Charles Boyer was born in 1844 and died in 1880. Charles volunteered for service in the Civil War in November 1862 and was discharged in August of 1863. Boyer saw some of the brunt of the Civil War, being stationed in Washington, D.C. for a brief time after the battle of Gettysburg. After his time in the service, he returned to Snyder County. He was a farmer by trade, working the fields with his family. He married a woman named Amelia Lechner and had two daughters, Lillian and Mary.

Later, Charles came to know Sigfried Weis, the founder of what became the regional supermarket chain, Weis Markets. Charles joined Weis in fighting the Selinsgrove and North Branch Railroad Company. The railroad was trying to buy land in Selinsgrove and Sunbury to connect Snyder County with the rest of the railroad system. Both Weis and Boyer, with the help of a man named Henry E. Miller, sued the railroad in May 1878.

When he was not fighting in a war or suing railroad companies, Charles Boyer was living his life and feeding his family. His service in the Civil War gained him officer status, and he was given a military funeral. He is not some fantasy character, he was a real person. Charles Boyer, 1840-1880