Charles Francis Himes, 2-16-6-2-2 (b. Jun 2, 1838, d. Dec 6, 1918)
Charles Francis Himes, 2-16-6-2-2 (son of William Daniel Himes, 2-16-6-2 and Magdalen Lanius) was born Jun 2, 1838 in Intercourse, Lancaster Co., PA, and died Dec 6, 1918 in Baltimore, MD, John Hopkins Hospital. He married Mary Elizabeth Murray on Jan 2, 1868 in Carlisle, PA.
Notes for Charles Francis Himes, 2-16-6-2-2: 8-6-2001 Dottie Himes found the following at: www.dickinson.edu/~gerencse/305page/work.htm I believe that this is definitely the parents of John Himes, b. 1763 and will write for copies. Generation 1 : William Heim, the father of Francis Himes, the great, great grandfather of Charles Francis Himes, entered the Pennsylvania Colony in 1730. Generation 2: Francis Himes b. 3-15-1737 d 1-6-1811 married May 1, 1759 Catherine Christ b. 8-17-1739 d 1-17-1826 children: 1. Salomina b 1760 *also found later at World Connect a Salome Himes daughter of Francis Himes and Mrs. Himes. b, abt 1755 in Hanover Co., York, PA and died abot 1824 Salome m abt 1773 Frederick Eyler b. abt 1773 in Hanover, York, PA, son of John Valentine Eyler and Appollonia Gelwicks. Frederick was born abt 1749 in Hanover Co, York, PA 1) Frederick Eyler b abt 1774 Hanover Co., York, PA 2) Cadarina or Catharina Eyler b. 10-6-1776 in Hanover Co, York, PA 3) Mary or Anna Maria Eyler b. 12-26-1780 Hanover Co. York, PA 4) Jacob Eyler b. abt 1782 in Hanover Co. York, PA 2. William b. 1762 3. John b. 1763 4. Catherine b. 1766 5. Jacob b. 1773 6. George b. 12-16-1775 died 4-7-1850 New Oxford, PA m.1809 to Helen Catherine Barnitz b. 12-23-1787 d 9-21-1857 New Oxford, PA daughter of Daniel Barnitz and Susanna Eichelberger (10 children) 1) Charles Francis Himes b. 1-11-1811 d 7-23-1838 Charles Francis was from Class of 1829 Dickinson College, PA 2) William Daniel Himes b. 5-29-1812 New Oxford, PA d 1-11-1896 New Oxford,PA m 5-23-1836 Magdalen Lanius b. 10-15-1812 York, PA d 9-25-1878 New Oxford, PA Magdalen dau. of Christian Lanius b 9-16-1773 d 2-16-1847 York, PA and Anna Updegraff b 3-16-1774 d 10-19-1830, they m. 1797 York, PA and had 8 children, Magdalen was No. 6 1. Edwin Himes b. d 1837 2. Charles Francis Himes b. 6-2-1838 Intercourse, PA d. 12-6- 1918 in Baltimore, MD m. Jan 2, 1868 Carlisle, PA to Mary Elizabeth Murray b 2-11-1848 Dillsburg, PA Mary d. 12-3-1904 in Owaneco, IL. Mary daughter of Joseph Alexander Murray b. 10-2-1815 d 1889 Carlisle, PA and Ann Hays Blair b 5-6-1819 Carlisle, PA d. 9-14-1875 Carlisle, married 5-25-1843 Carlisle, PA 1) Mary Murray Himes b. 12-23-1868 Carlisle, PA m. 9-21-1905 to Thomas Eyster Vale (1) Mary Himes Vale b 1-6-1907 (2) Sarah Elizabeth Vale b. 2-6-1908 2) Anna Magdalen Himes b. 3-10-1880 Carlisle, PA m. 3-24-1904 Rev. George Valentine Metzel (1) Charles Francis Metzel b. 12-28-1904 (2) George Valentine Metzel b. 7-12-1912 3. Helen Anna, b. 1840 m. M. W. H. Keith 4. James Lanius b. 1845 5. Mary Elizabeth b. 1847 6. Sarah Magdalen 1849-1857 7. William Alexander b. 1851 8. Henry Otis b. 1854 3) Elizabeth Catherine b and died 1814 4) Susan Catherine b. 1815 5) Anna Maria b 1817 6) George Barnitz Himes b. 1819 7) Elizabeth Catherine b. 1820 8) Helen b 1825 9) Alexander Samuel b. 1828 7. Elizabeth b. 1779 8. Samuel b. 1784 A copy of all this information will be put in the Binder with Francis Himes and William Heim. There are 67 pages of information that is housed at Dickinson College which will also be put in the front of the binder. Dottie has written the college to find out more information on the author of this info.
9-11-2001 Dottie Himes requested information and received 34 pages from Dickinson College that proves that this is definitely the family that connects to our John Himes b. 10-12-1763) This information from Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA includes the WILL AND INVENTORY OF FRANCIS HIMES which will be put with his page, and Descendant Pages beginning with William Heim The following pages are typed copies of the Information that I received from the DICKINSON COLLEGE, (some of the writing is not legible but I will type the information the best that I can) see below: XI. CHARLES FRANCIS HIMES{5}, ---(WILLIAM{4}(GEORGE{3} FRANCIS{2} WILLIAM{1} ) b. June 2, 1838 at Intercourse, Lancaster Co, PA d. no info (later found he died Dec. 6, 1918) m. January 2, 1868 MARY ELIZABETH MURRAY b. February 11, 1848, at Dillsburg, York Co., PA, daughter of Rev. Joseph A. Murray and Ann Harp (Blair) Murray (see Blair, Murray, Parker, Denny Genealogy) CHARLES FRANCIS HIMES{5} received his early education at the Academy in New Oxford, PA, called the "ATHENEE AND HYGYAL?" owned and conducted by DR. M. D. G. PFEIFFER, a highly educated, public-spirited German, Practicing Physician, a graduate of the UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, and a soldier under Korner? against "NAPOLEON" &__? Him die. Charles Francis Himes entered Dickinson College the Spring term 1853 (for the sophomore class) and was graduated in 1855, Graduated Fourth in his class. He taught in the following towns: Wayne Co, PA; Illinois 1856; Near St. Joseph, MO in 1857; Chester Co, PA 1859; Baltimore Fem? College 1860; Troy University, New York 1860-1863-Prof. Matto?; He attended college in Germany 1863 to 1865 -mostly at Giessen University, where he was matriculated as a student of Chemistry and Physics. He was at Dickinson College 1865-1896 Chemistry and Physics. Mary Elizabeth (Murray) Himes was born in Dillsburg, York Co., PA, whilst her father Rev. Joseph A. Murray was in charge of Monaghon Presbyterian Church at that place, February 11, 1848. Charles Francis Himes and Mary Elizabeth (Murray) married January 2, 1868. They traveled in Europe 1872, 1883, and 1890. Mary graduated at Marry? Institute, Carlisle, PA in 1866. She died at Owaneco, IL on her way home from St. Louis Exposition during a visit to her daughter, Mrs. George V. Metzel (Anna Magdalen Himes), after an illness of about two weeks of pneumonia, December 3, 1904. Buried at Ashland Cemetery,Carlisle, PA. 1. MARY MURRAY HIMES b. December 23, 1868 in Carlisle, PA d. no info m. September 21, 1905 THOMS EYSTER VALE (1) MARY HIMES VALE b. January 6, 1907 at Carlisle, PA (2) SARAH ELIZABETH VALE b. February 6, 1908 at Carlisle, PA
2. ANNA MAGDALEN HIMES b. March 10, 1880 in Carlisle, PA m.March 24, 1904 to REV. GEORGE VALENTINE METZEL (1) CHARLES HIMES METZEL b. December 28, 1904 at Owaneco, IL (2) GEORGE VALENTINE METZEL b. July 12, 1912 at Mechanicsburg, IL? (there is no Mechanicsburg, IL but there is Mechanicsburg, PA)
10-17-2001 St. John's Literary Institution at Prospect Hall sent information on Charles Francis Himes b 6-2-1838 and d. 12-6-1918, educator and scientist, was born in Lancaster Co, PA. His paternal ancestor, William Heim came to America from the German Palatinate, arriving in Philadelphia, August 29, 1730. His maternal ancestor, Jacob Lanius, also came from the Palatinate, (Germany) arriving in Philadelphia Sept. 11. 1731. When Charles Francis Himes was a little boy his parents moved to New Oxford. Here he attended an academy conducted by Dr. M. D. G. Pfeiffer. He entered Dickinson College as a sophomore in the spring of 1853 and was graduated in June 1855 at the age of seventeen. After graduation he was instructor for a year in mathematics and naturual sciences at the Wyoming Conference Academy, Wayne County, PA, and the following year he taught in the public schools of Missouri. Following a short period of teaching at the Baltimore Female College, in 1860, when only 22 years old, he was appointed professor of mathematics at Troy University, Troy, NY. Here he remained until 1863, when he went to the chair of natural science at Dickinson College and remained with the college for 31 years. In resignation of President James a. Macauley in 1888, he served as Acting President for one year. He was a teacher of exceptional force and originality; his lectures were clear and logical' and he kept well abreast of the science of his day. In 1865, he started elective laboratory courses at Dickinson, which was one of the first colleges to offer such courses. He made a special study of photography and became a leading authority on certain branches of that science. In 1869, he was appointed on the U.S. Government expedition to observe at Ottumwa, IA, the total eclipse of the sun. His official report appeared in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Oct. 1869; and in addition he published Some of the Methods and Results of Observation of the Total Eclipse of the Sun., Aug. 7, 1869. From 1872 to 1879 he was associated with Spencer Fullerton Baird (q.v.) of the Smithsonian Institution in the preparation of the Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 (8 vols., 1872-79). In 1884, he organized at Mountain Lake Park, MD, the first summer school of Photography. He published many articles of scientific and pedagogical interest, among which are "On the Convergence of the Optic Axes in Binocular Vision" (American Journal of Photography, Sept. 1862); "Discussion of the Phenomenon of the Horizontal Moon by Aid of the Stereoscope" (British Journal of Photography Sept. 30, 1864); "Actinishm" (Journal of the Franklin Institute, May 1885); "The Stereoscope and Its Applications" (ibid., May, June 1887); Amateur Photography in Its Educational Relations" (Ibid., May 1889) "The Making of Photography" (ibid Dec. 1899); "Photographic Record Work" (ibid Mar 1900); "Treatment of Written Historical Documents for Preservation" (ibid Mar 1907). He also published Heinrich Will's Tables for Qualitative Chemical Analysis, translated and enlarged, in 1867; A Sketch of Dickinson College (1879); The True John Dickinson (1912); Col. Robert Magaw, the Defender of Fort Washington (1915); and Life and Times of Judge Thomas Cooper (1918). On Jan 2, 1868, he married Mary Elizabeth Murray and two daughters were born to them. At Dickinson College he was active in the affairs of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, of which he was one of the founders. He death occurred in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. [Biog. Annals of Cumberland Co. PA (1905); J. W. Jordan, Encyc. of PA Biog. Vol. II (1914); PA-German Soc. Proc. and Addresses, Vol. VII (1897) Vol. XXX (1924); Carlise Herald, Dec. 7, 1918; Baltimore American, Dec. 8, 1918; information from daughter, Mrs. P. E. Vale; Personal Acquaintance]
More About Charles Francis Himes, 2-16-6-2-2 and Mary Elizabeth Murray: Marriage: Jan 2, 1868, Carlisle, PA.
Children of Charles Francis Himes, 2-16-6-2-2 and Mary Elizabeth Murray are:
Charles Francis Himes, 2-16-6-2-2 (b. Jun 2, 1838, d. Dec 6, 1918)
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