Charles Boatright
Charles met Ida Viola Robinette while he was traveling through Fairview community selling an apparatus that cleaned the feathers of feather beds while the ticks were being washed. Ida and Charles began housekeeping in a little house located in Fairview, Scott County, Virginia. Later they moved to Maness in Lee County, Virginia where they operated a store. By 1897 they had purchased a hotel in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, which the family operated until 1919. In 1903 Charles Calhoun and J. C. Boatright founded a newspaper, the Gate City Herald. This paper was later operated by their brother, L. B. Boatright, who sold it about 1930.
Charles married Ida on July 20, 1893 in Fairview, Virginia. They had eight children.
∼HUSBAND OF IDA V. BOATRIGHT
Charles met Ida Viola Robinette while he was traveling through Fairview community selling an apparatus that cleaned the feathers of feather beds while the ticks were being washed. Ida and Charles began housekeeping in a little house located in Fairview, Scott County, Virginia. Later they moved to Maness in Lee County, Virginia where they operated a store. By 1897 they had purchased a hotel in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, which the family operated until 1919. In 1903 Charles Calhoun and J. C. Boatright founded a newspaper, the Gate City Herald. This paper was later operated by their brother, L. B. Boatright, who sold it about 1930.
Charles married Ida on July 20, 1893 in Fairview, Virginia. They had eight children.
∼HUSBAND OF IDA V. BOATRIGHT
Charles Boatright
Charles met Ida Viola Robinette while he was traveling through Fairview community selling an apparatus that cleaned the feathers of feather beds while the ticks were being washed. Ida and Charles began housekeeping in a little house located in Fairview, Scott County, Virginia. Later they moved to Maness in Lee County, Virginia where they operated a store. By 1897 they had purchased a hotel in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, which the family operated until 1919. In 1903 Charles Calhoun and J. C. Boatright founded a newspaper, the Gate City Herald. This paper was later operated by their brother, L. B. Boatright, who sold it about 1930.
Charles married Ida on July 20, 1893 in Fairview, Virginia. They had eight children.
∼HUSBAND OF IDA V. BOATRIGHT
Charles met Ida Viola Robinette while he was traveling through Fairview community selling an apparatus that cleaned the feathers of feather beds while the ticks were being washed. Ida and Charles began housekeeping in a little house located in Fairview, Scott County, Virginia. Later they moved to Maness in Lee County, Virginia where they operated a store. By 1897 they had purchased a hotel in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, which the family operated until 1919. In 1903 Charles Calhoun and J. C. Boatright founded a newspaper, the Gate City Herald. This paper was later operated by their brother, L. B. Boatright, who sold it about 1930.
Charles married Ida on July 20, 1893 in Fairview, Virginia. They had eight children.
∼HUSBAND OF IDA V. BOATRIGHT
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