San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 11/1/2009
CHARLES W. COFFELT
A resident of California since 1891, Charles W. Coffelt was born near Monticello, Piatt County, Ill., 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, Ill., 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 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.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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