Bio of PRINDLE, Charles Comstock (b.1856), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 660-663
CHARLES COMSTOCK PRINDLE
Charles Comstock Prindle, a pioneer resident of Minneapolis, who for many years
was prominently identified with the business interests of the city as president
of the Helvetia Copper Company, passed away on the 14th of March, 1923, when
sixty-six years of age. He was born at Fulton, Illinois, April 18, 1856, his
parents being William W. and Mary (Comstock) Prindle, who were natives of
Keeseville, New York, and of Lyme, Connecticut, respectively. It was in 1856
that they estab­lished their home at Fulton, Illinois, whence in the early '60s
they removed to Wabasha, Minnesota, where they resided for many years. The
father became a leading figure in the public life of the community and was sent
to the Minnesota legislature from his district, making a most creditable record
in the state senate. The mother lived to the advanced age of ninety-four years.
Charles C. Prindle obtained his education in the public schools of Wabasha, this
state, where he spent the period of his minority. At the age of twenty-one he
entered a wholesale grocery house at Saginaw, Michigan, being thus employed for
several years, on the expiration of which period he removed to Duluth,
Min­nesota, where he filled the responsible position of manager of the
Wells-Stone Mercantile Company. The year 1898 witnessed his arrival in
Minneapolis, where he spent the remainder of his life, and during the first six
years of his residence in this city he was identified with the
Pillsbury-Washburn Company. On abandoning the milling business he turned his
attention to mining interests and as president of the Helvetia Copper Company
directed its affairs to the time of his demise. The com­pany, which formerly
operated properties in Arizona, is now devoting its atten­tion to the
development of oil properties in Texas. It enjoyed a steady and health­ful
growth under his capable control, for he was a man of splendid executive
ability, sound judgment and unassailable integrity.
In 1889 Mr. Prindle was united in marriage to Miss Mary Lois Day, daughter of
Lorenzo D. and Henrietta (Gray) Day, the former being a pioneer Minneapolis
lumberman. Mr. and Mrs. Prindle became parents of four children, namely: William
Day. who married Genevieve Griffith of Minneapolis; Gertrude, the wife of
William W. Hodson; Henrietta, who is the wife of David Shearer; and Marian
Wells. All are residents of Minneapolis.
In politics Mr. Prindle was a lifelong republican, while fraternally he was
identified with the Masonic order, attaining the Knights Templar degree in
Saginaw Commandery. He was also a popular member of the Minneapolis Club, the
Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Minikahda Club. In his death the city
sustained the loss of one of its representative business men and upright and
highly respected citizens, while his many friends mourned the passing of an
appreciated associate and companion. Mrs. Prindle is residing at No. 1908 Irving
avenue South, and also enjoys an extensive and favorable acquaintance in
Minneapolis.