CHARLES M. RAWLINGS

Charles M. Rawings.
Mayor, Lyons, Kansas.
1889.
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CHARLES M. RAWLINGS, County Clerk, came to Sterling in 1876, where he became interested in the grocery business, and afterward in the land and loan business, until elected County Clerk in the fall of 1881. He moved to Lyons soon after and took charge of the office. He was born in Quakertown, Bucks Co., Pa., in 1842. His parents went to Bureau County, Ill., in 1850, in which state he was raised on a farm. Went to Livingston County, Ill., in 1854, and lived until 1862, and enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry; participated in all the battles of his command and was captured near Goldsboro, N. C. in 1865; confined in Salisbury, N. C., until May 1, 1865. Was mustered out July 6, 1865, as a drummer boy. Went to Nashville, Tenn., in 1866, and became operator and agent for Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad until 1868, thence to Illinois; in the same capacity for the Chicago and Afton Railroad until he came to Kansas. In 1883 was elected Mayor of the City of Lyons by almost a unanimous vote, there being only four votes against him. He was married in 1868, to Miss Emma L. Ford, a native of Ohio. They have three children - Lou E., Willie A. and Frank E. He is a member of the Masonic order, I. O. O. F., K. of H., Meade Post, No. 14, G. A. R. and Lyons Cornet Band.

Civil War Card.

Name: RAWLINGS, CHARLES M.
Rank: PVT.
Company: B.
Unit: 129 IL US INF.
Residence: DWIGHT, LIVINGSTON CO, IL.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 6.
Hair: DARK.
Eyes: GRAY.
Complexion: LIGHT.
Marital Status: SINGLE.
Occupation: FARMER.
Nativity: QUAKER, BUCKS CO, PA.
Joined When: AUG 12, 1862.
Joined Where: DWIGHT, IL.
Joined By Whom: S T WALKLEY.
Period: 3 YRS.
Muster In: SEP 8, 1862.
Muster In Where: PONTIAC, IL.
Muster Out: MAY 30, 1865.
Muster Out Where: SPRINGFIELD, IL.
Muster Out By Whom: CPT MONTGOMERY.
Remarks: CAPTURED NEAR GOLDSBORO NC MAR 27, 1865