Charles Lose was born on 9. Mar. 1856 at Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of
James Lose and
Phoebe Starr.
Charles Lose appeared on the census of 7. Jun. 1880 at with his parents, Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Charles Lose was shown in the census on 7. Jun. 1880 as a teacher. He married
Rebecca Johnson, daughter of
Hon. Henry Johnson and
Margaret Greene, on 22. Jun. 1882. Charles Lose was shown in the census on 22. Apr. 1910 as superintendant of public schools.
Charles Lose and
Rebecca Johnson appeared on the census of 22. Apr. 1910 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; 8 children, 7 living. Charles Lose was shown in the census on 18. Feb. 1920 as a school principal.
Charles Lose and
Rebecca Johnson appeared on the census of 18. Feb. 1920 at Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
Charles Lose appeared on the census of 9. Apr. 1930 at Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; a widower. He died on 4. Mar. 1940 at age 83.
Charles Lose, a prominent citizen of Williamsport, and county superintendent of public schools, is well known and highly respected.
James Lose, father of Charles Lose, was reared on a farm in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and came to Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, at the age of eighteen years. He was apprenticed to and learned the shoemaker's trade at Muncy, Pennsylvania, and at the present time is a prosperous merchant in the hoot and shoe line at Montoursville, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. He married Phoebe Starr, who died in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. James Lose had six children : 1, Kate; 2, Charles, of whom later; 3, Bartley; 4, Sallie; 5, Irvin; and 6, James, deceased.
Charles Lose, second child and eldest. son of James and Phoebe (Starr) Lose, was born in Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, March 9, 1856. He received an excellent education, having attended Lafayette College and Bucknell University. lie was an earnest student and began teaching at the early age of seventeen years. He was principal of Montoursville high school for one year, and of the Lycoming County Normal School for four years, being very successful in the many new methods of instruction which he introduced. In 1884 he was appointed county superintendent of public schools by the state superintendent to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of his predecessor, and was elected to the same position in 1887 and 1890. His work as county superintendent of public schools has been eminently satisfactory! Mr. Lose married, June 22, 1882, Rebecca J., eldest daughter of Hon. Henry Johnson of Williamsport. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lose are the parents of four children.
Source: Genealogical and Personal History of Lycoming County, John W. Jordan, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1906.
Charles Lose - Charles Lose was born in Lycoming County in 1856. He attended Lafayette College and Bucknell University and began teaching at the early age of 17. He was principal of several schools in the Williamsport area and was very successful in introducing many new methods of instruction.
Charles Lose was an ardent disciple of Izaak Walton and was, before he lost his sight in an accident, an expert trout fisherman. He was also a passionate naturalist and conservationist. Lose saw the desecration of forests and the loss of pristine water due to the destruction caused by the lumber and tannery industries. In the 1920s, he was a devoted and outspoken supporter of a $25 million bond issue which would enable 6 million acres of forest lands to belong to and be safeguarded by the State – an effort to restore Penn’s Woods. That initiative was unfortunately not successful. Today, there are 2.1 million acres of state forests.