obituary from Ceylon, Minnesota newspapaer:
"Gramp" is dead. The words flew over our little village on Saturday morning as on the wings of the wind. Wherever it touched it left sorrow, and the expressions of sympathy for the bereaved wife and children were many and from the heart.
"Gramp" as he was lovingly known; "Gramp" to all, both young and old had been a familiar figure on our streets and in our village life for the past ten years or more, making his short journeys from his home down town after his mail or other daily wants, stopping a short while to pass the time of day with one and all; he had become one of our accepted necessities, and to think that no more will his cheery voice be heard, that no more will his familiar countenance be seen among us, can not fail to remind each one that life is but a passing shadow and that to each and every one must come the final hour when it will be said " he is gone".
"Death came silently. In the stillness of the night the grim reaper entered the home and touched lightly the aged brow and the eyes which were closed in sleep and the soul of our friend passed into that eternal rest from which none return. His aged wife was first to discover that he had gone away when she went to call him in the early morning.
"Charles Samuel Champine was born May 12, 1932 in Ontario, Canada of French-American parentage. He lived in the land of his birth through his boyhood's and young manhood's days, receiving the rugged training which fitted him for the pioneer life into which he entered in later years.
"On June 4, 1869 he arrived in Lake Belt township, Martin County, and took up a homestead on what was then virgin prairie. With tireless energy and unbounded confidence in his own ability and in the land of his adoption he carved out a home from the soil meeting many discouragements, many trials, many disappointments, but winning out in the end.
"About ten years ago, after forty years residence in Lake Belt, he and his faithful helpmate moved to this village to spend their declining years in peace and quietness, resting from years of toil which had been necessary to develop the smiling, fruitful land of which we are so proud today.
"Twelve children were born to call him father and ten of them are living to mourn his passing.
"Yes, "Gramp" is gone! Another name is stricken from the every lessening roll of our old settlers, and a solitary woman in the sunset of life and a lonely home is left to attest how sadly they will miss him. It must be so; these tender human ties cannot be severed without a pang. Yet in death there is no cause for grief. His life work was done and well done. He had passed, by fifteen years, his golden wedding day and wearied with life's duties and cares, weary of suffering and waiting, he lay down to rest.
"How much this community owes him and such as he. It is impossible to estimate, though it would be a grateful task to trace his influence through some of the more direct channels, to hold him up in these degenerate days, in his various characters of husband and father, of neighbor and friend, to speak of the sons and daughters he has reared to perpetuate his name and emulate his virtues. But it comes not within the scope of this brief article to do so. Suffice to say he lived as he thought; rightly. Not for him our tears; rather let us crown his grave with garlands; few of us will live as long or as well, and fewer yet will the Angel of Death greet with such a loving touch."
Mayflower Ancestor Line:
DEGORY PRIEST (1579 - 1621), 7th great-grandfather
Mary Priest (1613 - 1689), Daughter of Degory Priest
John Pratt (1631 - 1698), Son of Mary Priest
Delivered Pratt (1664 - 1726), Daughter of John Pratt
Ruemourn Townsend (1698 - 1741), Son of Delivered Pratt
Sarah Townsend (1736 - 1808), Daughter of Ruemourn Townsend
John Alexander Hewlett (1775 - 1812), Son of Sarah Townsend
Samuel Hewlett (1775 - 1811), Son of John Alexander Hewlett
Hannah Hulett (Hewlit) (1802 - 1880), Daughter of Samuel Hewlett
Charles Samuel Champine (1832 - 1919), Son of Hannah Hulett (Hewlit)
"Gramp" is dead. The words flew over our little village on Saturday morning as on the wings of the wind. Wherever it touched it left sorrow, and the expressions of sympathy for the bereaved wife and children were many and from the heart.
"Gramp" as he was lovingly known; "Gramp" to all, both young and old had been a familiar figure on our streets and in our village life for the past ten years or more, making his short journeys from his home down town after his mail or other daily wants, stopping a short while to pass the time of day with one and all; he had become one of our accepted necessities, and to think that no more will his cheery voice be heard, that no more will his familiar countenance be seen among us, can not fail to remind each one that life is but a passing shadow and that to each and every one must come the final hour when it will be said " he is gone".
"Death came silently. In the stillness of the night the grim reaper entered the home and touched lightly the aged brow and the eyes which were closed in sleep and the soul of our friend passed into that eternal rest from which none return. His aged wife was first to discover that he had gone away when she went to call him in the early morning.
"Charles Samuel Champine was born May 12, 1932 in Ontario, Canada of French-American parentage. He lived in the land of his birth through his boyhood's and young manhood's days, receiving the rugged training which fitted him for the pioneer life into which he entered in later years.
"On June 4, 1869 he arrived in Lake Belt township, Martin County, and took up a homestead on what was then virgin prairie. With tireless energy and unbounded confidence in his own ability and in the land of his adoption he carved out a home from the soil meeting many discouragements, many trials, many disappointments, but winning out in the end.
"About ten years ago, after forty years residence in Lake Belt, he and his faithful helpmate moved to this village to spend their declining years in peace and quietness, resting from years of toil which had been necessary to develop the smiling, fruitful land of which we are so proud today.
"Twelve children were born to call him father and ten of them are living to mourn his passing.
"Yes, "Gramp" is gone! Another name is stricken from the every lessening roll of our old settlers, and a solitary woman in the sunset of life and a lonely home is left to attest how sadly they will miss him. It must be so; these tender human ties cannot be severed without a pang. Yet in death there is no cause for grief. His life work was done and well done. He had passed, by fifteen years, his golden wedding day and wearied with life's duties and cares, weary of suffering and waiting, he lay down to rest.
"How much this community owes him and such as he. It is impossible to estimate, though it would be a grateful task to trace his influence through some of the more direct channels, to hold him up in these degenerate days, in his various characters of husband and father, of neighbor and friend, to speak of the sons and daughters he has reared to perpetuate his name and emulate his virtues. But it comes not within the scope of this brief article to do so. Suffice to say he lived as he thought; rightly. Not for him our tears; rather let us crown his grave with garlands; few of us will live as long or as well, and fewer yet will the Angel of Death greet with such a loving touch."
Mayflower Ancestor Line:
DEGORY PRIEST (1579 - 1621), 7th great-grandfather
Mary Priest (1613 - 1689), Daughter of Degory Priest
John Pratt (1631 - 1698), Son of Mary Priest
Delivered Pratt (1664 - 1726), Daughter of John Pratt
Ruemourn Townsend (1698 - 1741), Son of Delivered Pratt
Sarah Townsend (1736 - 1808), Daughter of Ruemourn Townsend
John Alexander Hewlett (1775 - 1812), Son of Sarah Townsend
Samuel Hewlett (1775 - 1811), Son of John Alexander Hewlett
Hannah Hulett (Hewlit) (1802 - 1880), Daughter of Samuel Hewlett
Charles Samuel Champine (1832 - 1919), Son of Hannah Hulett (Hewlit)
obituary from Ceylon, Minnesota newspapaer:
"Gramp" is dead. The words flew over our little village on Saturday morning as on the wings of the wind. Wherever it touched it left sorrow, and the expressions of sympathy for the bereaved wife and children were many and from the heart.
"Gramp" as he was lovingly known; "Gramp" to all, both young and old had been a familiar figure on our streets and in our village life for the past ten years or more, making his short journeys from his home down town after his mail or other daily wants, stopping a short while to pass the time of day with one and all; he had become one of our accepted necessities, and to think that no more will his cheery voice be heard, that no more will his familiar countenance be seen among us, can not fail to remind each one that life is but a passing shadow and that to each and every one must come the final hour when it will be said " he is gone".
"Death came silently. In the stillness of the night the grim reaper entered the home and touched lightly the aged brow and the eyes which were closed in sleep and the soul of our friend passed into that eternal rest from which none return. His aged wife was first to discover that he had gone away when she went to call him in the early morning.
"Charles Samuel Champine was born May 12, 1932 in Ontario, Canada of French-American parentage. He lived in the land of his birth through his boyhood's and young manhood's days, receiving the rugged training which fitted him for the pioneer life into which he entered in later years.
"On June 4, 1869 he arrived in Lake Belt township, Martin County, and took up a homestead on what was then virgin prairie. With tireless energy and unbounded confidence in his own ability and in the land of his adoption he carved out a home from the soil meeting many discouragements, many trials, many disappointments, but winning out in the end.
"About ten years ago, after forty years residence in Lake Belt, he and his faithful helpmate moved to this village to spend their declining years in peace and quietness, resting from years of toil which had been necessary to develop the smiling, fruitful land of which we are so proud today.
"Twelve children were born to call him father and ten of them are living to mourn his passing.
"Yes, "Gramp" is gone! Another name is stricken from the every lessening roll of our old settlers, and a solitary woman in the sunset of life and a lonely home is left to attest how sadly they will miss him. It must be so; these tender human ties cannot be severed without a pang. Yet in death there is no cause for grief. His life work was done and well done. He had passed, by fifteen years, his golden wedding day and wearied with life's duties and cares, weary of suffering and waiting, he lay down to rest.
"How much this community owes him and such as he. It is impossible to estimate, though it would be a grateful task to trace his influence through some of the more direct channels, to hold him up in these degenerate days, in his various characters of husband and father, of neighbor and friend, to speak of the sons and daughters he has reared to perpetuate his name and emulate his virtues. But it comes not within the scope of this brief article to do so. Suffice to say he lived as he thought; rightly. Not for him our tears; rather let us crown his grave with garlands; few of us will live as long or as well, and fewer yet will the Angel of Death greet with such a loving touch."
Mayflower Ancestor Line:
DEGORY PRIEST (1579 - 1621), 7th great-grandfather
Mary Priest (1613 - 1689), Daughter of Degory Priest
John Pratt (1631 - 1698), Son of Mary Priest
Delivered Pratt (1664 - 1726), Daughter of John Pratt
Ruemourn Townsend (1698 - 1741), Son of Delivered Pratt
Sarah Townsend (1736 - 1808), Daughter of Ruemourn Townsend
John Alexander Hewlett (1775 - 1812), Son of Sarah Townsend
Samuel Hewlett (1775 - 1811), Son of John Alexander Hewlett
Hannah Hulett (Hewlit) (1802 - 1880), Daughter of Samuel Hewlett
Charles Samuel Champine (1832 - 1919), Son of Hannah Hulett (Hewlit)
"Gramp" is dead. The words flew over our little village on Saturday morning as on the wings of the wind. Wherever it touched it left sorrow, and the expressions of sympathy for the bereaved wife and children were many and from the heart.
"Gramp" as he was lovingly known; "Gramp" to all, both young and old had been a familiar figure on our streets and in our village life for the past ten years or more, making his short journeys from his home down town after his mail or other daily wants, stopping a short while to pass the time of day with one and all; he had become one of our accepted necessities, and to think that no more will his cheery voice be heard, that no more will his familiar countenance be seen among us, can not fail to remind each one that life is but a passing shadow and that to each and every one must come the final hour when it will be said " he is gone".
"Death came silently. In the stillness of the night the grim reaper entered the home and touched lightly the aged brow and the eyes which were closed in sleep and the soul of our friend passed into that eternal rest from which none return. His aged wife was first to discover that he had gone away when she went to call him in the early morning.
"Charles Samuel Champine was born May 12, 1932 in Ontario, Canada of French-American parentage. He lived in the land of his birth through his boyhood's and young manhood's days, receiving the rugged training which fitted him for the pioneer life into which he entered in later years.
"On June 4, 1869 he arrived in Lake Belt township, Martin County, and took up a homestead on what was then virgin prairie. With tireless energy and unbounded confidence in his own ability and in the land of his adoption he carved out a home from the soil meeting many discouragements, many trials, many disappointments, but winning out in the end.
"About ten years ago, after forty years residence in Lake Belt, he and his faithful helpmate moved to this village to spend their declining years in peace and quietness, resting from years of toil which had been necessary to develop the smiling, fruitful land of which we are so proud today.
"Twelve children were born to call him father and ten of them are living to mourn his passing.
"Yes, "Gramp" is gone! Another name is stricken from the every lessening roll of our old settlers, and a solitary woman in the sunset of life and a lonely home is left to attest how sadly they will miss him. It must be so; these tender human ties cannot be severed without a pang. Yet in death there is no cause for grief. His life work was done and well done. He had passed, by fifteen years, his golden wedding day and wearied with life's duties and cares, weary of suffering and waiting, he lay down to rest.
"How much this community owes him and such as he. It is impossible to estimate, though it would be a grateful task to trace his influence through some of the more direct channels, to hold him up in these degenerate days, in his various characters of husband and father, of neighbor and friend, to speak of the sons and daughters he has reared to perpetuate his name and emulate his virtues. But it comes not within the scope of this brief article to do so. Suffice to say he lived as he thought; rightly. Not for him our tears; rather let us crown his grave with garlands; few of us will live as long or as well, and fewer yet will the Angel of Death greet with such a loving touch."
Mayflower Ancestor Line:
DEGORY PRIEST (1579 - 1621), 7th great-grandfather
Mary Priest (1613 - 1689), Daughter of Degory Priest
John Pratt (1631 - 1698), Son of Mary Priest
Delivered Pratt (1664 - 1726), Daughter of John Pratt
Ruemourn Townsend (1698 - 1741), Son of Delivered Pratt
Sarah Townsend (1736 - 1808), Daughter of Ruemourn Townsend
John Alexander Hewlett (1775 - 1812), Son of Sarah Townsend
Samuel Hewlett (1775 - 1811), Son of John Alexander Hewlett
Hannah Hulett (Hewlit) (1802 - 1880), Daughter of Samuel Hewlett
Charles Samuel Champine (1832 - 1919), Son of Hannah Hulett (Hewlit)
Gravesite Details
The following children died in infancy and their burial locations are not known. Wallace (1855), baby (1873), and Willie (1885).
Family Members
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George Wilson Champine
1856–1941
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John N Champine
1859–1943
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Lillian Emma Champine Wiltse
1860–1929
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Lever Elsworth Champine
1863–1945
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Winifred "Winnie" Champine Barnett
1865–1936
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Louez Champine Woolcutt
1865–1954
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Dillie Marian Champine Murtaugh
1870–1953
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Mary Champine Fowler
1875–1936
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Mattie Champine Reed
1877–1953
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Alma Champine Goodell
1886–1939
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