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Note: Charles was the only one of his family to migrate to America. He made the trip and arrived at about 16 years of age. He attended school in his native land until age 14 and during the intervening two years until him emigration to America he was employed as a clerk in a dry goods store. After remaining for a year in New York City he went to the Province of Ontario, Canada where he worked on a farm for some time. At length he removed to Iowa and for a period engaged in teaching schools south of Algona during the winter months and during the summer seasons he worked on the farm of James Mitchell with whom he made his home. At that time the conditions in Iowa were largely those of the frontier and the schoolhouse in which he taught was made of sod. It was known ass the Carroll school and was one of the first established in that section. A year before Armstrong was platted Mr. Ogilvie removed to this locality and became one of the first merchants of the new town, carrying a well chosen general stock. He was thereafter continuously connected with the business interests of the town and conducted an up to date and well patronized grocery until Nov. 1916 when he retired. He was in good health at the age of 84 years.
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