as her sources Books 1-4 in the Clerk's Office of the Loup County Court House.
C. H. Fields was elected Treasurer of Loup County, Nebraska and Frank Butka was a member of the first Board of Education and James Butka was later added as a member of the Board of Education.
C.H. Fields' wife is listed as Phebe Myers Fields and they were listed as married in 1869 in Iowa.
I show their children and birth dates listed as S.B., 1866; M.C., 1879; and L.A., 1883.
We show Lucy's name as Lucy Charlotte Fields.
(The Fields children's names and dates of birth came from the school census records of School District #5 Taylor, Nebraska from the 1880s.)
James Butka (son-in-law) and Francis "Frank" B. Butka (James' brother) were listed in the Farmers list for 1890-1891. (The Farmers List is on-line for 1890-1891on our Loup County website and that's where that information came from.)
17 Apr 1893: Page 13. Homestead Proof - Testimony of Witness: Charles [All but C. then crossed out] H. Fields for his son-in-law, James Butka:
"Question 1.--What is your name, age, and post-office address? Answer. C H Fields age 52 Taylor Loop Co Neb"
"Quest. 4.--State Specifically the character of this land...Ans. Prairie Grazing & Farming"
"Quest. 5.--When did claimant settle upon the homestead and at what date did he establish actual residence thereon? Ans. he was on the claim when I came here six years ago"
"Quest. 6.--Have claimant and family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence thereon? (If settler is unmarried, state the fact.) Ans. he has and his family has since he was married five years ago"
"Quest. 8.--How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated and for how many seasons did he raise crops thereon? Ans. about 12 acres 5 seasons"
"Ques. 9.--What improvements are on the land and what is their value? Ans. Sod house shingle roof board floor 4 rooms sod stable frame grassing 3 wells hen house overall value $350.00"
1894 the Butkas and the Fields moved from Loup County, Nebraska, and never returned.
This is probably why the Butka Post Office moved.
Sometime during the mid 1890's Charles and Phebe decided to move to Columbia, Oklahoma. Daughter Carrie married Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling in 1897 in Oklahoma. Nelt's father, James, was from New York and his mother Mary was from Maine. Nelt was born in Illinois (Nov 1861). He was 35 and Carrie 19 when they were married. Nelt and Carrie would eventually settle in Columbia, Oklahoma near both of their parents (1900 census). About this same time, brother Thomas B. Fields married a lady named Lena.
A couple of years after Carrie was married, Charles and Phoebe's youngest child, daughter Lurinda Abagail married Sylvester Oscar Washburn on 23 Oct 1899 in Enid, Oklahoma. Oscar was 23 and Rinda was 16 when they were married.
Charles, Phoebe, son Thomas B., and father-in-law Alexander B. Myers (or Meyer) are living in Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma at the time of the 1900 census (14 June); their daughter, Lurinda seems to have met Oscar Washburn there in 1899.
1897: History of O'Brien County, Iowa, by D.A.W. Perkins
lists:
Fields, C.H., page 139,
D.C. page 138, 347-50, T.J. 138, 210, 243. "The information is about settlers in Liberty twp.
D.C. Fields, settled on section 26, and is now in business at Calument (ran a general store on pages 347-50).
Page 138-139 read:
"T.J. Fields, at one time a member of the board of supervisors, settled on section 26, and C.H. Fields on section 20". information from Nancy Wilson, O'Brien Co. look-up. Genweb of O'Brien Co., IA.
1900 U. S. Federal Census (June 4): Columbia, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T623 1338; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 106.
Dwelling 134, Family 135:
Charles Fields, Head, White, Male, born July 1841, Age 60, Married, 29, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace UN, Mother's Birthplace UN (UNKNOWN), Occupation Farmer, # months not employed 0, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes, Own, Free of Mortgage, Farm, # of Farm Schedule 115.
Phebe Fields, Wife, White, Female, born June 1855, Age 45, Married, 29, 4, 4, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Thomas B. Fields, Son, White, Male, born Nov. 1887, Age 23, Single, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
Alexander B. Myers, Father-in Law, White, Male, born Aug. 1812, Age 86, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Vermont, Read/Write/Speak English Yes Yes Yes.
1905: Phoebe left Charles and divorced on 16 August 1905 and she married George L. Minear in Garfield County, Oklahoma. His ex-wife Pheobe later died in 1911.
m. (2) Between 1905 - 1910: It appears that Charles Harrison Fields remarried and that wife #2 died before the 1910 Census where he is listed as widowed and living with his daughter Lucy Charlotte Fields (Butka) (Menefee) and her husband #2.
1910 U. S. Federal Census (April 20): Dist. 267, Alva Ward 1, Woods County, Oklahoma
Dwelling 84, Family 84
William C. Menefee, Head, Male, White, Age 28, Marriage 1, Birthplace Missouri, Father's Birthplace Iowa, Mother's Birthplace Indiana, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Lottie B. C. Menefee, Wife, Female, White, Age 27, Marriage 1, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Cook - Hotel, W, At Work Yesterday No, Unemployment 0, Can Read & Write Yes.
Charles A. Field, Father [should be father-in-law], Male, White, Age 69, Widowed, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace Unknown, Mother's Birthplace Unknown, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Own Income - None, Can Read & Write Yes.
Oct 1911: Wife Phoebe's funeral - Group photo:
Top- Emery Washburn, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling, Hubert Swartout, Oscar Washburn,Veda Huling.
Middle - Carrie Huling, Charles Harrison Fields, Lurinda Washburn.
Bottom - Daisy Maude Butka (Swartout), Vella and Vera Huling.
Charles stayed with daughter Lurinda for a few years and later with daughter Carrie.
In 1912, Charles lived in Farmington, Washington County, Arkansas, not far east of the Oklahoma border (Route 2, Box 59).
1920 Charles Harrison Fields appears in the Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma directory (p. 72); he is retired at 1605 W. 2nd Street. (There is a photo of ths home).
1920 U. S. Federal Census: Bartlesville Township, Washington County, Oklahoma:
Roll: T625_1490, Page: 65B, ED: 271, Image: 0282
West 2nd Street, House 1605, Dwelling, 701, Family 832:
Nelson L. Huling, Head, Rent Home, Male, White, Age 60, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Illinois, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Illinois, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Carpenter - Smelter, Worked last regular day W, 148.
Mary Huling, Wife, Female, White, Age 41, Married, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Iowa, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vada Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 20, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vera Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 17, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Vella Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 13, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Daughter, Female, White, Age 9, Single, Attend School Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Illinois, Mother's Birthplace Iowa, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Charles H. Fields, Father-in-law, Male, White, Age 78, Widowed, Birthplace New York, Father's Birthplace New York, Mother's Birthplace New York, Able to Speak English, Occupation None.
In 1924 and 1925 Charles is at 1501 W. 3rd Street in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma.
1930 Census: Charles Fields eventually moved to Los Angeles, California. He is listed in the 1930 Census for San Fernando as (90) still living with his daughter Mary Carrie (53) and Nelson (Nelt) Lincoln Huling (70) a repairman doing odd jobs; granddaughter Vada Huling (300 a teacher at a private school. Granddaughter, Mirabelle, 19 a nursemaid for a private family.
1930 U. S. Federal Census (April 9): San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California
Roll: 170; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 1394; Image: 502.0.
1055 Griswold Avenue, House 1055, Dwelling 230, Family 231
Vada Huling, Head, Rent Home, $18 per month Rent, Does this Family Live on a Farm No, Female, White, Age 30, Single, Attend School No, Can Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Teacher - Private School, Code 9494, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Nelson Huling, Father, Male, White, Age 70, Married, Age at First Marriage 21, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Ohio, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 59, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Repair Man - Odd Jobs, Code 7979, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday No, Line # on Unemployment Schedule 1B-35, Veteran No.
Mary C. Huling, Mother, Female, White, Age 53, Married, Age at First Marriage 18, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Nebraska, Father's Birthplace Pennsylvania, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 69, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
Minabelle Huling, Sister, Female, White, Age 19, Single, Attend School Yes, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Oklahoma, Father's Birthplace Ohio, Mother's Birthplace Nebraska, Code 86, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation Nursemaid - Private Family, Code 9596, Class of Worker W, At Work Yesterday Yes.
Charles Fields, Grandfather, Male, White, Age 90, Widowed, Attend School No, Able to Read & Write Yes, Birthplace Pennsylvania, Father's Birthplace United States, Mother's Birthplace United States, Code 51, Able to Speak English Yes, Occupation None.
d. 1931. (Wynona).
d. Abt Oct 1932: Charles Harrison Fields died October 1932 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles County, California. He was 92 years old.
He was buried in Los Angeles County, California, on 10-22-1932 (Cemetery Records). [Probably died in week prior to this date.]
The San Gabriel DuBois Mortuary which was used has long been closed as of 2005, but the records are stored (now gone) at Pierce Brothers Simone DuBois Mortuary, 1136 E. Las Tunas Drive, San Gabriel, California 91776, phone (626) 287-0595. They claimed they do not have any old records any more.
The County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk certified that they searched the Death indexes from January 1932 to December 1932 and do not find a Charles Harrison Fields.
They said the record could be obtained from the Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records - M.S. 5103, P.O. Box 997410, Sacramento, CA 95899-7410.
[Upon inquiry at D.H.S., they sent a Standard Certificate of Death for a Charles H. Fields who died in Clear Creek Dist., Shasta County, CA on 6-11-1935 and who had been born 1-14-1857 in California, with his parents unknown and the informant was Raymond Fields from Redding, CA. This is not our relative. I don't know if they pulled the wrong record or if possibly Charles Harrison Fields died in a state other than California and was sent to California for burial.]
Buried at Grand View Cemetery, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201, (818) 242-2697, in Grave 6, Lot 12, Section G.
There is NO MARKER. But in process of trying to get a joint marker in 2006-2011, but cemetery is not open for that due to lawsuit.
[Joint marker for Charles, Nelson, Lucy, and Carol].
His son-in-law, Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling's urn was later buried in the same plot on 5-20-1937.
Buried here (nearby) are the following relatives: Leon Howard Wirt & Ethel Teressa Wirt & Mabel Margaret Wirt & Carol Alice Ludington & Arminta "Minnie" Hoshaw & Benjamin Rush Wirt & Louis Goodrich Ludington & Lawrence "Larry" Goodrich Ludington & Lucy Charlotte Fields, Charles Harrison Fields, & Nelson "Nelt" Lincoln Huling. Some of them are related through the marriage his grandson Hersel who married Mabel Wirt.
Grand View Cemetery
1341 Glenwood Road
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California 91201
(818) 242-2697
Directions to Cemetery:
From Los Angeles:
Take the 110 NORTH/HARBOR FWY NORTH to
the 5 FWY NORTH towards SACRAMENTO to
134 EAST/VENTURA FWY exit towards PASADENA
Take the SAN FERNANDO RD exit.
Turn RIGHT onto West DORAN ST.
Turn RIGHT onto SAN FERNANDO RD.
Turn RIGHT onto GRANDVIEW AVE.
Turn LEFT onto GLENWOOD RD.
From the Valley:
Take the 101 SOUTH/VENTURA FWY EAST to
the 134 FWY EAST towards BURBANK/ GLENDALE
Take the VICTORY BLVD exit
Turn LEFT onto RIVERSIDE DR.
Turn RIGHT onto SONORA AVE.
Turn RIGHT onto GLENWOOD RD.
Note: No headstone. Nelson Lincoln Huling's urn was added to his plot.
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No headstone. Nelson Lincoln Huling's urn was added to his plot.
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