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-- CHARLES C. DAVIDSON was born in Noble County, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1844.  He worked on his father's farm while a boy, attending school during the winter months.  When nineteen years old he entered the Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, where he pursued his studies so vigorously that at the end of two years failing health sent him again to his father's home.  Here, under private teachers, he continued his studies and completed the course begun at college.  For the first few years his teaching was in the schools near his home.  During these early years his abilities were recognized, and his services were eagerly sought at the various institutes and in the normal schools.  In 1871 he was appointed school examiner of Noble County, and with signal success he filled this position until called to the superintendency of the Quaker City schools.
     To identify himself more closely with the professional teachers of Ohio, he completed, in 1875, the classical course of study at the Ohio central Normal School, and in this year obtained a life certificate from the State Board of School Examiners.
     In 1876 he took charge of the public schools of New Lisbon, where he remained for nine years, winning for himself and the schools an enviable reputation.
     Desiring a wider field of labor, he chose Alliance, and in his new field has added new lustre to his fame as an educator.  His success as superintendent of the schools in this latter place was evidenced in the fact that the Board of Education, unsolicited on his part, at the end of the first year elected him for two years, at a greatly advanced salary.
     The results of his efforts are a largely increased attendance in the schools, with a correspondingly increased interest, and a visible improvement in "methods;" a public school library of a thousand volumes from the best authors; the purchase of the vacated college and its valuable grounds as the building suitable for the imperative needs of the city and which, when remodeled, will be one of the finest school buildings and sites in the State.
     In 1886 the Ohio University conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts, and most worthily was the honor bestowed.  For years he has been a member of both the State Teachers' Association and National Department of School Superintendence, holding various offices in both; and for the past two years has acted as secretary of the National Association of School Superintendents.
Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887 - Page 356