An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, page 402-403.

CHARLES H. SOUTHERN is one of the pioneers of the Boyd country where he has
dwelt constantly since coming to Oregon. He is a well known business man and
property owner and one of the prominent citizens of the place. He was born in
Iowa, on May 14, 1855, the son of Martin and Elizabeth (Bolton) Southern,
natives of Virginia. The father's parents were also born in Virginia. The mother
came from an old Virginia family. In the fall of 1871, the family came to Oregon
and settled in Wasco county, near Boyd. The father died on November 8, 1877, in
the house where our subject dwells at the present time. The mother died on May
5, 1900. Our subject always lived with his parents and upon his father's death
he purchased the old homestead from his mother, which is a residence and eighty
acres where he now lives, and four hundred acres of choice wheat land adjoining.
Charles H. was educated in the place where the family lived in his early days
and was married on November 4, 1878, at The Dalles. The lady of his choice was
Miss Emma Rice, who was born in Lane county, Oregon. Her father, Horace Rice,
was a native of Ohio and his father died when he was a small lad. He came to
Oregon with his mother and brothers and sisters in 1851. His mother had married
Beckwith Cook. She died in Polk county, Oregon, in 1874. Mr. Southern has no
full brothers living, one half brother, William, two sisters, Mrs. Ella Rice and
Mrs. Lenna Seeley, and two half sisters, Mrs. Jane Mann and Mrs. Minerva
Wanamaker. Mr. and Mrs. Southern have two children, Ethel, wife of Roy D.
Butler, a merchant at Boyd and mentioned elsewhere in this work, and Harry
dwelling at home. Mrs. Southern has the following named brothers and sisters.
George, Austin C., Mrs. Etta Waterman and Mrs. Nellie Mann.      

Mr. and Mrs. Southern are both devout members of the Methodist church while he
holds the office of trustee. He also belongs to the W.W. Politically, he is a
Republican and active in the support of the principles of his party, being
frequently at the conventions and also taking a keen interest in the campaigns.
He has been school director many terms and is a zealous supporter of educational
advancement. Mr. Southern laid out the townsight of Boyd in 1895 but he had been
in business there since 1889 as a general merchant. About 1899, he sold his
store to his son-in-law and now gives his attention to the oversight of his
property interests.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.