From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 894-895
 
CHARLES A. SIKES.  The subject of this sketch has spent his entire life within 
the borders of Walworth county and his persistent and commendable efforts have 
benefited alike himself and the community, for he has always had deeply at 
heart the well being and improvement of the county, using his influence 
whenever possible for the promotion of enterprises calculated to be of lasting 
benefit to his fellow men, besides taking a leading part in all movements for 
the advancement of the community along social, intellectual and moral lines.  
He is the scion of an excellent old pioneer family, in fact, Mr. SIKES himself 
may be said to have come down to us from the pioneer period, having noted the 
great changes that have taken place here during the past half century and seen 
the wilderness give way to as fine farmsteads as the state can boast.
 
Charles A. SIKES was born on November 4, 1849, in Sharon, Walworth county, 
Wisconsin, and he is the son of George and Elvira (PERKINS) SIKES, natives of 
Connecticut and Vermont, respectively.  They came to Wisconsin in the year 
1843, thus being among the early emigrants, and first settled in Sharon 
township, Walworth county, taking up one hundred and sixty acres of government 
land, which they improved through years of hard work, and there established a 
good home and carried on general farming and stock raising.  George SIKES's 
health finally failing, he gave up the active work of the farm and moved to 
Sharon, where his death occurred a few years later, in October 1881.  His 
widow survived until in 1906.
 
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George SIKES, named as follows: Mary 
is deceased; Martha, now Mrs. KEYES, lives in Colorado; Clara R., now Mrs. 
BLODGETT, lives in Harvard, Illinois; George R. lives in California; and 
Charles A. of this sketch, who was the oldest.
 
Charles A. SIKES grew to manhood on the home farm in Sharon township and there 
he assisted with the general work during his boyhood, receiving his education 
in the public schools of his community in Sharon and Walworth.
 
Mr. SIKES took up farming for a livelihood and followed the same successfully 
for several years, then engaged in the creamery business a number of years.  
He has long taken an abiding interest in public affairs, and he is now filling 
the office of supervisor of assessments of Walworth county, which position he 
has held for the past eleven years in a manner that reflects much credit upon 
himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, in fact, his long 
retention in this important office would prove his high standing in the 
county.  Prior to taking  this office he was township assessor and the village 
assessor.  Fraternally, Mr. SIKES is a member of the Masonic order and the 
Modern Woodmen.
 
Mr. SIKES was married to Ella DENNIS, on June 1, 1874, and to this union one 
child has been born, Albert H., who makes his home in Milwaukee.
 
Submitted by Carol