Charles Blose, of Best, a retired farmer, was born June 2, 1849, in Washington township, this county, In 1867, he learned the carpenter trade which he followed for thirty-eight years. He was a boss carpenter for the last thirty-one years, employing as many as fourteen men in erecting buildings, throughout the upper end of the county. For many years, Mr. Blose was the leading carpenter and builder of his community, and always enjoyed the reputation of being an excellent mechanic. He owned a farm of thirty-four acres contiguous to his fathers farm to the north. This farm he sold in 1911, after an ownership of many years. Politically, he is an active Republican; for a number of times, he was delegate to county conventions and since 1896 is assessor of his native township. In 1869, Mr. Nose was united in marriage to Violetta Handwerk, a daughter of George and Lydia (Metzger) Handwerk. Mr. Blose and family are active members of the Reformed congregation of the Heidelberg Church, which he served both as deacon and elder.