From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton 
Beckwith, publ. 1912 - Page 565

CHARLES WALES, son of George WALES and Sally CRANE, had father-ancestors: 
John1 of Idle (Yorkshire), Nathaniel2 (of Dorchester), Timothy3, Nathaniel4, 
Ebenzer5, Elisha6, Nathan7.  His mother's ancestors were John1, Benjamin2, 
John3, Ebenzer4, Jonathan5.  He was born at Plymouth, New York, October 22, 
1818; bought a farm in north Geneva in 1845; married October 26, 1848, Eliza 
Ann, daughter of Richard CRANDALL and Abigail CRANE; moved to Elkhorn in 
1875.  Mrs. WALES had died in 1868, and in 1869 he married Lorahama, daughter 
of Elijah BUTLER.  He died June 20, 1903.  His children: Ruth Eliza (Mrs. Fred 
W. ISHAM); Rosa Philinda (Mrs. H. Augustus NEWTON); Belle Bethania (Mrs. 
Clinton D. DEWING); Charles Marshall, a mechanical engineer, of New York.  
Charles WALES was a local officer at Geneva and Elkhorn, a working member of 
the county agricultural society, an intelligent, upright and prosperous man.

Submitted By:  Carol
(carolann612@charter.net)