Background
Charlton, Charles Magnus was born on October 12, 1877 in Maynard, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Emmanuel Carlson and Bellona Maria (Fisk) Charlton.
Charlton, Charles Magnus was born on October 12, 1877 in Maynard, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Emmanuel Carlson and Bellona Maria (Fisk) Charlton.
Student Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and Boston University. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1898.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1898. Minister in Vermont conference, 1898-1901. Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, chaplain United States Navy, October 17, 1901.
Served in Philippine Islands and on Asiatic Station, 1901-1904.
Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 1904-1906. United States Ship Georgia, 1906-1909.
Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, 1909-1910. Navy Yard, Boston, 1910-1913.
United States Ship Nebraska, 1913-1915.
Training station, Newport, Rhode Island, 1915-1917. United States Ship Pennsylvania, 1917. With United States Marines, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919.
Participated in Belleau Woods, Chateau Thierry, Soissons and Saint Miheil operations.
Navy Yard and Prison, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (U.S.), June 1, 1919-November 21, 1921 (resigned). Former rector Christ Church Parish (Protestant Episcopal), Providence, Rhode Island.
Later associate rector Saint Stephens Parish, Lynn, Massachusetts, Saint Mark’s Church, Boston. And Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Now chaplain and director, Seamen’s Club of Boston.
Trustee National Sailor’s Home, Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Member North Sea Mine Force Association, Military Order World Wars, Appalachian Mountain. Mason (32 degree).
Married Lucia Sarah Chamberlain, June 17, 1904 (deceased). Married second, Jessie M. Caddoo. Children: Frances Lincoln, Newell Chamberlain, Lucia Woodruff.