Sharpsburg --- Charles Raymond Renner, 89, 306 W. Chaplin St., Died Tuesday morning at the Washington County Hospital after a long illness.
He was born in Sharpsburg, the son of Jacob and George Alice Bowers Renner. He was the last member of his immediate family.
He was a member of the Sharpsburg Church of the Brethren. He was retired from the County Roads Commission and formerly a boatman on the C&O Canal.
He is survived by son, William C. Renner of Sharpsburg; daughters, Mrs. Russel Dick of Rt. 1, Williamsport, Mrs. Earl Moore, Mrs. Roland Miller and Mrs. Paul Spielman, all of Sharpsburg.
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Leaf Funeral Home in Sharpsburg. The Rev. Howard L. Kaucher will officiate; burial in Mountain View Cemetery in Sharpsburg. The family will recive fiends at the funeral home Thursday evening from 7 to 9.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
September 30, 1970
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The following story was provided by FAG contributor Pam Waterworth:
Charlie Renner’s Canal Boat & Mules
Charlie Renner was a canal boat captain toward the end of the C & O Canal timeframe. Charlie’s canal boat was called the "Midnight Sneaker" & the names of his mules were Tom, Dick, Harry, Mary & Jake. They worked in teams of two & with an extra one to move the canal boat from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland & return. After Charlie’s last trip he was able to purchase the boat & used the wood to enlarge a barn for his mules at his home on Chapline St. in Sharpsburg. The barn has been removed, but before the wood was lost one of his sons-in-law took some of the wood to make picture frames. So somewhere a little piece of Charlie’s canal boat may be still around. This information was from remembrances of his daughter Ruby & one of the daughters of his son Will.
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He was born in Sharpsburg, the son of Jacob and George Alice Bowers Renner. He was the last member of his immediate family.
He was a member of the Sharpsburg Church of the Brethren. He was retired from the County Roads Commission and formerly a boatman on the C&O Canal.
He is survived by son, William C. Renner of Sharpsburg; daughters, Mrs. Russel Dick of Rt. 1, Williamsport, Mrs. Earl Moore, Mrs. Roland Miller and Mrs. Paul Spielman, all of Sharpsburg.
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Leaf Funeral Home in Sharpsburg. The Rev. Howard L. Kaucher will officiate; burial in Mountain View Cemetery in Sharpsburg. The family will recive fiends at the funeral home Thursday evening from 7 to 9.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
September 30, 1970
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The following story was provided by FAG contributor Pam Waterworth:
Charlie Renner’s Canal Boat & Mules
Charlie Renner was a canal boat captain toward the end of the C & O Canal timeframe. Charlie’s canal boat was called the "Midnight Sneaker" & the names of his mules were Tom, Dick, Harry, Mary & Jake. They worked in teams of two & with an extra one to move the canal boat from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland & return. After Charlie’s last trip he was able to purchase the boat & used the wood to enlarge a barn for his mules at his home on Chapline St. in Sharpsburg. The barn has been removed, but before the wood was lost one of his sons-in-law took some of the wood to make picture frames. So somewhere a little piece of Charlie’s canal boat may be still around. This information was from remembrances of his daughter Ruby & one of the daughters of his son Will.
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Sharpsburg --- Charles Raymond Renner, 89, 306 W. Chaplin St., Died Tuesday morning at the Washington County Hospital after a long illness.
He was born in Sharpsburg, the son of Jacob and George Alice Bowers Renner. He was the last member of his immediate family.
He was a member of the Sharpsburg Church of the Brethren. He was retired from the County Roads Commission and formerly a boatman on the C&O Canal.
He is survived by son, William C. Renner of Sharpsburg; daughters, Mrs. Russel Dick of Rt. 1, Williamsport, Mrs. Earl Moore, Mrs. Roland Miller and Mrs. Paul Spielman, all of Sharpsburg.
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Leaf Funeral Home in Sharpsburg. The Rev. Howard L. Kaucher will officiate; burial in Mountain View Cemetery in Sharpsburg. The family will recive fiends at the funeral home Thursday evening from 7 to 9.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
September 30, 1970
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The following story was provided by FAG contributor Pam Waterworth:
Charlie Renner’s Canal Boat & Mules
Charlie Renner was a canal boat captain toward the end of the C & O Canal timeframe. Charlie’s canal boat was called the "Midnight Sneaker" & the names of his mules were Tom, Dick, Harry, Mary & Jake. They worked in teams of two & with an extra one to move the canal boat from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland & return. After Charlie’s last trip he was able to purchase the boat & used the wood to enlarge a barn for his mules at his home on Chapline St. in Sharpsburg. The barn has been removed, but before the wood was lost one of his sons-in-law took some of the wood to make picture frames. So somewhere a little piece of Charlie’s canal boat may be still around. This information was from remembrances of his daughter Ruby & one of the daughters of his son Will.
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He was born in Sharpsburg, the son of Jacob and George Alice Bowers Renner. He was the last member of his immediate family.
He was a member of the Sharpsburg Church of the Brethren. He was retired from the County Roads Commission and formerly a boatman on the C&O Canal.
He is survived by son, William C. Renner of Sharpsburg; daughters, Mrs. Russel Dick of Rt. 1, Williamsport, Mrs. Earl Moore, Mrs. Roland Miller and Mrs. Paul Spielman, all of Sharpsburg.
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Leaf Funeral Home in Sharpsburg. The Rev. Howard L. Kaucher will officiate; burial in Mountain View Cemetery in Sharpsburg. The family will recive fiends at the funeral home Thursday evening from 7 to 9.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
September 30, 1970
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The following story was provided by FAG contributor Pam Waterworth:
Charlie Renner’s Canal Boat & Mules
Charlie Renner was a canal boat captain toward the end of the C & O Canal timeframe. Charlie’s canal boat was called the "Midnight Sneaker" & the names of his mules were Tom, Dick, Harry, Mary & Jake. They worked in teams of two & with an extra one to move the canal boat from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland & return. After Charlie’s last trip he was able to purchase the boat & used the wood to enlarge a barn for his mules at his home on Chapline St. in Sharpsburg. The barn has been removed, but before the wood was lost one of his sons-in-law took some of the wood to make picture frames. So somewhere a little piece of Charlie’s canal boat may be still around. This information was from remembrances of his daughter Ruby & one of the daughters of his son Will.
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