Charles Emerson Coryell

  Forskningsnotater:

PASSING OF A PIONEER

C.E. CORYELL ANSWERS LAST CALL THIS WEEK

FUNERAL HELD WITH THE OLD CLARK LUMBER COMPANY IN 1885

Another of the individuals who have been active in the general settlement of the Northwest and Carlton county in particular, ceased work and answered the call of the Grim Reaper during the past week.

Charles E. Coryell died at the home of his son, Charles E. Jr., at Eau Claire, Wis., last Sunday afternoon at about 5 o'clock. The remains were brought to Wrenshall by his son and arrived there Tuesday night. The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church at Wrenshall on Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. D.D. Tallman of Cloquet officiating, and interment in the Wrenshall cemetery. The last rites were witnessed by a large number of old friend and neighbors of the Coryell family.

Charles E. Coryell was born at Lockport, N.Y.,on Apr. 14, 1846, which would make him almost 77 years of age. He came to Carlton county from near Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1885 and for many years was one of the staunch assistants of the Clark Lumber company during the time it was operating as a mill and short line track from south of Wrenshall into Duluth and had a big mill at what is now the Jerome B. Gilbert farm. He worked for the company until it quit business, with all the timber cut and sawed, and its tracks pulled up and machinery moved out. Then he took up a piece of land. This is now one of the bonanza farms of the county with valuable buildings known a few years ago as the Utley farm, but now owned by Winfield Holmes, a mile south of Wrenshall.

Mr. Coryell sold the place to Utley some years ago, and about six years ago his wife died and he went west to reside with his son,Charles,at Plentywood, Mont. The son moved (blurred) two years ago,and the father came with him, and several weeks ago was taken with a general breakdown, weakness of the heart and other complications, due mostly to his advanced age, and he passed away peacefully as above.

Mr. Coryell and his wife whom he married in Michigan, were the parents of five children: three sons and two daughters. One of the daughters the eldest, died some years ago. The other daughter is now Mrs. Louis Habhegger of Wrenshall. The sons are Charles E. of Eau Claire, who is a state highway commissioner there, George E. of Wilmot, ND and Roy of Evanston, Wyo.

The elder Mr. Coryell was always a jovial and friendly gentleman,progressive and a man of integrity. He had many friends throughout his home district, and of the old time settlers and others who knew him, regret his departure and extend sincere sympathy to the bereaved sons and daughter.
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Charles E. Coryell was born in New York and spent much of his life in the lumber business. He was a New York soldier in the Civil War and was wounded twice. In 1886, he and his family moved to Carlton, MN, near Duluth.

The first of the Coryell family came to this country from England early in 1700 and establishing his home in the State of New York he became a Captain of the Colonial Army, although a brother served in a like office in the British Army during the Revolutionary war.

Children:
Zella Irene Coryell
b. Nov 10, 1870
d. 1904 Knox, TN
s. Henry C Conrad
m. Dec 12, 1888

Ella Maud Coryell
b. Feb 14, 1875
d. Jan 19, 1930
s. Louis Henry Habhegger
m. Nov 28, 1895 d.
resided in Wrenshall, Carlton Co, MN

Charles E. Coryell, Jr.
(Plentywood, MT) was born, 19 Aug 1876. Charles E. Coryell, Jr. attended Duluth High School and was a bank clerk, a cruiser on the iron range, a teacher in Minnesota, and a clerk in a wholesale grocery house in Grand Rapids, MI. He attended Northern Indiana University at Valparaiso, graduating in civil engineering there in 1900. In 1901, Charles began working for the Soo Line Railroad, being in charge of the topography work of the survey of the line between Thief River Falls and Kemare, ND. He was connected with the Soo Line for seven years. After leaving the Soo Line, he came directly to Montana where he entered a homestead claim near Froid, MT, and remained on the homestead until he had fulfilled government requirements and secured the title. On 20 Mar 1907, Charles married Miss Minnie Bahn in Russell, ND. Minnie was born in North Dakota to H.F. and Celia (Commons) Bahn. Children of Charles E. and Minnie Coryell: Charles E., Harry, Sidney, Deone and Ione (twin sisters).In Apr 1913, Charles was elected the first county surveyor of Sheridan County. In 1930, the family was living in Minneapolis, MN.

Claud Leroy Coryell
b. Oct 5, 1879
d. Oct 26, 1880

George Ernest Coryell
b. Mar 28, 1885
d. Jan 27, 1962 Idaho
s1. Lillian Tredo
s2. Matilda Johnson
resided in Browns Valley, MN

Roy Hubert Coryell
aka: Ralph Hubert Harrison
b. Aug 16, 1887
d. Nov 14, 1949
s. Mary Vilate Dalton
m. 1909
Roy entered the navy early in the 20th century and had not been heard from since.

A biography/family history of Charles Emerson Coryell, Plentywood, MT, is included in "Montana, Its Story and Biography", Vol 3, pages 810 & 811.

  Begravelsesnotater:

Charles Emerson Coryell
Birth 14 Apr 1846 Lockport, Niagara County, New York, USA
Death 17 Jan 1923 (aged 76) Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial Silver Brook Township Cemetery </cemetery/82769/silver-brook-township-cemetery> Wrenshall, Carlton County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial ID 42560015 · View Source

Charles blev gift med Elizabeth Jane Piits, datter af James Barkley Pitts og Elizabeth Jane “Betsey” Cromwell, den 6 Feb. 1870 i Kent, King County, Washington, USA. (Elizabeth Jane Piits blev født den 20 Aug. 1851 i Liberty, Jackson County, Michigan, USA, døde den 3 Jan. 1916 i Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA og blev begravet i Wrenshall, Carlton County, Minnesota, USA.)