Background
Start, Charles Monroe was born on October 4, 1839 in Bakersfield, Vermont, United States. Son of Simeon Gould and Mary Sophia (Barnes) Start.
Start, Charles Monroe was born on October 4, 1839 in Bakersfield, Vermont, United States. Son of Simeon Gould and Mary Sophia (Barnes) Start.
Academic education, Bakersfield and Barre, Vermont. First lieutenant Company I, 10th Vermont Infantry, 1862. Removed to Rochester, Minnesota, 1863.
Prospective attorney, Olmstead Company, Minnesota, 1868-1876. Attorney general of Minnesota, 1880-1881. Judge 3d Judicial District, 1881-1894.
Reëlected, 1894, for 6 years but resigned, January, 1895, having been elected chief justice Supreme Court of the Minnesota.
Reëlected, 1900, 1906. Retired January 6, 1913.
Home: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Married Clara Wilson, August 10, 1865.