Bio of WENDELL, Charles W. (b.1855), 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

Vol II, pg 631-632
C. W. WENDELL (Charles W. Wendell)
An energetic and enterprising business man of Minneapolis is C. W. Wendeil,
president of the Wendell-Minor Company, Incorporated. He was born in Randolph,
Wisconsin, on the 7th of October, 1855, a son of William and Hannah (Morse)
Wendeil. The father was born in New York state and engaged in farming there for
many years. He studied for the ministry at one time, but was never ordained. Mr.
and Mrs. Wendeil are deceased.
In the acquirement of his education C. W. Wendeil attended the common schools of
Burlingame. Kansas. He remained on the home farm until he was seventeen years of
age, when he became an apprentice on the Osage County Chronicle, a Burlingame
newspaper. He was active in that capacity four years, at the termination of
which time he went to Kansas City, Missouri, as a compositor for the Scotford
Manufacturing Company. Three years later he went to Detroit, Michigan, and
worked at job printing there for more than a year. He had charge of the Rouch
Job Printing Company in Toledo, Ohio, for a year and then returned to his
position with the Scotford Manu­facturing Company in Kansas City, remaining
there until 1886. In that year he came to Minneapolis to take charge of a branch
of the Scotford company in this city, and he was thus engaged until 1888, at
which time he and C. B. Greenwood bought out the Minneapolis branch of the
Scotford Manufacturing Company and engaged in the manufacture of stencils,
stamps and lodge supplies. In. 1909 they incorporated under the name of the
Wendell-Greenwood Company and the business was conducted under that name until
the death of Mr. Greenwood. R. N. Minor was then taken into the business and the
firm is now known as the Wendell-Minor Company, Incorporated. They enjoy an
extensive and ever-increasing business and much credit for the con­tinued
success of the enterprise is due Mr. Wendell, president of the firm. Mr. Minor
is secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Wendell has been twice married. In 1889 he married Mrs. Alice V. Morse and
to them a daughter was born in 1890, Mabel E, who died in 1912. Mr. Wendell's
first wife passed away in 1899, being survived by Mr. Wendell, Maude V. (a
daughter by Mrs. Wendell's former marriage), and Mabel E. In August, 1916, at
Topeka, Kansas, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Wendell and Mrs. Ella D.
(Richardson) Simmerwell, a daughter of William Richardson, one of the pioneer
agriculturists of Kansas.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Wendell has given his stanch support to the
republican party and the principles for which it stands. Although he has never
sought nor desired political preferment, he is essentially public-spirited, and
his cooperation can always be counted upon in the furtherance of any movement
for the benefit of the community at large. He is a firm believer in Minneapolis
and the future of this city. Fraternally Mr. Wendell is identified with the
Masons, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Maccabees. He
holds membership in the Calhoun Commercial Club and likewise the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. His religious faith is manifest in his membership in
the Baptist church. For recreation from his many business duties Mr. Wendell
turns to the great outdoors. He is particularly fond of hunting and fishing and
spends much of his spare time on trips to the northern Minnesota lakes and
woods. He is a man of high intellectual attainments, is a student of history,
and has an extensive library in his home.