Charles J. RECTOR - born October 20, 1848, in Wirt county, now part of West Virginia, was a son of Steptoe and Elizabeth (Sherman) Rector, who came to Jackson county in 1856. His father was born September 3, 1816, and his mother on the 8th of September, 1833. In Jackson county, October 24, 1869, were spoken the words which united the lives of Charles J. Rector and Nancy Sherman, and in the years that have ensued their children have been born in the following order: Robert B., August 18, 1870; Wallace E., August 6, 1872; Carrie A., February 18, 1875; Olive E., October 15, 1877; Sally P., September 24, 1879; Fannie Alta, August 13, 1882. Abel and Priscilla (Anderson) Sherman are the parents of the wife of Mr. Rector, and her birth was in Jackson county, the date March 20, 1852. Abel Sherman was born March 11, 1824, and Priscilla (Anderson) Sherman, born June 20, 1832. Charles J. Rector owns and carries on a good farm in Grant district, and receives his mail at Sherman, Jackson county , West Virginia.

This is one of the biographical sketches of Jackson County residents from 'Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia... Special History Of The Virginias ..1883.'

Residences

1848 - Burning Springs, Wirt, Virginia 1850 - Wirt, Virginia 1860 - Jackson, Virginia 1870 - Grant, Jackson, West Virginia 1880 - Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia

1900 - Grant, Jackson, West Virginia 1910 - Williams, Wood, West Virginia 1920 - Williams, Wood, West Virginia 1930 - Williams, Wood, West Virginia 1946 - Vienna, Wood, West Virginia