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BIOGRAPHY: CHARLES L. HAUSE, a business man of Milton, where he has been established in the plumbing and heating line since 1896, is a native of that place, born Nov. 22, 1870, son of John B. Hause. Mr. Hause's great-grandfather was born in either Berks or Northampton county, Pa., where he lived and died. He was a farmer by occupation. The family is of German extraction. Among the children of the great grandparents were the following: Mr. Jacob Beck, who died in White Deer Valley, Lycoming Co., Pa., leaving a family of eleven children; Frederick, of Catawissa, a miller, died there (he had a small family); Mrs. Sipe, who died in Northampton, county (she had one son, Lewis, now, deceased); Peter, who lived and died near Philadelphia; and Henry C.
Charles L. Hause received his education in the public schools of Milton. In 1892 he went to Lock Haven, Pa., where he served a full apprenticeship at his trade, and in 1895 he went thence to Philadelphia, where he was employed at his trade about seven months. Business there being slack, he came to Shamokin, Northumberland county, where he followed his trade for six months, at the end of that time returning to Milton, where he has since been located. On March 2, 1896, he entered into partnership with E. F. Colvin, and they opened a place of business at No. 124 South Front street, Milton. This partnership was dissolved by mutual consent the 2nd of August, following, Mr. Hause purchasing Mr. Colvin's interest and continuing the business at the same stand for several years. In April, 1907, he moved into the new home which he had built at No. 119 Elm street, his new storeroom adjoining his residence; the store is neat and well arranged, and there is a commodious shop at the rear well equipped for all the needs of the business. He has built up an excellent and profitable trade by close application to business and satisfactory work for all his patrons, and he is a self-made man in the best sense of the word. Fraternally he is well known in the neighborhood, belonging to Lodge No. 184, I. O. O. F., of Milton; to the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and to Lodge No. 913, B. P. O. Elks, and Milton Lodge No. 256, F. & A. M.
In 1902 Mr. Hause married Bertha Gibson, daughter of Henry and Jane (Thomas) Gibson, of Limestoneville, Pa., granddaughter of Joseph Gibson, great-granddaughter of Henry Gibson and the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Hause are members of Trinity Lutheran Church at Milton.
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1870 - 1924 (53 years)
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