Jere & Maude Charlow House

While living in Joplin with his wife Maude Ellen Gregg Charlow (1876-?) He was a bookkeeper for Picher Lead Company and according to The Indian Leader newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, “…receives a handsome salary and is trusted and greatly respected by all who know him.” He left Joplin to become a clerk with the United States Indian Service-Cheyenne Agency in Dewey, South Dakota. Upon his death he was a special disbursing agent for the United States Government Interior Department In Lansing, Michigan. Jere maintained his membership in the B.P.O.Elks Lodge No. 501 of Joplin and was honored at the Elks annual memorial service after his death.

On April 27, 1942—at 61 years old—Jere was obligated to register in the “Fourth Registration” of the World War II draft! Known as the “Old Man’s Draft,” it was intended to provide the government with a register of manpower between 45-64 years of age who might be eligible for national service on the home front.