CHARLES A. WEISER was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1861.  His father was of German ancestry and pursued the vocation of a miner.  His mother's maiden name was Angelina Knauss, and her family was among the early immigrants to this country from the Fatherland.  The great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Weiser was a soldier in Washington's army.  The subject of this sketch, removed to Wayne County, in 1880, first settling in Green township, soon afterwards going to Baughman township, where he permanently located and continuously resided, until the past year, when he removed to Wooster.  In his earlier years he found employment in, and around, the mines, where his father was engaged driving coal wagons, and indulging in the diverse and various experiences of the monotonous and precarious mining life.
     After he came to Ohio, he worked upon a farm, his efforts, energies, and industry, being rewarded by a satisfactory measure of success.  He was active and influential in matters pertaining to the welfare and interest of his township, and Burton City, advocating all enterprises that would advance the prosperity of either, or both.  He took a keen and forward interest in political campaigns and being a democrat, and in good standing with that political organization, he was chosen as the candidate for the Ohio Legislature and was elected in 1889, to the Sixty-Ninth General Assembly of the State being re-elected in 1893, when he made a good record.
     He read law with W. E. Weygandt, present Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne County, and admitted to the bar in June, 1898.  He has recently removed to Wooster, and is engaged in the practice of law, having formed a partnership with his preceptor.
     Mr. Weiser has had to wholly depend upon himself for his advancements and personal accomplishments and his education acquired at the common schools and the Ada Normal Institute, came as a resultant of his ambition and energy.  He appreciates the value and helps of mental discipline and the necessity of better standards in the common schools.  In Baughman township he served as a member of the Board of Education with acknowledged efficiency and was instrumental in introducting the graded system in his township.
Source: The Lawyers of Wayne County, Ohio from 1812 to 1900 by Ben Douglas, Author of "History of Wayne Co., Ohio" - Clapper Printer Company, Publishers, Wooster, Ohio - 1900 - Pages 151-152

                    NOTE:  The following was found in Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of The State of Ohio 1894-95 - Publ. Norwalk, Ohio - The Laning Ptg. Co., State Printers. - 1895 - Page 149

CHARLES A. WEISER, Representative from Wayne county, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, July 23, 1861.  His early life was spent on a farm, and in the iron works of his native county, and attending the common schools during the winter months.  At the age of sixteen he moved to Wayne county, Ohio, locating in Baughman township, where he engaged in farming.  Served for a number of years as a member of the board of education of his township.  Was elected to the House of Representatives of the 69th and 71st General Assemblies as a Democrat.

                    Also found in: The Democratic Party of the State of Ohio - Illustrated - Vol. II - Publ. by The Ohio Publishing Company - 1913 - Page 438-439

CHARLES A. WEISER was born in Lehigh County Pennsylvania, July 23, 1861.  After passing through the public schools of his native county he left the place of his birth and came to Wayne County, Ohio, locating in Baughman Township, where he spent the years of his boyhood working on a farm, his spare moments being spent in the study of the law, afterwards he entered the law school at Ada, Ohio, and after completing his law course was admitted to the bar in 1898.  In the year 1899, he formed a partnership with Judge Weygandt which partnership continued in the fall of 1908, when Mr. Weygandt was elected Judge of the court of common pleas.
     Mr. Weiser is one of the active Democrats of Wayne Count and is at present chairman of the County Executive Committee, a position he has filled for a number of years.  In the year 1899 he moved to the City of Wooster, where he has since resided with his family, and where he has been actively engaged in the practice of the law.  He served for seven years as president of the Wooster City Council, is a member of the Wooster Board of Trade, and at present is one of the directors, and chairman of the legal committee.
     Mr. Weiser was elected to the Ohio Legislature in the fall of 1889 and reelected to the same office in the fall of 1893.  HE has been a delegate to numerous conventions, and always takes an active part in every campaign, whether County of State, and is one of the ablest campaign orators in the County.
     As a lawyer he ranks among the ablest men of the Wayne County bar, and enjoys a large and lucrative practice, his reputation for honesty, integrity, straightforwardness of character, and fidelity to his clients and all confidences and trusts committed to him, whether professional or otherwise is fully established.  his pathways are along the moral levels of the world and he preserves the symmetry of a noble life by emphasizing his achievements to the higher ideals of the mind by defending the truth, the right, and by aiming to preserve the perfect proportions of truth.
     Mr. Weiser is a member of the English Reform Church, and one of its most liberal supporters.  Fraternally he belongs to the order of the Knights of Pythias and the order of Eagles.
     Mr. Weiser is a member of the English Reform Church, and one of its most liberal supporters.  Fraternally he belongs to the order of the Knights of Pythias and the order of Eagles.
     Mr. Weiser's father, Christian Weiser, was born in Baden, Germany, and immigrated to America when a boy, locating in Lehigh County, Pa.  His mother was Angelina Knauss, whose ancestors were among the early pioneers of this country.  The Knauss reunions which are held every two years are attended by representatives of this celebrated family from almost every state in the Union.  Charles A. Weiser married Malinda B. Shafer, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, a descendant of one of the oldest pioneer families of Wayne County, Ohio.  They have an interesting family of six children, five boys and one girl.  Their beautiful home on Pittsburg Avenue is one of the ideal homes of Wooster.