San Joaquin County
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CHARLES H. CORSON
CHARLES H. CORSON, a native
of Somerset County, Maine, was born March 1, 1853, son of Lysander and Susan C.
(Morrison) Corson, both natives of that State; Mrs. Corson died in 1881, Mr.
Corson is still residing there. There were nine children in the family, seven
of whom are now living, four in California.
Charles resided in Somerset County until he
was eighteen years of age, during which time he attended the public schools of
that vicinity and afterward graduated from the business college at Augusta,
Maine. He then went to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he worked six months in
the cotton factory, then devoted nearly three years to the furniture business
as a salesman. In 1876 he gave up his position and started for California,
arriving in Stockton June 3. Three months later he was engaged at G. W.
Melone’s auction house, where he remained fourteen months. He then took a
position as teacher in Atkinson & Clark’s Business College, Stockton, where
he remained five years. In March, 1882, he engaged with Sperry & Co. in
their flouring-mill as bookkeeper; just eight days before he was to have commenced,
the mill was destroyed by fire. The proprietors then rented the mill in Lodi
and sent Mr. Corson up there. He kept books for them four months, when George
Sperry returned to Stockton and Mr. Corson was given charge of the mill up to
October 10, 1883. He then went to Stockton and was employed in the mill there
till July, 1884. He then returned to Lodi, purchased the Lodi mills and has
been in business ever since. It is a full roller mill of the newest and best
pattern, run by steam power, and the capacity is 200 barrels daily. It has
connected with it warehouses with a storage capacity of about 8,000 tons. Mr.
Corson has made all the improvements himself, expending $11,650. Without doubt
he makes as fine flour as can be obtained on the coast. The mill is situated in
the heart of a wheat-growing district and forms a ready market for the farmers’
wheat. In the first place the mill cost $28,000, which includes ground and all.
Afterward the mill was rented by Sperry & Co. of Stockton and finally
purchased by its present owner.
Mr. Corson was married, November 24, 1886,
to Miss Eva Sawtelle, of Sacramento, daughter of O. P. Sawtelle. They have one
son--Clarence L., born March 3, 1889.
Mr. Corson is a member of the Masonic
Lodge, K. of P., and A. O. U. W., and the Masonic Chapter, all of San Joaquin
County.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 502. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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