1807 – born Westbrook or Meriden or Saybrook CT
1836 – graduate of Yale College; began studies with the class of 1835 (5)
1838 – appointed by American Home Missionary Society (AHMS) to Illinois (1)
1838 – Nov. 8. Ordained (8)
1839 – Yale (5)
1839 – Sept 15. Commissioned to serve churches at Hillsgrove and St. Marys, Hancock County, Illinois (8)
1839 – Dec 8. letter to Corresponding Secretary of AHMS (3)
1840 – June. Serving at Round Prairie (Plymouth), Illinois (2)
1840 – Sept 8. Resigned commission to Round Prairie and St. Marys, Illinois (8)
1840 – Dec 9. Commissioned to serve at Hillsgrove, Illinois. Sabbath school. Church organized at Hillsgrove. (8)
1841 – March. Hillsgrove, McDonough County, Illinois. (2)
1841 – June 9. Resigned commission at Hillsgrove, Illinois (8)
1842 – June 29. Installed at church at Lyme, CT (9)
1842 – Sept 16. officiated marriage of Mary Bramble to Richard Daniels in Lyme, CT
1842-43 – Lyme First, Hamburg churches in Connecticut (5)
1843 – Dec 15. died while serving the Church of North Lyme, CT (6, 7)
Married to Lucy Hannah Royce of Connecticut. She lived w/her parents following Charles’ death.
References:
(1) The Home Missionary, v. 8-11 http://books.google.com/books?id=kaYPAAAAIAAJ
(2) The Home Missionary, v. 12-14 http://books.google.com/books?id=kp0PAAAAIAAJ
(3) Western Illinois Regional Studies, p. 44 footnote
(4) The Congregationalist, 1783-1850 by William Warren Sweet, pp. 198
(5) A general catalogue of the Divinity School of Yale College – http://books.google.com/books?id=t0xDAAAAYAAJ
(6) Biographical and historical record of the class of 1835 in Yale college. http://books.google.com/books?id=0JTOAAAAMAAJ
(7) Minutes of the Annual Meeting with Reports and Statistics, General Association of Connecticut. http://books.google.com/books?id=I_kQAAAAIAAJ
(8) Report of the American Home Missionary Society, Volumes 15-19. http://books.google.com/books?id=edjdCpLHgpMC
(9) Contributions to the ecclesiastical history of Connecticut. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZtACAAAAQAAJ