Charles B. Biswell recounts his life's story for his great-grandson Hayes

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On June 3, 1993, and at the age of 89, Charles B. Biswell recounted his life's story for his great-grandson Hayes David Richard Pierson a few days before his first birthday.

Highlights:

• Life on the Biswell farm in Howard County, MO.
• His education, including Central Methodist College at Fayette, MO, and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
• His jobs.
• His romance, engagement, and wedding to Mary Yancey.
• Their move to Delaware and New Jersey and his career with DuPont.
• The birth of their son Charles "David" Biswell and his childhood.
• The Chestnut Drive house in Woodstown, NJ.
• David's engagement and wedding to Sue Ellen Clevenger.
• Mary Yancey Biswell's illnesses.
• Charles's retirement from DuPont in 1968.
• Their move to Orangeburg, SC, in 1978.
• Charles's marriage to Azel Stockman in 1981 after Mary's death in 1978.
• His current health, including his deteriorating sight.