Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 4. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 751
 
CHARLES E. FLATMAN

     Has for the past twenty-two years been employed by the government as a
carpenter at Fort Stevens.  His birth occurred in Suffolk, England, on the 3d of
April, 1838, his parents being Eastgate and Harriet Flatman who spent their
entire lives in that country, the father passing away in 1869 and the mother in
1848.  Eastgate Flatman followed carpentering and contracting throughout his
entire business career.  He was the father of nine children, of whom Charles is
the only survivor and the only one who came to America.
     Charles E. Flatman spent the first thirty-one years of his life in the land
of his nativity and in 1869 emigrated to North America, settling first in
Belleville, Canada, where he worked at the carpenter's trade for one year.  He
next spent six months in Brantford, Canada, and then crossed the border into the
United States, locating at Fort Gratiot, Michigan, where he remained for a
similar period.  Subsequently he removed to Detroit, Michigan, and there was
employed in the car shops of the Michigan Central Railroad as a builder of
passenger cars for a period of fifteen years.  In 1889 he came to Clatsop
county, Oregon, and has since remained in the government service as a carpenter
at Fort Stevens.  He has maintained his residence at Hammond for the past eleven
years, but prior to 1900 his family lived at Jordan, Linn county, Oregon.  In
addition to his home he also owns some property at Portland.
     In 1860, in London, England, Mr. Flatman wedded Miss Mary A. T. Thompson,
who was there born on the 24th of December, 1843.  Her parents, George and Mary
Thompson, were likewise natives of England and celebrated their marriage in that
country.  Mrs. Thompson passed away when her daughter Mary was but four years of
age, leaving a family of three children, as follows:  George, whose demise
occurred in the Bermudas, West Indies; Mrs. Flatman; and Robert, who is also
deceased.  Unto our subject and his wife were born six children, namely:
George, a native of London, England, who now resides at Hammond, Oregon; Charles
W., who was likewise born in England and now makes his home at Grand Rapids,
Michigan; Arthur, a native of London, England, who now resides at Mill City,
Marion county, Oregon; Frank, who was born in Michigan and now lives at Hammond,
Oregon; Robert, who is deceased; and one who died in infancy.
     Mr. Flatman gives his political allegiance to the republican party but has
never sought office as a reward for his party fealty.  He is an Episcopalian in
religious faith and fraternally is identified with the Red Men at Hammond.  In
the community where they reside both Mr. and Mrs. Flatman are well known and
highly esteemed as people of genuine personal worth.
 
 
Transcriber's additional notes:
 
Oregon Death Index -
Clatsop Co, OR; Charles Flatman
Date of death: July 7, 1921
Certificate # 137
 
Clatsop Co, OR; Mary Flatman
Date of death: November 21, 1913
Certificate # 3888


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has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.