Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — FORMER MAINE CONGRESSMAN WHO IS DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FORMER MAINE CONGRESSMAN WHO IS DEAD.

Former Congressman Charles A. Boutelle of Maine died Tuesday in his retreat at the Mac Lean Asylum at Waverly, Mass. He was eloquent, able and popular, both in Washington and in the state of ~aine at large. He was 63 years old. Charles Addison Boutelle was born at Damariscotta, Me., on February 9, 1839. His father was a shipmaster, and after receiving an academic education the son went to sea on his fath-

er’s vessel. At the outbreak of the civil war he volunteered for service in the navy and was appointed master of the steamship Paul Jones of the South Atlantic squadron and served, during the blockade of Charleston, participating in the attacks on Fort Sumter and the occupation of Port Royal. He took a prominent part in the land fight at St. John’s Bluff, Fla., and at the capture of Jacksonville commanded a battery of marine howitzers.

CHARLES A.BOUTELLE