EDWIN CORELL, an enterprising farmer of Delaware county, Iowa, was born in Allegany county, N. Y., January 2, 1839. His father, John Corell, was born near Albany, N. Y., in 1800, and was a son of Abram Corell, who was also a native of New York State, but died in Delaware county, Iowa, at the age of eighty-six years. John Corell passed his early years in a saw-mill and rafting logs and lumber. In 1848 he moved to Boone county, Ill., and in 1849 to Delaware county, Iowa, where he be came a farmer. In politics, he was a re­publican, and very active in party mat­ters. His death took place at Greeley, Iowa, in 1860. His widow, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Risdon, was a native of New York State, and died in Greeley, Iowa, in 1878. She was the mother of eleven children, born in the fol­lowing order—Mary, widow of L. B. Coolidge, and a resident of Delaware county; Julia Dunham, who died in 1888; Eliza­beth, wife of Cornelius Lane, residing in Buchanan county, Iowa; Charles, who died at the age of five years; John, now living at Delphos, Ottawa county, Kan.; George, who lives in Mower county, Minn.; James E., a resident of Fayette county, Iowa; Horace A., of Greeley, Iowa; Edwin, the subject of this sketch; Eugene, who has been lost sight of for the past five years, and Frank, who resides in Dubuque.

Edwin Corell was taken by his parents to Boone county, Ill., and thence brought to Delaware county, Iowa, where he re­ceived the major part of his education. His first business engagement was as clerk in the store of William Cattron, in Greeley, Iowa, after quitting which position he em­barked in business for himself in 1858. In 1861, however, he enlisted in Company F, Twelfth Iowa infantry, and, served as a private until November, 1864. He took part in many battles, among them those of the second Corinth, Shiloh, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and others. He was honorably discharged at the end of his term of service, and was mustered out at St. Louis, Mo., in November, 1864. On his return home, he began farming on a small scale, but by industry and strict at­tention to his business, soon became com­paratively wealthy, owning at the present time two hundred and twenty acres of ex­cellent land in Delaware county, and also one hundred and sixty acres in Winona county, Iowa. His home-place is well im­proved with good buildings, and is under a high state of cultivation, he being rec­ognized as one of the best farmers in his township.

The marriage of Mr. Corell took place in October, 1872, to Miss Louisa Chapman, who was born in May, 1850, in Medina county, Ohio, and who is a daughter of Silas and Maria (Shoemaker) Chapman, the former of whom was born in the state of New York, and died in Clayton county, Iowa, in 1860, at the age of thirty-two; the latter is still living in Clayton county, Iowa, at the age of sixty, and is a native of Pennsylvania. To the marriage of Mr. Corell have been born eight children, as follows—Parke B., August 9, 1873; Dunham S., December 12, 1875; Harry, March 5, 1878; Nettie, February 23, 1880; John, April 12, 1882; Ed., July 21, 1884; Charlie, September 24, 1886, and Ava, December 8, 1888.

Mr. Corell is a republican in politics, and has served as school director, and also as road supervisor. He has passed all the chairs in the I. O. O. F., and is a member of Greeley Lodge, No. 418; he is likewise a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and of the Universalist church.

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