Taken from a 1901 Supplement to The (Illiopolis) State Center Record
CHAS.
M. BUCKLES
Foreman
State Center
Record.
Since
the subject of the present sketch has had much to do with the mechanical work of
ILLUSTRATED ILLIOPOLIS, a few words concerning him are entirely relevant.
Apprenticed to the printer’s trade, when scarcely fourteen, he has worked at
it continuously, acquiring a facility and an expertness in every department. At
sixteen years of age he conducted the Pleasant Plains Advocate,
writing copy, setting type and doing all the work necessary to the publication
of that paper, and doing it in a manner that won the admiration of the older
heads in the business. At this time he had the distinction of being the youngest
editor in the state of Illinois. He subsequently. was connected with the Piatt
Co. Pilot
and,
in 1895, moved to Illiopolis where, for five years, he conducted the Sangamon
Co. Record, which he sold last March
to Mr. J. B. Higginson for whom he is now employed as foreman. At “the case”
and at “the stone” it is safe to say Charley Buckles is thoroughly at home.