Introduction

Biography

Charles was the son of Palm­er E. Ha­vens and Bet­sy E. Put­nam, and hus­band of Ade­laide F. Ha­vens.

An org­an­ist, and com­pos­er of both se­cu­lar and re­li­gious mu­sic, he first studied in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

In 1865, he be­came an or­gan­ist at the Se­cond Pres­by­ter­ian Church, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois. He served there se­ver­al years, then moved to the First Bap­tist Church, then to the First Pres­by­ter­ian in Oc­to­ber 1874.

He re­signed from the First Pres­by­ter­ian in Oc­to­ber, 1875, to fill a three month en­gage­ment at St. James Epis­co­pal Church, re­turn­ing to the First Church Jan­ua­ry 9, 1876, where he stayed un­til Ja­nu­ary 12, 1879.

From 1882–90, he was again with the Se­cond Pres­by­ter­ian Church, then re­turn­ing to the First Bap­tist Church and serv­ing there to at least 1913.