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CHARLES BROOKINGS CARLEY was born January 17, 1836 in New York, and died June 16, 1926 in
Plainview, Wabasha Co., MN. He married AGNES DODSON June 17, 1851 in Luzerne County, PA.
She was born January 21, 1832 in Luzerne County, PA, and died July 05, 1915 in Wabasha
Co., MN.
Notes for CHARLES BROOKINGS CARLEY:
An Olmsted County pioneer, Charles was born in New York State, descended on both sides of
his house from old New York families. As a young man he moved to Luzerne County, Penn.,
where he was married. In 1856 he and his wife came to Minnesota, and settled on a tract of
wild land in section 1, Oronoco, in Olmsted County. From there they moved to Farm Hill, in
Farmington Township, in that county. After this they came to Wabasha County and settled on
a farm in Zumbro Township, a few miles from their former home. After a long agricultural
career they retired and moved to Rochester, where they lived for a while. In 1895 they
came to Plainview to make their home with their son, James A., and with him they moved to
Wabasha. After that they again went to live among old friends and acquaintances in Zumbro
Township and there the wife died July 5, 1915. Since then Mr. Carley has made his home
with his children. He is highly respected by his fellow men, and has taken his share with
the o!
ther pioneers in the development of this fertile region, having lived to see the
wonderful changes that have transformed southeastern Minnesota from a wilderness into one
of the most flourishing regions of the country. In politics, Mr. Carley has been a
life-long Democrat. He and his wife were members of the Wesleyan Methodist church. Mr.
Carley was married in Luzerne County, Penn., June 17, 1851, to Agnes Dodson, who was born
there, Jan. 21, 1832. This union was blessed with ten children: Joseph Dodson, born April
18, 1852; Eliza, born July 10, 1854; Richard Sterling, born February 3, 1856; Frederick
A., born August 6, 1858; Charles J., born September 29, 1860; Ernest, born March 12, 1862;
William, born July 30, 1864; Frank, born November 3, 1866; James A., born June 17, 1869,
and Walter E., born March 13, 1871. Ernest died October 18, 1862, and Frank died August 1,
1868
Note: His death certificate lists his DOB as January 14, 1836 and his DOD as June 16,
1926. His headstone lists his DOB as January 17, 1836 and his DOD as June 15, 1926.
More About CHARLES BROOKINGS CARLEY:
Burial: June 18, 1926, Pleasant Prairie Cemetery, Wabasha Co., MN
Occupation: Farmer