Charles F. Mercer
BIRTH
Jun 16, 1778
(1778-06-16)June 16, 1778
DEATH
May 4, 1858
Howard estate, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
FAMILY
FATHER:
James Mercer
(1738-1793)
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Mercer, Charles F.
(1778-1858)
Charles F. Mercer was associated with the American Revolutionary era as a lawyer, soldier, statesman. The biographical details in this entry are based on the record titled “Charles F. Mercer.”
The exact date and place of Charles F. Mercer’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Charles F. Mercer with work or public activity as a lawyer, soldier, statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Charles F. Mercer died on May 4, 1858 in Howard estate, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.