Parents of Charles are possibly Charels Auguste Farciot and Anna Boesiger. His mother Anna came out to California and was seen in the 1870 and 1880 census as a household of her daughter, she died in San Francisco on Oct 24 1887, he also probably had a sister named Melodile b. Oct 23 1842 and died in San Francisco on January 16 1918 , she married Alexander Joseph Edouart.

Charles Farciot was born in Switzerland in 1839 , By the early 1860's Farciot had crossed the Atlantic and was living in Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of the Civil War, in April of 1861, he enlisted in the 17th Pennsylvania Volunteers. After serving 3 1/2 months in the militia he was discharged in Philadelphia. Later in the war, on October 23, 1863, Farciot re-enlisted, this time in the Navy, and served aboard the Pinola patrolling for blockade runners along the coast of Texas. In 1864, Farciot transferred to the U.S.S. Gertrude stationed out of Galveston, Texas. At the war's end, Farciot was discharged at Mare Island, California. Farciot's whereabouts for the next 14 years remain a mystery and his story continues when he surfaces in Arizona in 1878. During the next four years, Farciot produced a series of stereo views and an album including 110 images of his life and travel between Charleston, Tombstone, and Globe in south central part of the state ,documenting life in one of the most exciting periods in Arizona's history. Farciot visited many of the mines and growing new settlements during their heyday and made striking photographs the soldiers, settlers, and scouts that called Arizona home. In 1880 Arizona Terr, Charles was living in Charleston as a machinist for the locale mining operations. He then traveled up to San Francisco and joined up with Ed Schieffelin for their journey to Alaska in 1883. Charles is mentioned in Edawards daily journals. Leaving Alaska, he head down to San Francisco and is seen as a Registered voter in 1886 and 1888 , then down to Chino Valley. His works of Photos are also held by the Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca.

The following came from FaG contributor Misty Dawn.

In 1881, he was with Edward Schieffelin in San Francisco. On a journey to photograph their journey to Alaska up the Yukon River, mining for gold. pg 16 The floor of heaven by Howard Blum...
From a Book called, Protrait of a Prospector, Edward Schieffelin own story , 2017 Charles had traveled with him.

https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ys7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=jack+young+and+edward+schiefflen&source=bl&ots=vl6lOvokTV&sig=hNMaYQVGoU4FbNdjNooUlZkST6s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPkoXGiqPYAhXl1IMKHT9eAokQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=jack%20young%20and%20edward%20schiefflen&f=false

Parents of Charles are possibly Charels Auguste Farciot and Anna Boesiger. His mother Anna came out to California and was seen in the 1870 and 1880 census as a household of her daughter, she died in San Francisco on Oct 24 1887, he also probably had a sister named Melodile b. Oct 23 1842 and died in San Francisco on January 16 1918 , she married Alexander Joseph Edouart.

Charles Farciot was born in Switzerland in 1839 , By the early 1860's Farciot had crossed the Atlantic and was living in Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of the Civil War, in April of 1861, he enlisted in the 17th Pennsylvania Volunteers. After serving 3 1/2 months in the militia he was discharged in Philadelphia. Later in the war, on October 23, 1863, Farciot re-enlisted, this time in the Navy, and served aboard the Pinola patrolling for blockade runners along the coast of Texas. In 1864, Farciot transferred to the U.S.S. Gertrude stationed out of Galveston, Texas. At the war's end, Farciot was discharged at Mare Island, California. Farciot's whereabouts for the next 14 years remain a mystery and his story continues when he surfaces in Arizona in 1878. During the next four years, Farciot produced a series of stereo views and an album including 110 images of his life and travel between Charleston, Tombstone, and Globe in south central part of the state ,documenting life in one of the most exciting periods in Arizona's history. Farciot visited many of the mines and growing new settlements during their heyday and made striking photographs the soldiers, settlers, and scouts that called Arizona home. In 1880 Arizona Terr, Charles was living in Charleston as a machinist for the locale mining operations. He then traveled up to San Francisco and joined up with Ed Schieffelin for their journey to Alaska in 1883. Charles is mentioned in Edawards daily journals. Leaving Alaska, he head down to San Francisco and is seen as a Registered voter in 1886 and 1888 , then down to Chino Valley. His works of Photos are also held by the Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca.

The following came from FaG contributor Misty Dawn.

In 1881, he was with Edward Schieffelin in San Francisco. On a journey to photograph their journey to Alaska up the Yukon River, mining for gold. pg 16 The floor of heaven by Howard Blum...
From a Book called, Protrait of a Prospector, Edward Schieffelin own story , 2017 Charles had traveled with him.

https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ys7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=jack+young+and+edward+schiefflen&source=bl&ots=vl6lOvokTV&sig=hNMaYQVGoU4FbNdjNooUlZkST6s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPkoXGiqPYAhXl1IMKHT9eAokQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=jack%20young%20and%20edward%20schiefflen&f=false