b: IN; s/of William F. Charnes (ca 1854 French Lick- Orange Co IN) & Eliza J. Lashbrooks (ca 1851 IN); m: Minnie Alta White (ca 1884 IN-ca 1932); res: 1910 Patoka- Gibson Co IN; 1918-20 Mt Carmel 1942 Mt Carmel; ch: Ola (ca 1900 IL mar and divorced ? Guaret) & Herman E.* (1902 IN) & Viola B. (ca 1904 IN m: Henry Grant ca 1894 IL) & Walter H.* (ca 1908 IN) & Bertha Violet* (1910 IN-1934 m: Earl Howard Cannon*) & Henry (ca 1915 IN) & Thelma (ca 1922 IL)