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CHARLES G. MAPLES was the son of Josiah and Esther (Hedges) Maples and was born in the town of Milo, Yates county, New York, on February 20, 1818, and died May 29, 1886. His grandfather, Stephen Maples, was a native of New London, Connecticut and served throughout the old Revolutionary war. His son, Josiah (father of Charles G.) emigrated to Yates county, New York and afterwards to the town of Ellery, Chautauqua county, where he pursued the occupation of farming. He was successively a whig and democrat in politics, a member of the Baptist church and was twice married; first to Diadama Comstock, by whom he had seven children; by his marriage to Esther Hedges, he had eleven children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood.

Charles G. Maples was married to Ruth Barney, a daughter of Luther and Ruth (Garrison) Barney, an old soldier of the Revolutionary war. Their union was blessed with the birth of seven children: Mary A., (died young); Byron, (deceased); Frank L., (deceased); Florella, (dead); Florence, married to Samuel M. Whitcher (deceased). He entered the Civil war in the 9th New York Cavalry and served three years and one month, with the rank of lieutenant. His death occurred at Corry, Pennsylvania; Charles M., a student of Cornell university at Ithaca, New York; Florelle; and Frank L.

Charles G. Maples was educated in the common schools and Aurora academy, commenced life as a farmer in the town of Ellery in 1838, and has since been mainly engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was elected a justice of the peace in 1848, which office he filled for a number of terms, obtaining at the same time a practical legal knowledge, which he utilized in settling up estates and making distribution of funds that were thereby placed in his hands. He received the appointment of United States assistant assessor of internal revenue and for a number of years prior to 1870, satisfactorily discharged the duties of that office. Later he was elected surrogate of Chautauqua county, in which capacity he served for twelve years, moving to Mayville in 1871, where he lived until the time of his death. He was a republican in politics, a member of the county committee and of the State Board of health. He also belonged to the Ellicott Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Jamestown and was a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Maples was a man well known, by reason of his public career, throughout the county.

His life was a busy one and all the years of his long life were fully taken up in what he conceived to be his public and private duty. He was a man of unblemished character, honest in his business transactions, and generous in disposition, with a wide charity for the distresses and wrongs of mankind.