Person:Charles Levering (1)

He was a deacon in the Roxb. Baptist Church. He served in the War of 1812 with Great Britain, and was Captain of the Roxb. Vols. In early life he was a mechanic, and later a storekeeper in Philad. In the year 1834, they removed to Wapakoneta where he bought a farm. In 1838 he was made Judge of Court, of Auglaize Co., which office he held for ten years. In later life he visited his childhood home and was much interested in the encroachments of the city, and the improvements made in what he remembered as farm lands. Manayunk, where he once lived, had become a city in itself.

CHARLES: (Judge) b. Dec. 8, 1783, in Roxb.; m. Sept. 24, 1812 (338), Hester Levering, who was b. July 25, 1790. He was a Deacon in the Roxb. Baptist Church. He served in the War of 1812 with Great Britain, and was Captain of the Roxborough Volunteers. In early life he was a mechanic, and later a storekeeper in Philad. In the year 1834, they removed to Wapakoneta, Auglaize Co., Ohio, where he bought a farm. In 1838 he was made Judge of Court, of Auglaize County, which office he held for ten years. In later years he visited his childhood home and was much interested in the encroachments of the city, and the improvements made in what he remembered as farm lands. Manayunk, where he once lived, had become a city in itself. He d. March 21, 1860. She d. Sept. 2, 1869. They were buried in "Two-Mile" Cemetery, near their home.

1850 Census Duchouquet Township, Auglaize Co., Ohio Sept. 20. 67 years old, farmer born in Penn. 1860 Duchouquet township, Auglaize County, Ohio census June 5 age 77 (at end of family list)