CHARLES PICKETT

PICKETT

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/22/2020 at 19:32:46

CHARLES PICKETT, a leading citizen of Jasper township, was born in Onondaga county, New York, June 16,1838, the son of Hiram Pickett, who was born in the same county, of Irish ancestry. In an early day two brothers came from Ireland, one settling in Virginia, from whom the
Confederate General Pickett descended, and the other in New York. Mr. Pickett’s mother, whose name before marriage was Harriet Pulsifer, was of a Scotch family.

Charles was eight years old when his parents removed to Wisconsin, settling in La Fayette county. Many years afterward they moved to Green county, that State, where they shortly afterward died, the father at the age of sixty-six years: he was a farmer all his life. The mother died also at the same age. They reared five sons and one daughter, of whom Charles was the
fourth in order of birth. He was brought up a farmer, as a farmer’s son. In 1864 he enlisted in Company C, Fiftieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in June, 1866, being honorably discharged when he was Second Sergeant of his company.

After the war he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in trade at Riverside, La Fayette county, and continued there seven years. Then in 1873 he came to Iowa, locating in Cass county, but made Corning his trading point. In the spring of 1880 he settled on his present farm in Jasper township. It contains 200 acres of good land, and is a fine place. He has a good frame house, 18 x 28 feet in dimensions and one and three-fourths stories high, with an L 16 x 22 and one story high. The premises are attractive. Ten acres are in orchard. The barn is 18 x 32 feet, with sixteen-foot posts. The other outbuildings are well arranged. A modern windmill supplies water for the live-stock. He has just completed a stock barn, 40x60 feet, and eighteen feet high.

February 14, 1859, is the date of his first marriage, when he wedded Miss Charlotte Pickett, and they had three children, as follows: S. C., a dealer in musical instruments at Corning; A. W., a dealer in agricultural implements at the same place; and Charlotte, the wife of Ed. Miller, of Jasper township. Mrs. Charlotte Pickett died January 3, 1870, and April 28, 1873, Mr. Pickett married Miss Elizabeth Jane Jackson, of Riverside, Wisconsin, and by this marriage there are
Hiram D., Bambena Amytis, Enos Roscoe, Harriet Lucretia, Ella May, Mary Esther and Charles J.

In regard to national matters Mr. Pickett is a Republican. While in Cass county he served on the Board of Supervisors three years, with credit and honor. Both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Pickett was made a Mason at Riverside, Wisconsin, in 1869, and was one of the charter members of Mt. Etna Lodge, and served as its Master. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the "Republic at Corning. He is a popular man, being a gentleman of refined principles.