Charles Van Buren
was
born in Massachusetts in 1885 and died in Florida in 1987. He lived in
New London until the twenties and then moved to Middletown in 1927,
residing on Randolph Road. According to the Godfrey Library, in 1926 he
appears in the Middletown Directory as Superintendent of the Town School
District. In 1927, he is listed as the Superintendent of Portland
Schools as well as Superintendent of the town District of MIddletown. He
retired in 1954 and in 1971 moved to Florida.
