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CHARLES W.
COFFELT
A resident of California since 1891,
Charles W. Coffelt was born near Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois, February 22, 1861.
His father, George W. Coffelt, a native of Indiana, came of an old
eastern family. He married Mary Nasalwoods of Indiana.
They were farmers and removed to Piatt County, Illinois, and later to
Kansas, purchasing prairie land in Bourbon County and improved a farm and there
the parents passed away. Of their seven
children five are living, our subject and his brother, I. Newton, being the
only ones living in California.
From the age of four years Charles
W. was reared on the Kansas farm and attended the local schools. When he started for himself he worked in the
coal mines for a time, then in a nursery.
He made a trip back to Illinois and was married in Piatt County in 1884
to Miss Ella Haltorn, born in that county, and they
engaged in farming in Linn County, Kansas.
In September, 1891, they came to Stockton, where for a time Mr. Coffelt
was employed at ranching. Later he was
employed at the Clark Sanitarium, where he had charge of the stock and the
grounds over a period of seven years. He
then was for three years with the Naumkeg Bakery
until he became an employee of the City Park Commission. He was in charge of Weber Park for three
years and then Independent Park for six months, and then transferred to Liberty
Park, where he had charge for three years, and since the spring of 1915 he has
had charge of Independent Park. He built
a residence at 129 East Clay, where he resides with
his family. His union has been blessed
with two children: Curtis F. and Mrs.
Hazel D. Duff, both residing in Stockton and each has a child. Mr. Coffelt is a liberal and kindhearted man
and he and his wife are highly esteemed by all who know them. He is a member of Truth Lodge of Odd Fellows
and the Junior Order A. O. U. M., and with his wife is a member of Daughters of
America.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1548. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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