~~ Charles Erastus Vawter ~~
Vawter Family Linage:
1Bartholomew, 2Edward, 3William, 4William Boulware
5John Henderson, 6Charles E.
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Charles was the son of John Henderson and Clara S. Peck.
He was one of 13 children.
Charles Married, Virginia Longley on 24 JUL 1866
Charles and Virginia had 8 Children:
Mary Longley Vawter
Josephine Vawter
Charles Erastus Vawter , Jr.
Lenora Leigh Vawter
James Elliot Vawter
Virginia Longley Vawter
Edmund Longley Vawter
Charles' nephew is:
John William "Will" Vawter (Artist, Illustrator)
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Charles left Emory and Henry College at the outbreak of the Civil War (enrolled in 1858); enlisted in the Monroe County guards, a part of the Confederate Stonewall Brigade, 4th Sgt.,Co.D,27th Va.Inf.Regt. . He soon proved himself a leader; he was appointed a captain of the sharpshooters in 1862 and served in the field until March 1865, when he was captured and imprisoned in Fort Delaware. Released in June, he returned to Emory and Henry from which he was graduated in 1866.
Then taught in Chattanooga until 1868, when he entered the University of Virginia for a special course in mathematics. That same year, he was elected professor of mathematics and teacher of Hebrew at his alma mater, where he taught until 1878.
In 1878 he was selected to build and organize the Miller Manual Labor School of Albemarle County, Virginia. This school was founded by a bequest of Samuel Miller of $1,250,000 in Virginia State certificates; he persuaded the legislature to pass an act which perserved its endowment to the school and aided other schools in Virginia holding similar certificates. He came to his task with enthusiasm, rich experience, and clear views on education. The Miller school, an institution for orphan boys and girls, established on a farm, with buildings and ships especially erected and equipped, offered him a rare opportunity to realize his ideal of a school that would train the mind and hand together. He made it his life work to build here an industrial school which became a model for all the South and caused him to be recognized as a leader in the new education. He had great influence in promoting the development of industrial education in the public schools throughout the country.
He was a member of the state board of education and rendered valuable service in organizing the public schools of Virginia; he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Normal and Industrial School for girls at Farmville, Virginia, which became a State Teachers' College; he was also chairman of the board of the Normal and Indurstrial Institute for Negros at Petersburg and of the state board of charities and corrections. For a number of years he was rector of the board of trustees of the Virginia Polytecnic Institute, and aided President J. M. McBryde in shaping the policies of that institution. He took great interest in the work of the Conference for Education in the South, which he helped to organize in 1898, taking a part in all of their meetings and speaking wherever he could help. He had also a large part in the educational work of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South); he was a trustee for Emory and Henry College, and president for many years of the Virginia Sunday School Association.
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Vawter Family Linage:
1Bartholomew, 2Edward, 3William, 4William Boulware
5John Henderson, 6Charles E.
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Charles was the son of John Henderson and Clara S. Peck.
He was one of 13 children.
Charles Married, Virginia Longley on 24 JUL 1866
Charles and Virginia had 8 Children:
Mary Longley Vawter
Josephine Vawter
Charles Erastus Vawter , Jr.
Lenora Leigh Vawter
James Elliot Vawter
Virginia Longley Vawter
Edmund Longley Vawter
Charles' nephew is:
John William "Will" Vawter (Artist, Illustrator)
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Charles left Emory and Henry College at the outbreak of the Civil War (enrolled in 1858); enlisted in the Monroe County guards, a part of the Confederate Stonewall Brigade, 4th Sgt.,Co.D,27th Va.Inf.Regt. . He soon proved himself a leader; he was appointed a captain of the sharpshooters in 1862 and served in the field until March 1865, when he was captured and imprisoned in Fort Delaware. Released in June, he returned to Emory and Henry from which he was graduated in 1866.
Then taught in Chattanooga until 1868, when he entered the University of Virginia for a special course in mathematics. That same year, he was elected professor of mathematics and teacher of Hebrew at his alma mater, where he taught until 1878.
In 1878 he was selected to build and organize the Miller Manual Labor School of Albemarle County, Virginia. This school was founded by a bequest of Samuel Miller of $1,250,000 in Virginia State certificates; he persuaded the legislature to pass an act which perserved its endowment to the school and aided other schools in Virginia holding similar certificates. He came to his task with enthusiasm, rich experience, and clear views on education. The Miller school, an institution for orphan boys and girls, established on a farm, with buildings and ships especially erected and equipped, offered him a rare opportunity to realize his ideal of a school that would train the mind and hand together. He made it his life work to build here an industrial school which became a model for all the South and caused him to be recognized as a leader in the new education. He had great influence in promoting the development of industrial education in the public schools throughout the country.
He was a member of the state board of education and rendered valuable service in organizing the public schools of Virginia; he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Normal and Industrial School for girls at Farmville, Virginia, which became a State Teachers' College; he was also chairman of the board of the Normal and Indurstrial Institute for Negros at Petersburg and of the state board of charities and corrections. For a number of years he was rector of the board of trustees of the Virginia Polytecnic Institute, and aided President J. M. McBryde in shaping the policies of that institution. He took great interest in the work of the Conference for Education in the South, which he helped to organize in 1898, taking a part in all of their meetings and speaking wherever he could help. He had also a large part in the educational work of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South); he was a trustee for Emory and Henry College, and president for many years of the Virginia Sunday School Association.
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~~ Charles Erastus Vawter ~~
Vawter Family Linage:
1Bartholomew, 2Edward, 3William, 4William Boulware
5John Henderson, 6Charles E.
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Charles was the son of John Henderson and Clara S. Peck.
He was one of 13 children.
Charles Married, Virginia Longley on 24 JUL 1866
Charles and Virginia had 8 Children:
Mary Longley Vawter
Josephine Vawter
Charles Erastus Vawter , Jr.
Lenora Leigh Vawter
James Elliot Vawter
Virginia Longley Vawter
Edmund Longley Vawter
Charles' nephew is:
John William "Will" Vawter (Artist, Illustrator)
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Charles left Emory and Henry College at the outbreak of the Civil War (enrolled in 1858); enlisted in the Monroe County guards, a part of the Confederate Stonewall Brigade, 4th Sgt.,Co.D,27th Va.Inf.Regt. . He soon proved himself a leader; he was appointed a captain of the sharpshooters in 1862 and served in the field until March 1865, when he was captured and imprisoned in Fort Delaware. Released in June, he returned to Emory and Henry from which he was graduated in 1866.
Then taught in Chattanooga until 1868, when he entered the University of Virginia for a special course in mathematics. That same year, he was elected professor of mathematics and teacher of Hebrew at his alma mater, where he taught until 1878.
In 1878 he was selected to build and organize the Miller Manual Labor School of Albemarle County, Virginia. This school was founded by a bequest of Samuel Miller of $1,250,000 in Virginia State certificates; he persuaded the legislature to pass an act which perserved its endowment to the school and aided other schools in Virginia holding similar certificates. He came to his task with enthusiasm, rich experience, and clear views on education. The Miller school, an institution for orphan boys and girls, established on a farm, with buildings and ships especially erected and equipped, offered him a rare opportunity to realize his ideal of a school that would train the mind and hand together. He made it his life work to build here an industrial school which became a model for all the South and caused him to be recognized as a leader in the new education. He had great influence in promoting the development of industrial education in the public schools throughout the country.
He was a member of the state board of education and rendered valuable service in organizing the public schools of Virginia; he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Normal and Industrial School for girls at Farmville, Virginia, which became a State Teachers' College; he was also chairman of the board of the Normal and Indurstrial Institute for Negros at Petersburg and of the state board of charities and corrections. For a number of years he was rector of the board of trustees of the Virginia Polytecnic Institute, and aided President J. M. McBryde in shaping the policies of that institution. He took great interest in the work of the Conference for Education in the South, which he helped to organize in 1898, taking a part in all of their meetings and speaking wherever he could help. He had also a large part in the educational work of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South); he was a trustee for Emory and Henry College, and president for many years of the Virginia Sunday School Association.
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Vawter Family Linage:
1Bartholomew, 2Edward, 3William, 4William Boulware
5John Henderson, 6Charles E.
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Charles was the son of John Henderson and Clara S. Peck.
He was one of 13 children.
Charles Married, Virginia Longley on 24 JUL 1866
Charles and Virginia had 8 Children:
Mary Longley Vawter
Josephine Vawter
Charles Erastus Vawter , Jr.
Lenora Leigh Vawter
James Elliot Vawter
Virginia Longley Vawter
Edmund Longley Vawter
Charles' nephew is:
John William "Will" Vawter (Artist, Illustrator)
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Charles left Emory and Henry College at the outbreak of the Civil War (enrolled in 1858); enlisted in the Monroe County guards, a part of the Confederate Stonewall Brigade, 4th Sgt.,Co.D,27th Va.Inf.Regt. . He soon proved himself a leader; he was appointed a captain of the sharpshooters in 1862 and served in the field until March 1865, when he was captured and imprisoned in Fort Delaware. Released in June, he returned to Emory and Henry from which he was graduated in 1866.
Then taught in Chattanooga until 1868, when he entered the University of Virginia for a special course in mathematics. That same year, he was elected professor of mathematics and teacher of Hebrew at his alma mater, where he taught until 1878.
In 1878 he was selected to build and organize the Miller Manual Labor School of Albemarle County, Virginia. This school was founded by a bequest of Samuel Miller of $1,250,000 in Virginia State certificates; he persuaded the legislature to pass an act which perserved its endowment to the school and aided other schools in Virginia holding similar certificates. He came to his task with enthusiasm, rich experience, and clear views on education. The Miller school, an institution for orphan boys and girls, established on a farm, with buildings and ships especially erected and equipped, offered him a rare opportunity to realize his ideal of a school that would train the mind and hand together. He made it his life work to build here an industrial school which became a model for all the South and caused him to be recognized as a leader in the new education. He had great influence in promoting the development of industrial education in the public schools throughout the country.
He was a member of the state board of education and rendered valuable service in organizing the public schools of Virginia; he served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Normal and Industrial School for girls at Farmville, Virginia, which became a State Teachers' College; he was also chairman of the board of the Normal and Indurstrial Institute for Negros at Petersburg and of the state board of charities and corrections. For a number of years he was rector of the board of trustees of the Virginia Polytecnic Institute, and aided President J. M. McBryde in shaping the policies of that institution. He took great interest in the work of the Conference for Education in the South, which he helped to organize in 1898, taking a part in all of their meetings and speaking wherever he could help. He had also a large part in the educational work of the Methodist Episcopal Church (South); he was a trustee for Emory and Henry College, and president for many years of the Virginia Sunday School Association.
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