Early life Charles Larned was a native of
Pittsfield in
Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Berkshire County Sheriff
Simon Larned. While stationed in Detroit, Larned, along with eighty others (including General
Lewis Cass) learned of General
William Hull's plan to surrender Detroit to the British without a fight. The men signed a document, found among Larned's personal papers, agreeing to seize Hull and depose him in order to prevent the surrender. Hull learned of the plan and instead sent Larned and many of the others south to
Ohio to meet a supply convoy. While returning to Detroit, they received word that Hull had surrendered and they were to become prisoners of the British.
Practicing law in Detroit After the war, Larned began practicing law in Detroit, and served as Attorney General of
Michigan Territory during the
Black Hawk War, under Territorial Governor
George B. Porter. In 1813 he married Sylvia Easton Colt. His wife died August 24, 1845. == Commemoration ==