According to Frances X. Ray in The Heritage of Henderson County, Volume II, “Charlie Blackwell was born in Henderson County 21 November 1881. He was the son of Larkin Berry and Matilda Scott Blackwell. On 26 April 1900, he married Julia Elizabeth Camp, daughter of Elbert Abner and Elizabeth Nelson Camp…. Charlie, my beloved “Paw Paw” was my grandfather whom I followed like a shadow. He was a farmer most of his life. At the beginning of the depresssion in the 1930s, to supplement his income and just to sell the crops he grew, he would load his horse drawn wagon with all types of fresh produce and apples and travel to Greenville, South Carolina. By horse and wagon it took two days to go to Greenville and two days to return. He would sell house to house until he was sold out, then buy peaches, cantaloupes and other produce not grown in Hendersonville, return home and repeat the process there. Later, still during the depression, he was able to swap a cow for a car, which he made into a pick-up truck so he could expand the area of his produce business. During this period he said “Farmers had plenty of food but no money to buy those things you could not grow”. He discontinued his trips when the depression ended. He died 3 February 1966 and is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery as is his wife Julia Elizabeth who died 14 March 1961.”