Charles Richard Churchman

• Sex: M
• Born: May 22, 1861 in Jefferson County, KY
• Died: Of a heart attack on March 2, 1955 in Jefferson County, KY
• Buried: In Rest Haven Cemetery, Louisville, KY
• Notes: Charles Richard Churchman was the grandfather of Charles R. Churchman, author of "Churchmans of Kentucky". Here are several excepts from that book:
  "If I had to describe Grandpa in one sentence, it would be "He never varied." If it was wrong yesterday, it's wrong today, and will be wrong tomorrow. I never heard of him taking advantage of or cheating anyone. He was not a wimp -- he simply treated fairly and expected to be treated fairly.
  
  "Grandpa was the last of our family to speak the Elizabethan English of our Virginia forebears. He was about 5'7" tall, 140 lbs., and had blue eyes. Grandma was about 4'11", about 110 lbs., blue eyes, and hair that reached the floor. She leaned forward and brushed it in sections until she had reached the end, then rolled it in a bun.
  
  "We moved to the farm when I was about five years old, so Grandpa had a big influence on me. Not a big talker, he said a lot in a few words. His observation of boys mixing work with play, "One boy is a boy, two boys are a half a boy, and three boys ain't airy a boy at all." Grandpa never owned an alarm clock, because he could will himself to wake up whenever he wanted. During harvest season he would tell people what he needed loaded on the wagon to sell the next day at the haymarket, then go to bed. About 1 o'clock he would awaken, hook up his team to the wagon, and start for town in time to arrive at dawn. The trip to market with a loaded wagon took a little more than two hours. The market was on Market Street at about Floyd.

Father: John Churchman, b. July 26, 1827 in Augusta County, Virginia

Mother: Ann Jane Woody, d. June, 1871 in Jefferson County, KY -- daughter of John L. Woody -- buried in Rest Haven Cemetery in Louisville, KY

Family 1: Solinda "Minnie" Morgan, b. March 21, 1870 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. of a stroke on February 1, 1951 in Jefferson County, KY -- buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Louisville, KY -- daughter of Elias Morgan and Martha Jane Williams

• Married: November 9, 1887 in Jefferson County, KY

1. John Morgan Churchman, b. August 25, 1889 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. December 17, 1983 in Jefferson County, KY
2. Martha Jane Churchman, b. January 18, 1891 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. May 7, 1973 in Arcadia, CA
3. Ella D. Churchman, b. May 11, 1893 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. July 20, 1977 in Jefferson County, KY
4. Mary Elizabeth Churchman, b. February 25, 1895 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. October 27, 1975 in Jefferson County, KY
5. Charles Cooper Churchman, b. August 6, 1896 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. July 30, 1897 in Jefferson County, KY
6. Fannie Louise Churchman, b. June 25, 1898 in Jefferson County, KY
7. George Churchman, b. June 29, 1902 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. May 6, 1983 in Jefferson County, KY
8. Frank Lloyd Churchman, b. January 16, 1904 in Jefferson County, KY
9. Margaret Churchman, b. May 11, 1905 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. November 20, 1974 in Jefferson County, KY
10. Edna Pearl Churchman, b. April 23, 1909 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. October 20, 1981 in Jefferson County, KY
11. Roger Churchman, b. November 8, 1910 in Jefferson County, KY
12. Anne Lloyd Churchman, b. March 10, 1915 in Jefferson County, KY -- d. May 14, 1973 in Jefferson County, KY

Sources:

1. "Churchmans of Kentucky" by Charles R. Churchman