Charles Anderson Wolverton and Dr. Sara M. Donnell
Husband Charles Anderson Wolverton [3091]
Born: 24 Oct 1880 - Camden, Camden County, NJ Christened: Died: 16 May 1969 - Camden, Camden County, NJ Buried: - Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, NJ
Father: Charles S. Wolverton [3084] (1857-1935) Mother: Martha Anderson [3090] (1856- )
Marriage: 25 Jun 1907 - First Presbyterian Church, Camden, Camden County, NJ [MRIN:22404]
Wife Dr. Sara M. Donnell [65202]
Born: 1880 - Mattoon, Coles County, IL Christened: Died: 1938 - NJ Buried: - Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, Camden County, NJ
Children
1 M Donnell K. Wolverton [65203]
Born: 1912 - NJ Christened: Died: After 1998 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Charles Anderson Wolverton
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF6052
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971. Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. pp. 1950-1951.
"WOLVERTON, Charles Anderson, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Camden,
N.J., October 24, 1880; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department
of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and
began practice in Camden, N.J.; assistant prosecutor of Camden County, N.J., 1906-1913; special
assistant attorney general of New Jersey in 1913 and 1914; member of the State house of
assembly 1915-1918, serving as speaker in 1918; Federal food administrator for Camden County
1917-1919; prosecutor of pleas of Camden County 1918-1923; alternate delegate to the
Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1920; elected as a Republican to the Seventieth
and then to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1927-January 3, 1959); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1958; resumed the practice of law in Camden; died in Camden,
N.J., May 16, 1969; interment in Harleigh Cemetery."
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"Charles Anderson Wolverton was the son of Charles S. Wolverton and his wife Martha Anderson Wolverton. He was born in Camden NJ in 1880. His father was then working as a steamboat pilot, the family living in 1880 at 313 Birch Street in North Camden. In the mid-1880s the family lived at 66 Vine Street. A brother, Walter P. Wolverton was born in 1882. Charles S. Wolverton later worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a collector on the Vine Street Ferry. The Wolverton family had moved to 612 North 5th Street by this time. The Wolverton family moved to 601 State Street around 1905. Charles S. Wolverton rose to become Superintendent of the Ferry before it closed in the 1920s.
Charles A. Wolverton attended public school in Camden NJ. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and began practice in Camden NJ. His brother Walter studied accounting, and had a long career with the City of Camden.
In 1906 Charles A. Wolverton began serving as assistant prosecutor of Camden County, a post he held until 1913. During his time as prosecutor he appointed Lawrence Doran as an investigator. Doran would become Chief of Detectives, and serve in that capacity for many years.
Charles A. Wolverton on June 25, 1907. His wife Sara was a doctor of medicine. The Wolvertons were blessed with a son, Donnell K. Wolverton, in 1912.
Charles A. Wolverton entered state government as special assistant attorney general of New Jersey in 1913 and 1914. He was elected to the state legislature, serving as an Assemblyman from 1915 until 1918. He became speaker of the Assembly in 1918. During World War I years he also held the post of Associate Federal Food Administrator for Camden.
At the time of the 1920 Census Charles and Sara Wolverton were renting a home at 330 State Street in North Camden.
After leaving the state assembly, Charles A. Wolverton worked as prosecutor of pleas of Camden County until 1923. He also was an alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey in 1920.
In 1926, Charles A. Wolverton was elected to Congress as a Republican, defeating Edward J. Kelleher with 57,522 votes to Kelleher's 24,990. In the years to follow, the Democrats had difficulty finding candidates to run against the popular Congressman Wolverton.
Charles A. Wolverton was sworn in on March 27, 1927, would serve continuously until January 3, 1959, a total of 16 terms. During his time in Congress he was chairman, of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, in the Eightieth and Eighty-third Congresses.
Donnell K. Wolverton graduated from Princeton with honors in 1933.
At the time of the 1930 Census, Charles Wolverton and family resided at 505 State Street in North Camden. His neighbor, at 513 State Street, was prominent Camden attorney Samuel J.T. French Sr. and his family. The 1932 Congressional race featured the two as opposing candidates, which must have been interesting, as they lived only six doors apart. The sons of both men followed their fathers into law, although not into politics. Sadly, Sarah Wolverton would pass away in 1938.
Charles Wolverton had moved to Merchantville by 1947, where he was living at 2 Oak Terrace. By 1956 Charles A. Wolverton had moved to an apartment at Greenleigh Court in Merchantville NJ. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1958. He resumed the practice of law in Camden NJ, where he died on May 16, 1969. Survived by his son Donnell K., Charles A. Wolverton was buried at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, next to his wife Sara.
In addition to his political activity, Charles A. Wolverton was a member of the Freemasons, Knights Templar, Shriners, Elks, and the Rotary Club."
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General Notes: Wife - Dr. Sara M. Donnell
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"DR. SARAH DONNELL WOLVERTON was born in Mattoon IL in 1880. Here family came to Camden in the 1880s; her father, John K. Donnell, operated a grocery. The Donnell family lived for a time on King Street, below Mercer Street, in Gloucester City before moving to 555 State Street in North Camden. John Donnell operated a grocery in Philadelphia in the 1890s.
Sarah Wolverton grew up in Camden, where she received her education in Camden’s public schools and at the Raymond Academy. She went on to graduate from the Girl’s Collegiate Institute in Philadelphia in 1899, and the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1903. After graduation, she interned in 1904 at the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women, and was a resident at Children’s Hospital in Staten Island NY from 1904 through 1906.
After marrying then Camden County Prosecutor Charles A. Wolverton in 1910, Dr. Wolverton’s career in medicine would follow a different path. Her husband was a well known attorney and public figure, and soon involved himself in politics. He served as an assistant State Attorney general, and was a member of the New Jersey Assembly from 1915 through 1918. Charles A. Wolverton was elected to the House of Representatives from Camden in 1926, and remained Camden’s Congressman until 1959.
The 1920 Census shows the Wolverton family, which included son Donnell K., born in 1912, living at 330 State Street. By the end of the decades the family home was at 505 State Street.
Her son, Donnell K. Wolverton, graduated from Princeton with honors in 1938, and subsequently went into law.
Dr. Wolverton’s medical activities were mostly related to medical institutions. She sat on the Board of Governors of the Camden County Tuberculosis Hospital, and on the Board of Directors of the West Philadelphia Hospital for Women. She also was a member of the Camden County and Camden City Medical Societies, and of the New Jersey and the American Medical Women’s Associations. She was also active in affairs of Camden Lodge 293, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
Dr. Sarah K. Wolverton died in 1938. Survived by her husband and son, she rests at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden."
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Notes: Marriage
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