Charles Emory Apgar was born on 28. Jun. 1865 at New Jersey. He was the son of
George C. Apgar and
Emily Van Dorn. Charles Emory Apgar married
Helen May Clark on 1. May. 1894.
Charles Emory Apgar and
Helen May Clark appeared on the census of 12. Jun. 1900 at Westfield, Union County, New Jersey; no children. Charles Emory Apgar was shown in the census on 21. Apr. 1910 as an agent for an automobile company.
Charles Emory Apgar and
Helen May Clark appeared on the census of 21. Apr. 1910 at Westfield, Union County, New Jersey; 3 children, 1 living. Charles Emory Apgar was shown in the census on 10. Jan. 1920 as an engineer, radio.
Charles Emory Apgar and
Helen May Clark appeared on the census of 10. Jan. 1920 at Westfield, Union County, New Jersey.

Charles Emory Apgar died on 19. Aug. 1950 at age 85.
Charles was a salesman for the New York Life Insurance Company, also an executive for the Spencer Trask & Co. Astronomy was his hobby. He wrote many articles for the Royal Canadian Astronomical Society. During World War I, the War Department knew that messages were being sent from a German station at Sayeville, Long Island. These messages were in a secret code that they couldn't decipher. However, Charles E. Apgar, a civilian and a radio fan, cracked the code. Then it was discovered that messages were being transmitted to German submarines about the movements of neutral ships in the area. Charles operated a private radio station W2MN in 1915.