Samuel Charlesworth, born in England, July 6, 1832, is one of a family of ten children--six born in England and four in America. His father, Nathan Charlesworth, came to this country in 1841. He was a cotton spinner by trade and after coming to America he worked some years in woolen-mills. He came to Otto in 1845 and died here in 1853. Samuel has made this town his home since he was eleven years of age. He married, May 14, 1857, Eleanor, daughter of Kelsey Ballard, who came here in the early settlement of the town. In June, 1864, his wife and only child (a daughter of nearly five years) died within a period of one week. He married Lucinda Ballard, a sister of his first wife, Jan. 1, 1867. They have three daughters and one son. One daughter, E. Maude, is the wife of Carlton Foster.