Charles Wesley Caughlan

Charles Wesley Caughlan moved to Pittsfield, Illinois, in 1895 when he purchased the Pike County Times. He had a newspaper before in Plainville, Ill. There was a fire in 1895 that burned down the whole town of Plainsville. That's when he decided to move to Pittsfield, Ill. The Pike County Times consolidated with the Democrat in 1936 to form the Democrat Times.

In 1893 Christopher Irving sold the Pike County Banner to A.C. Bently and Charles Wesley Caughlan. They continued its publication and changed the name to the Pike County Times.

Anna Mary Long, wife of
Charles Wesley Caughlan

Last modified on Monday, December 16, 2002