Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: C W Pettis
Age in 1870: 4
Estimated birth year: 1866
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Gender: male
Race: white
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1870: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Post office: Augusta
Occupation: at home
Siblings living at home: Mary (age 6), Ella (2), and William (4/12)
Census place: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1712; Page: 221; Image: 440
Date: 18 Aug 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: C W Pettis
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: 1866
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: son
Home in 1880: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Mary R (age 16), E A (12), E A (10), Clarence (7), Lewis (5), Alva (3), and Baby (2/12)
Census place: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1425; Family History Film: 1255425; Page: 526.4000; Enumeration District: 139
Date: 21 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Charles Pettis
Age at last birthday: 30
Date of birth: Jan 1870 [sic]
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: head
Home in 1900: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 1
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Farm or home: farm
Home owned or rented: owned
Mortgage: yes
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T623 1787; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 19
Date: 20 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Charlie Pettis
Age in 1910: 44
Estimated birth year: 1866
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of family: head
Home in 1910: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 10
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Farm or house: farm
Home owned or rented: owned; has mortgage
Occupation: farmer
Industry: general farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Census place: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Series: T624; Roll: 1710; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 45; Part: 1; Line: 12
Date: 22 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Charles W Pettis
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: 1866
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Home in 1920: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Address: farm
Marital status: married
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Home owned or rented: owned; has mortgage
Occupation: farmer
Type of industry: general farm
Salary or wage worker: employer
Census place: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1983; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 1046
Date: 13 Feb 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Charles W Pettis
Age: 64
Estimated birth year: 1866
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 34
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: New York
Mother's birthplace: New York
Military service: no
Rent/home value: owns home; no value listed; lives on farm
Owned a radio: no
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: 2572; Page: ; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 62.0
Date: 23 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Charles W Pettis
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: 1866
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Living with: wife, and Walter A and Sara J Peetz, ages 50 and 42
Home in 1940: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: not listed
Living on farm: yes
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Resident on farm in 1935: yes
Occupation: farmer
Industry: dairy farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $0
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 70
Census place: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T627_4477; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 18-3
Date: Apr 1940

Obituary from the "Leader" of Eau Claire, Wisconsin dated 29 Jul 1954:
Charles Pettis Dies
Augusta - Charles Pettis. 88. died at his home in Town of Otter Creek Tuesday afternoon after a short illness.
He had lived on the same farm since 1892.
He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. V. L. Dickinsen, Augusta; three sons, Ivan, Roy, Richard, all of Augusta; two brothers, Walter, Eau Claire, Lewis, East Troy; 21 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. William B. Warner at 3 p.m. Friday at the Methodist Church here. Burial will be in East Lawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Sipe Funeral Home today and to noon Friday, then at the church.

He was known as "Thompson Valley Charley."

He married Ella E Wilson 20 Mar 1900 in Wisconsin.