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HARVEY J. CORELL
An enterprising and progressive
native son, who is making a decided success of viticulture and horticulture in
the San Joaquin Valley, is Harvey J. Corell, who was born on March 2, 1878 on
his father’s ranch, about five and a half miles east of Acampo. His father and mother, William and Emily
(Thompson) Corell, are both natives of Virginia, and came to California in
1875. William Corell was a
stockman. Upon locating in San Joaquin
County he purchased 200 acres of land and rented 260 more, on which he raised
grain and stock. He and his wife are the
parents of seven children, namely:
Helen, now Mrs. W. S. Montgomery, of Lockeford; Mary, Mrs. Platt Smith;
James, residing in the Hawaiian Islands; Oscar, living in Lodi; Harvey J., of
this sketch; and Henry and Emma, both deceased.
Both father and mother are still living in Lodi, their ages being
eighty-five and seventy-nine years, respectively.
Harvey J. Corell began his education
in the Brunswick school, but while still a young lad started to make his own
way. Going to San Francisco, he obtained
employment as night clerk at the Southern Pacific Hospital, where he worked for
two years. About this time his father
divided his property among his children, and Harvey Corell received thirty-five
acres as his portion. He then purchased
forty acres of open land from his brother, on which he planted a fourteen-acre
almond orchard; this latter property he has recently sold.
The marriage of Mr. Corell occurred
in Sacramento on May 28, 1907 and united him with Miss Anna Brandt, born near
Clements, California, a daughter of Louis and Ann (Bowman) Brandt, whose sketch
will be found in this volume. Mrs.
Corell is one of a family of nine children.
She and Mr. Corell are the parents of six children: Mildred, Naomi, Calvin, Florence, Louis
William and Helen Jane.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1501. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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