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FIELD, CHARLES, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Denmark; born in Peterboro, N. H., in 1817; he received an education at the common schools of the day, with two terms at the academy; at 21, he went to Lowell, Mass., and engaged in the manufacture of cotton for the print works; in 1837, he came to Lee Co., purchased a claim where he now resides, and owns 100 acres of land, valued at $55 per acre. In 1842, he married Miss Electa Brockway; her parents, Titus, of Vermont, and Nancy B., nee Wilson, of Herkimer Co., N. Y., were married in Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1838; came to Lee Co., Washington Tp., where her mother now resides; her father died in 1853; Mrs. Field was born in Hartford, Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1824; they have three children — Hattie A., born May 25, 1846, the wife of Elijah F. Cowles; Henry S., born Jan. 6, 1853; C. F., born Sept. 10, 1859. An Old-Line Whig, now a Republican. Has held the office of Township Trustee and school offices; a member of the Anti-Horse-Thief Association.