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Biography
Charles Choate
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 654


Charles Choate, a prominent citizen of Bridgton, Me., who cultivates a fine farm
of two hundred acres, was born in the city of Lynn, Essex County, Mass., April
8, 1826. He is a son of Ebenezer and Eliza (Barker) Choate, and belongs to two
of the old families of Bridgton, his grandparents on both sides of the house
having been early residents of Bridgton.

His paternal grandfather, who was born in Massachusetts in 1765, joined the
Revolutionary army as a drummer, and was afterward in active service as a
soldier. He settled in Bridgton, Me., about 1800, and was there engaged in
farming up to the time of his death. His son, Ebenezer Choate, was born in
Essex, Mass., in 1796. He was about four years old when the family removed to
Bridgton, and in that town he was reared and educated. Returning to his native
State when a young man, he spent some years in Essex County, but finally came
back to Maine, devoting the rest of his life to the pursuit of agriculture in
the town of Naples. His wife, Eliza Barker, was a native of Bridgton, Me. Mr.
and Mrs. Ebenezer Choate were the parents of the following children: William,
Charles, Isaac, Ruth, Isaac (second), Elizabeth, Eunice, Eunice (second), and
William.

Charles Choate received a common-school education in the town of Naples. He
aided his father about the home farm until August, 1862, when he enlisted as a
private in Company E, Twenty-fifth Maine Volunteer Infantry. Mustered in at
Portland, his regiment was sent to Washington, and was stationed at Arlington
Heights during the winter. Mr. Choate received his discharge from military
service July 10, 1,863, and returned to his father's farm, where he remained
till 1889. He then removed to the fine estate on which he now resides, where he
has since been engaged in general farming. It was the old homestead of Mrs.
Choate's father, now hers by inheritance. This property covers two hundred
acres, and much of the land is in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Choate
exercises good judgment and progressive methods in his chosen vocation, and is
one of the leading members of the farming community of Bridgton.

On December 10, 1884, he was united in marriage with Mary E., daughter of
Nehemiah and Rebecca (Kimball) Choate, of Bridgton, lifelong residents of the
town. Politically, Mr. Choate is a stanch Republican. He served on the Board of
Selectmen in Naples, and has been Selectman of Bridgton since 1893. A member of
the Grand Army of the Republic, he takes an active part in the councils of
Farragut Post, No. 27, of Bridgton. Mrs. Choate is a member of the
Congregational church.