Joseph L. Carlisle Biography


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JOSEPH L. CARLISLE. is one of the representative farmers of Brown 
county, and has been a conspicuous figure in the development and 
extension of the great agricultural interests of the state. His home is 
on section 23, in Carlisle township, 41 and is one of the pleasant 
homes of the community. 

Mr. Carlisle was born on a farm in Cedar Creek Hundred, Delaware, 
September 20, 1841, and was the son of Pemberton and and Phoebe 
(Griffith) Carlisle. His father was a native of England and died in 
Delaware when our subject was but a child. The mother afterward married 
James P. Stayton. 

Our subject attended school in his native state until his removal to 
Niles, Michigan, with his parents at the age of twelve years. Here the 
father purchased land adjoining the city of Niles, and our subject 
attended school and assisted on the farm until he grew to manhood. In 
August, 1862, at Berrien Springs, Michigan, he enlisted in Company C, 
Twenty-fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at 
Kalamazoo, O. H. Moore being colonel of the regiment. They were ordered 
to Louisville, Kentucky, and were enrolled in the Army of the Ohio, 
under General Schofield. Our subject served in Kentucky and Tennessee, 
and was in twenty-two battles and engagements. He rapidly rose in rank 
for faithful and meritorious service and became first lieutenant, and 
was discharged at Jackson, Michigan, July 6, 1865. After his return 
from the service he engaged in the mercantile business in Niles, 
Michigan, in which he remained for a number of years, and then moved on 
to a farm in Berrien county on which he resided a short time and then 
disposed of his interests and moved to Kalamazoo, going from there to 
Plainwell, Michigan, where he was salesman in a dry goods store for two 
years. He then moved to Chicago, and was engaged as traveling salesman 
for a wholesale commission house, which position he resigned and 
returned to Greenville, Michigan, where he acted as clerk for a short 
time and then engaged in business, conducting the same until 1882, when 
he went to Brown county, Dakota. 

He filed on land in that county, and now owns three hundred and twenty 
acres and operates one thousand, two hundred and eighty acres. He has 
made a success at farming, and has one of the well improved estates of 
that region. 

Our subject was married August 1, 1865, to Miss Mary A. Truitt, a 
native of Berrien county, Michigan. Mrs. Carlisle was the daughter of 
William and Sarah Truitt, and was born in 1842. Four children have 
blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle, as follows: Cora B., now 
Mrs. Jones, of Aberdeen; William, a traveling salesman, who lives in 
Crookston, Minnesota; Charles W., a messenger in the employ of the 
United States Express Company; end dames A., a resident of Aberdeen. 
Mr. Carlisle was government statistician of the territory of Dakota, 
during President Cleveland's first administration, and has also held 
various local offices. He takes an active part in public affairs, and 
works for the welfare of his community. The township of Carlisle was 
named for him, and he is an influential citizen. He is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. 
Politically, he favors Republican principles. He is entitled to a 
foremost rank among the workers of South Dakota, and his name will 
adorn the pages of her history.