Charles Flowers

Charles Newman Flowers (Jesenic: Hirrman Karólis Niyman Flórsling) (1877-1922) was a Jesenic forefather and prominent businessman whose fame among the modern Jesenic people stems from the fact that his father was Joseph Flowers. While not a full speaker of the Jesenic dialect of his forefathers, he did retain some basics that were later preserved by distant relatives, which paved the way for the Jesenic revival in the 21st century.

Early life
He was born on December 23, 1877. Not much is known about the life of Charles prior to 1916, leaving him the figure of Jesenic history least known about.

Known life, 1916-1922
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Death
On July 28, 1922, Charles died from a cause currently unknown. According to a local newspaper report out of Jackson, he was buried in the cemetery at Crystal Springs on the Saturday after (July 29), although the wording and timing of the newspaper report, dated July 29, could suggest the possibility that he was actually buried on August 4th, the Saturday of the following week.

Legacy
Charles, while not the most active of the Jesenic forefathers in terms of major historical developments, had a major impact on Jesenic identity that preserved it until the great revival nearly 95 years after his death. Though he had been buried in the grave, the hope of said revival continued. The basics of Jesenic dialectal words and grammar were preserved by distant relatives possibly some time before his passing.

Trivia

 * Charles registered with Selective Service for the WW1 draft on September 12, 1918.
 * Charles had black hair and brown eyes. Charles appears to have been described as 5'7", with a slender build, and was not handicapped.
 * He had no children that we know of, which led to the extinction of the family name in the lineage of WIlliam. All other descendants (besides Richard, who died in infancy; Joseph, Charles' father; and Ignatious, who died at a young age) of William were female and therefore took a different name at marriage.
 * There was a potential for the name to continue. William's firstborn son, Richard, however, died in infancy, and Ignatious, his third male child, died at the age of 10. Joseph was the only male direct descendant of his, and therefore, Charles was the last male descendant of William's with the family name.