Bio of Wyatt, Charles L. (b.1869) Wabasha Co., MN
=========================================================================
USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information
on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities,
as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is
obtained from the contributor of the file.
These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or
presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to
use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written
consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter,
and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.

If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives 
Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm
Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find 
the submitter information or other files for this county.
FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives

Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Timm
=========================================================================
This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm
There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some 
of the bios on her pages.

Wyatt, Charles L. (page 758), an enterprising and successful farmer of
Zumbro Township, was born in Zumbro Township April 30, 1869, son of Daniel
and Anna (Stevens) Wyatt. The father was a native of New Hampshire and the
mother of Maine. They came to Minnesota in the late fifties, first
settling in Mazeppa Township, Wabasha County, and later in Zumbro, where
Daniel Wyatt took a claim of 80 acres in section 13. He subsequently
increased the size of his farm to 200 acres and built a house, barn and
outbuildings. After remaining in the same location until 1905, he removed
to a place a mile and a half east, but later took up his residence in
Zumbro Falls, where he died May 4, 1908. His wife died February 6, 1913.
They were members of the Congregational church and were widely known and
respected. Their family numbered nine children, Frank, Minnie, Henry,
Lillie, Eugene, Laura, Ella, Anna and Charles. Henry, Laura and Ella are
now deceased. Charles L. Wyatt acquired his education in the district
school and was trained to agriculture on the home farm. He worked for his
father until 1898, in which year he rented a farm in Bear Valley, Chester
Township. After operating that farm for three years, he removed in 1898 to
Gillford Township, where he bought 80 acres, which also he operated three
years, or until 1901, after which he spent a year on a dairy farm in
Atkins County. In 1902, returning to Wabasha county, he bought 240 acres
in sections 12 and 13, Zumbro Township. On this place, where he resided 15
years, he built a barn and outbuildings. Selling it in 1917, he bought 156
acres in section 24, Zumbro Township, which is the farm he is now living
on, though he has since increased its area to 236 acres, and has built a
garage and made other improvements. His operations as a general farmer and
stock raiser have been successfully conducted and he is now numbered among
the well to do citizens of his township. Mr. Wyatt was married February 6,
1894, to Nannie Cliff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Addene Cliff. Her parents
were natives respectively of England and New York State, the father coming
to this country in the early sixties. After their marriage they resided in
Connecticut for two years, and then came to Wabasha county, Minn., and
engaged in farming in Chester Township. Mr. Cliff died April 7, 1898, and
Mrs. Cliff July 8, 1912. They were members of the Wesleyan Methodist
church. Their children were Carrie, Nannie, Samuel and William. To Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wyatt eight children have been born, as follows: Carl J., May
19, 1895; Lela M., November 29, 1897; Norman E., August 16, 1898; Theodore
R., July 1, 1900; Beth A., October 23, 1902; Frank D., December 25, 1904;
Myrtle J., June 17, 1907, and Lawrence C., October 20, 1910. The eldest
son, Carl J., was one of those noble American youths, who, when this
country was drawn into the maelstrom of the great World War, without
waiting to be called on, enlisted in its service, the date of his
enlistment being December 17, 1917. At first a member of the H. M. O. R.
S. (meaning unknown), he subsequently transferred to the 2d Battalion,
First Divisions, and went over seas to France. Though he was not called on
to serve at the front, he gave up his life, falling a victim to influenza,
and his body is still in France. Lela M. is now the wife of Percy
Anderson. Norman E. is employed in the garage at Hammond. The other
children are residing other home farm. Mr. Wyatt and his family are
affiliated religiously with the Congregational church, and he also belongs
to the fraternal order of Modern Woodmen of America.