Charles John Oyler was born December 9, 1856 to Samuel Oyler (b. 1822; d. 1863 from cholera) and Mary Ann (Haise) Oyler (d. April 15, 1872). They lived in Harrison, Ohio on the Indiana/Ohio state line. Charles's son, Murrell, did not know his grandparents but remembered being told that his paternal grandmother Mary Ann had long, black hair and was "different." He deduced this to mean that she may have been Indian. In fact, her headstone in the only Catholic cemetery in Harrison, Ohio is the St. John the Baptist, indicates she was born in (Frankfurt)Germany on Nov. 21, 1827 and died April 15, 1872 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was staying with one of her daughters who was getting married in Chillicothe when Mary Ann became suddenly ill and died. Samuel, Mary Ann's husband, had died and is buried in Washington Co., Indiana, where they farmed. Mary Ann moved back with the children to Harrison when her husband died.
Regardless, Mary Ann had stipulated in her will that if the children were orphaned, the boys were to be given to Protestant homes to be raised, since the Oyler family was Protestant (Presbyterian), and the girls were to be raised in Catholic homes, because she herself was a devout Catholic. Thus, Charles was raised from the age of 10 or so at his elder sister's home, in Clark's Hill, Indiana. He met his future wife, Lydia Allman.
Charles married Agnes Lydia Oyler on her 18th birthday after a brief engagement. She was from Vermillion County, Illinois and had come visiting relatives in the Clarksville, Indiana area when she met Charles through mutual friends in the church.
Regardless, Mary Ann had stipulated in her will that if the children were orphaned, the boys were to be given to Protestant homes to be raised, since the Oyler family was Protestant (Presbyterian), and the girls were to be raised in Catholic homes, because she herself was a devout Catholic. Thus, Charles was raised from the age of 10 or so at his elder sister's home, in Clark's Hill, Indiana. He met his future wife, Lydia Allman.
Charles married Agnes Lydia Oyler on her 18th birthday after a brief engagement. She was from Vermillion County, Illinois and had come visiting relatives in the Clarksville, Indiana area when she met Charles through mutual friends in the church.
Charles John Oyler was born December 9, 1856 to Samuel Oyler (b. 1822; d. 1863 from cholera) and Mary Ann (Haise) Oyler (d. April 15, 1872). They lived in Harrison, Ohio on the Indiana/Ohio state line. Charles's son, Murrell, did not know his grandparents but remembered being told that his paternal grandmother Mary Ann had long, black hair and was "different." He deduced this to mean that she may have been Indian. In fact, her headstone in the only Catholic cemetery in Harrison, Ohio is the St. John the Baptist, indicates she was born in (Frankfurt)Germany on Nov. 21, 1827 and died April 15, 1872 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was staying with one of her daughters who was getting married in Chillicothe when Mary Ann became suddenly ill and died. Samuel, Mary Ann's husband, had died and is buried in Washington Co., Indiana, where they farmed. Mary Ann moved back with the children to Harrison when her husband died.
Regardless, Mary Ann had stipulated in her will that if the children were orphaned, the boys were to be given to Protestant homes to be raised, since the Oyler family was Protestant (Presbyterian), and the girls were to be raised in Catholic homes, because she herself was a devout Catholic. Thus, Charles was raised from the age of 10 or so at his elder sister's home, in Clark's Hill, Indiana. He met his future wife, Lydia Allman.
Charles married Agnes Lydia Oyler on her 18th birthday after a brief engagement. She was from Vermillion County, Illinois and had come visiting relatives in the Clarksville, Indiana area when she met Charles through mutual friends in the church.
Regardless, Mary Ann had stipulated in her will that if the children were orphaned, the boys were to be given to Protestant homes to be raised, since the Oyler family was Protestant (Presbyterian), and the girls were to be raised in Catholic homes, because she herself was a devout Catholic. Thus, Charles was raised from the age of 10 or so at his elder sister's home, in Clark's Hill, Indiana. He met his future wife, Lydia Allman.
Charles married Agnes Lydia Oyler on her 18th birthday after a brief engagement. She was from Vermillion County, Illinois and had come visiting relatives in the Clarksville, Indiana area when she met Charles through mutual friends in the church.
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