Charles L. Valentine

Biography

Charles L. Valentine, born in 1846, was a familiar figure in the area now marked by Oak Hill Cemetery, noted for the steadiness with which he approached every responsibility. He valued conscientious work and lent his experience to emerging civic groups, always ready to lend a hand to neighbors who needed it.

Throughout the decades he drew quiet strength from family and friends, offering encouragement and dependable counsel in times of harvest and hardship alike. His death in 1925 left behind those who remembered him as a dependable steward of local traditions.