Jennie Charles
June 5, 1844-Feb. 28, 1903
Niles Republican (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, March 5, 1903, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library; from Niles Daily Star, Saturday, Feb. 28, 1903
HAND OF DEATH
Brings Sorrow into Three Homes in Niles
CHARLES
At 3:30 o'clock this morning the gentle spirit of Miss Jennie Charles passed to its reward. She had been confined to her room for the past four months with tubercular trouble but up to last week had seemed to improve. Her condition, however, had gradually been growing more serious since.
Miss Charles has been a resident of Niles for many years and had endeared her herself to everyone with whom she came in contact by her sweet and sunny disposition. Those who knew her more intimately could best appreciate her sterling qualities, giving them a daily lesson in cheerfulness under adverse circumstance. She was a devout member of the Baptist church, having at heart always the good of the church. She is survived by her neice[sic], Miss Edna Randall, who has devoted her life to the care and happiness of her aunt, studying her every wish and well being first and last and bringing sunshine to the patient sufferer and other relatives.
Miss Charles was a native of western New York but had been a resident of Niles for upwards of thirty-five years. The family moved to Union, Mich., in the first place and later came to Niles where the deceased's father, the late R.K. Charles, was engaged in the dry goods business.
Niles Republican (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, Mar 5, 1903, page 5, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
News of the Week: Saturday: The funeral services for the late Mrs. Helen Quimby Montague and the late Miss Jennie Charles were held this afternoon, one at 2 o'clock the other at 3:30, and their remains now rest in the silent tomb at peaceful Silver Brook cemetery.