NameCharles Louis Farabaugh
BirthDec 16, 1888, Carroll Township, Cambria County, Pa.
DeathJan 22, 1976, Gainesville, Ga.
BurialSt. Benedict Church Cemetery, Carrolltown, Pa.
FatherJoseph Farabaugh (1854-1947)
MotherAnna Mary Conrad (1859-1906)
Spouses
BirthJan 7, 1893, Minneapolis, Minn.
DeathDec 15, 1975
BurialSt. Benedict Church Cemetery, Carrolltown, Pa.
MarriageJun 1, 1927, St. Steven's Church, Minneapolis, Minn.
ChildrenCharles Kohl (1929-1952)
 Mary Alice (1931-2008)
 John Edward (1932-1932)
Notes for Charles Louis Farabaugh
Dr. Charley was born on the "Huber Farm," three miles south of Carrolltown, Pa. In December of 195 and in January of 1896, it was reported that he had perfect attendance at the Snyder School, No. 7, in Carroll Township. According to the 1900 Census, he was an 11 year old with 5 months of schooling living with his parents in Carroll Township. He went to school at West Chester Normal in 1911, graduating in 1913, and taught in the rural elementary schools of Cambria County for 3 1/2 years. Charley then taught 7th grade at a school in Bethlehem, Pa., and became principal. He then taught at the Ebensburg High School, 1914-1915. Charley then attended Penn State (B.S. in Agriculture, 1918), and was a Sargeant in the Quartermaster Corps during WW I. Charley then went to Minnesota, and was a part time instructor at the Univesity of Minnesota, 1920-22. Charley then studied at the University of Minnesota Medical School (M.D., 1927). Charley met Marie between quarters at medical school when he was teaching at a Minneapolis high school. Marie was a clerk who assigned substitute teachers at the time.

Charley began his medical practice in tiny Herreid, SD, population 550. He then lived in Minneapolis, MN, where he married Marie in 1927. The couple thereafter lived in Robbinsdale 1928-31; Owatonna 1931-9; Minneaspolis 1939-42; Missoula, Mont. 1942-7 (where he did post-graduate studies in eye, ears, nose and throat medicine); Cornwall and Newburgh, N.Y. 1947-72; and then Tampa, Fla. 1972-6. Charley specialized in eyes, ears, nose and throat surgery, especially during the years spent in Newburgh. Marie was a secretary and teacher during those years.

During WW I, Charley was an office worker in Paris for the Army. He wrote many letters home (Charley was a gifted letter writer) that were censored or edited.

Charley was an unforgetable, personable man; and interesting for his love of medicine, history, academics and politics. Many of his accomplishments came relatively late in life, a life that was marked by the tragic deaths of his son in Korea and son-in-law in Vietnam. Marie's death was especially difficult for him, and few relatives ever knew that Charley lost another son when the family lived in Minnesota.
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