Warren, Charles S., 1846-1921

Charles S. Warren was born in Illinois in 1846, served in the Union Army in the Civil War, and in 1866 drove a bull train to Virginia City, Montana Territory. He taught school in the Deer Lodge valley while placer mining during the summers. From 1869 to 1875 he served as deputy sheriff and sheriff, of Deer Lodge. He later moved to Butte where he continued his activities in mining and also became the first police magistrate. Later he was elected clerk of U.S. District Court, and was a member of the state Constitutional Convention in 1889. He established the Comanche Mining Company, the Charles S. Warren Realty and Mining Company, and in association with Lee Mantle, the Intermountain Publishing Company. Charles married Mittie Avery of Maine, in 1871. Their daughter, Mary, married John Murphey of Butte.

From the guide to the Warren Family papers, 1864-1982, (Montana Historical Society Research Center)

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