Charles Francis Walsh
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Charles Francis Walsh (October 27, 1877 – October 3, 1912) was a pioneer aviator who died in a crash in Trenton, New Jersey.
He was born in Mission Valley, California to Walter C. Walsh. He had a brother, Robert J. Walsh. The family moved to San Diego, California. Charles hitchhiked to Los Angeles in 1901 to look for work. He took classes and then got a job as a steam engineer at the California General Hospital in Los Angeles. He married Alice Connolly on September 23, 1903. In January of 1904, they moved to Winslow, Arizona when Charlie was offered a job with the Union Pacific Railroad. He lost his temper as an apprentice and moved back to Los Angeles to work in an oil refinery as a field engineer in the Dominguez flatlands.
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Charles learned to fly from Lincoln Beachy. He crashed and died in 1912 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, San Diego.
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