Charles William Varnum

1862 -

• Name	Charles William Varnum
  Birth	25 Feb 1862	Speaker, Sanilac, MI
  Gender	Male
  Census	23 Jun 1870	Speaker, Sanilac, MI ; age 8, born MI, living with parents
  Census	26 Jun 1880	Fredonia, Plymouth, IA ; age 18, born MI, works on farm, living with parents
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Denver, Arapahoe, CO ; age 38, born Feb 1862 in MI, marr 7 yrs, lawyer, parents born CAN/CAN
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Denver, Denver, CO ; age 57, born MI, lawyer, parents born CAN/NS
  Census	17 Apr 1930	Denver, Denver, CO ; age 67, born MI, marr at 32, attoney, parents born CAN/CAN
  Census	18 Apr 1940	Denver, Denver, CO ; age 77, born MI, C4 ed, residing here in 1935, lawyer and property owner, parents born CAN/CAN
  Person ID	I2763	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Martin Varnum,   b. 26 Aug 1825, Sutton, Brome, Quebec d. 6 Jun 1915, Centerville, Turner, SD (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Harriet Ann Perkins,   b. 5 May 1827, Aylesford, Kings, NS d. 21 Jan 1899, Centerville, Turner, SD (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1854	Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT
  Family ID	F831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lulu Lee DeLissenbee,   b. 9 Oct 1869, Little Rock, AR d. 6 Mar 1956, Denver, Denver, CO (Age 86 years)  [1]
  Marriage	1 Jun 1898	Seward Co, NE
  Notes	from "Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908" (ancestry.com) On 31 May 1893 in Seward County NE, C.W. Varnum, age 31, residing Denver CO, born MI to Richard M & Harriet A (Perkins) Varnum married Lulu L DeLissenbee, age 25, residing Seward Co, born AR to Lenard & Marie (Stallcup) DeLissenbee.
  Family ID	F2181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2023

  
  

• Photos

  Charles W Varnum Photo from Bench and Bar of Colorado - 1917

  
  

  Headstones

  Charles W and Lulu Lee Varnum Gravestone

  
  

  Histories

  Excerpts from Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin Genealogy

  
  

• Notes

  From Bench and Bar of Colorado - 1917 CHARLES W. VARNUM, DENVER Born, Sanilac County, Michigan ; graduate Hillsdale (Michigan) College, law department, University of Iowa ; married June 1, 1893; admitted Iowa Bar, 1888; Colorado Bar, 1889; Past Grand Master, I. O. O. F. ; Past State Councilor, Junior Order American Alechanics. From Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography by Thomas William Herringshaw, 1901, pg 960 VARNUM, CHARLES W., lawyer, politician, orator, was born Feb. 25, 1862, in Sanilac County, Mich. He attended the Hillsdale college; graduated with highest honors from the Iowa City Commercial college, amd from the law department of the state university of Iowa with the degree of LL.B. He has attained success in the profession of law at Denver, Colo. In 1891 he organized the Republican league of Colorado, and was its first president. He has been three times a delegate to the National League convention, and secured the national convention of 1894 for Denver. In 1894 he was elected chairman of the national silver party committee of Denver. From findagrave.com biography Charles William Varnum was born February 25, 1862 in Speaker, Sanilac County, Michigan; the forth of six children of Richard Martin and Harriet Ann Perkins Varnum. He married Lulu Lee DeLissenbee daughter of Leonard W. and Mary Stallcup DeLissenbee, on June 1, 1893. They had no children. Charles was a teacher and a lawyer, graduated L.L.B. in 1888 from Iowa State University, and secretary of Republican League in 1894.

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Ward, Duren James Henderson, Ward-Munger, Varnum-Martin genealogy, (Denver, Colo.: Up the Divide Pub. Co., 1926).