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Birth: 1889-08-11, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, The Shelby county Health Dept. has a gap in it's record from 1889 to 1898.
Census: 1900 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Charlie b.08-__-1888 TN
Job: 1908-1958, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, railroad yardmaster, His father, and perhaps his grandfather, also worked for Illinois Central in Memphis. Charles started with the ICRR at age 19. He worked his way up to the position of yardmaster. Upon retirement in 1958, after fifty years of service, he received his "gold card" which allowed him to travel, at no charge, anywhere, anytime on any ICRR line.
Census: 1910 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Charlie b.08-__-1888 TN Charles age 11 living with parents, ImageID: D__0161
Married: 1911-06-11, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:groom, If the marriage registration is being correctly read, Charles and Anna were married on 1912-06-11 instead 1911-06-11 as the family reported. That might mean that they were married three months after the birth of their first child, assuming that their firstborn was born in March 1912. Marriage registration of Charles F. Deaton and Anna May Carey, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Jun.1912. A newspaper article in the Commercial Appeal (page 33) has the mother of the bride (widow Catheirne Carey) announcing the upcoming wedding. Catherine died eight days after the wedding. Marriage registration of Charles F. Deaton and Anna May Carey, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Jun.1912. A newspaper article in the Commercial Appeal (page 33) has the mother of the bride (widow Catheirne Carey) announcing the upcoming wedding. Catherine died eight days after the wedding., ImageID: D__0056,D__0108,D__0109,D__0124,D__0402
Livedin: c1912-1969, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1408 LeFlore Street, all four children were born in this house. The Deaton house was next door to the home of William "Pops" Kuhn and his wife Julia on Lauderdale Street, Julia was the the half-sister of Anna Mae Carey. Anna Mae and their mother lived with Julia and William.
Marry-intent: 1912-06-11, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:fiance, Marriage registration of Charles F. Deaton and Anna May Carey, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Jun.1912. A newspaper article in the Commercial Appeal (page 33) has the mother of the bride (widow Catheirne Carey) announcing the upcoming wedding. Catherine died eight days after the wedding., ImageID: D__0056,D__0425
Land: 1912-07-30, Age:83y 3m 17d, Shelby county Tennessee, Role:seller, Charles and Annie Deaton sold property to Julia Kuhn for one dollar, ImageID: D__0119
Military: ?1916 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:draftee, Charles F. Deaton draft card but because he had a family he avoided active service, ImageID: D__0074,D__0165
Census: 1920 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Charlie age 30 b.TN parents b.US railroad engine foreman, Annie age 28 b.TN parents b.TN[?], Charles age 7 b.TN in school, this family was living with Annie's half-sister Julia and Julia's husband Wm Kuhn at 1412 Lauderdale St., ImageID: D__0162
Census: 1930 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Charlie b.08-__-1888 Memphis TN parents b.TN railroad switchman, Annie b.Memphis age 38 married at age 20 parents b.TN, Charles b.Memphis age 17, Adelinda b.Memphis age 6, Roy J. b.Memphis age less than one year old, ImageID: D__0075,D__0164
Job: 1931 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, ImageID: D__0401
Census: 1940 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Charles Deaton family at 1408 LeFlore St All were born in Tennessee. Charles age 50, Annie age 48, Charles Jr. age 27, Addie Linda age 17, Roy age 11 and Patricia age 8. Familiar family friends are their neighbors at this address.
Census: 1950 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, Charles Deaton family Charles F. Deaton age 61 born TN railroad yard master, wife Anna M. age 58 born TN, son Roy J. age 21 born TN order filler at Cargill Bros., Patricia A. age 18 born TN Memphis State student. Their neighbors included family friends such as the Turks and Blankenships.
Census: 1950 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Role:census federal, 1950 census for Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee with Charles F. Deaton age 61 born Tennessee railroad yard master, wife Anna M. age 58 born Tennessee. son Roy J. age 21 born Tennessee order filler at Cargill Bros., Patricia A. age 18 born Memphis, Tennessee State student. Their neighbors included family friends such as the Turks and Blankenships., ImageID: D__0144
Obit: 1953-1972, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, 1953 obituary of Anna (Carey) Deaton and the 1972 obituary of Charles F. Deaton. Both obituaries from the newspaper in Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee., ImageID: D__0397
Burial: 1972 , Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Calvary Cemetery, section 10, buried beside his ife, ImageID: D__0005
Death: 1972-11-28, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, Shelby County File 36702
Physical: ?, Age:83y 3m 17d, Role:physical, gray, red
Education: ?, Age:83y 3m 17d, Role:student, grade, only attended school through eighth grade
Job: ?, Age:83y 3m 17d, ?Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, ImageID: D__0398
Livedin: ?, Age:83y 3m 17d, Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, After Charles and Anna Mae were married they lived with the Kuhn's for a while until they got their own house across the street from St. Thomas Catholic Church. Later they moved to the house on LeFlore Street.

Ancestry.com family for Adeline 'Addie' (Buhr) Deaton, it does list her two sons but with the second one being born in Mississippi [?]

Charles' father-in-law and mother both died within a two-week period in 1893. However, since Charles was only age four at the time, he did not yet know his father-in-law.

Charles's daughter, Addie Linda (Deaton) Knudsen, said that her father once mentioned to her that he was from Franklin (Williamson) Tennessee, which is just southwest of Nashville. An interesting point to that: Williamson county in southern Illinois is where some Deaton cousins lived [see Littleberry Deaton], and, the Illinois county was named after Williamson county Tennessee.