Bio of Carley, Charles Brookings Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Carley, Charles Brookings (page 238), an Olmsted County pioneer, was born
in New York State, descended on both sides of his house from old New York
families. As a young man he moved to Luzerne County, Penn., where he was
married. In 1856 he and his wife came to Minnesota, and settled on a tract
of wild land in section 1, Oronoco, in Olmsted County. From there they
moved to Farm Hill, in Farmington Township, in that county. After this
they came to Wabasha County and settled on a farm in Zumbro Township, a
few miles from their former home. After a long agricultural career they
retired and moved to Rochester, where they lived for a while. In 1895 they
came to Plainview to make their home with their son, James A., and with
him they moved to Wabasha. After that they again went to live among old
friends and acquaintances in Zumbro Township and there the wife died July
5, 1915. Since then Mr. Carley has made his home with his children. He is
highly respected by his fellow men, and has taken his share with the other
pioneers in the development of this fertile region, having lived to see
the wonderful changes that have transformed southeastern Minnesota from a
wilderness into one of the most flourishing regions of the country. In
politics, Mr. Carley has been a life-long Democrat. He and his wife were
members of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Mr. Carley was married in
Luzerne County, Penn., June 17, 1851, to Agnes Dodson, who was born there,
Jan. 21, 1832. This union was blessed with ten children: Joseph Dodson,
born April 18, 1852; Eliza, born July 10, 1854; Richard Sterling, born
February 3, 1856; Frederick A., born August 6, 1858; Charles J., born
September 29, 1860; Ernest, born March 12, 1862; William, born July 30,
1864; Frank, born November 3, 1866; James A., born June 17, 1869, and
Walter E., born March 13, 1871. Ernest died October 18, 1862, and Frank
died August 1, 1868.