Levi L. Coryell was born in 1868 near Brock, Nebraska, the son of Richard Coryell and Sarah Frances Carle Coryell, at the site where Coryell Park is now located.
Through a series of accidents, he was blind from the time he was four until he was 24, when surgery restored his sight. He received his education at the Nebraska School for the Blind.
A philanthropist, Mr. Coryell later in life provided playground equipment for the School for the Blind as well as spending money for students there, and presented numerous gifts to young people.
In 1934, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Coryell Sr., Mr. and Mrs L. L. Coryell, Jr., and Lorraine Leland Coryell donated the homestead of Mr. Coryell's parents, establishing Coryell Park.
Mr. Coryell began his business career as a grain dealer in Brock, Nebraska, and in 1896 he married Daisy Parker. A son, L. L. Jr., was born Dec 12, 1900 and in 1901 the family moved to Auburn, Nebraska, where Mr. Coryell continued in the grain business and later branched into the oil business. The family moved to Lincoln in 1921.
Mr. Coryell was active in the oil business, which at one time extended over 16 states, until the death of his son, L. L. Coryell, Jr., in 1948, and owned several apartment houses in Lincoln, Nebraska.
He was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church.
Through a series of accidents, he was blind from the time he was four until he was 24, when surgery restored his sight. He received his education at the Nebraska School for the Blind.
A philanthropist, Mr. Coryell later in life provided playground equipment for the School for the Blind as well as spending money for students there, and presented numerous gifts to young people.
In 1934, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Coryell Sr., Mr. and Mrs L. L. Coryell, Jr., and Lorraine Leland Coryell donated the homestead of Mr. Coryell's parents, establishing Coryell Park.
Mr. Coryell began his business career as a grain dealer in Brock, Nebraska, and in 1896 he married Daisy Parker. A son, L. L. Jr., was born Dec 12, 1900 and in 1901 the family moved to Auburn, Nebraska, where Mr. Coryell continued in the grain business and later branched into the oil business. The family moved to Lincoln in 1921.
Mr. Coryell was active in the oil business, which at one time extended over 16 states, until the death of his son, L. L. Coryell, Jr., in 1948, and owned several apartment houses in Lincoln, Nebraska.
He was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church.
Levi L. Coryell was born in 1868 near Brock, Nebraska, the son of Richard Coryell and Sarah Frances Carle Coryell, at the site where Coryell Park is now located.
Through a series of accidents, he was blind from the time he was four until he was 24, when surgery restored his sight. He received his education at the Nebraska School for the Blind.
A philanthropist, Mr. Coryell later in life provided playground equipment for the School for the Blind as well as spending money for students there, and presented numerous gifts to young people.
In 1934, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Coryell Sr., Mr. and Mrs L. L. Coryell, Jr., and Lorraine Leland Coryell donated the homestead of Mr. Coryell's parents, establishing Coryell Park.
Mr. Coryell began his business career as a grain dealer in Brock, Nebraska, and in 1896 he married Daisy Parker. A son, L. L. Jr., was born Dec 12, 1900 and in 1901 the family moved to Auburn, Nebraska, where Mr. Coryell continued in the grain business and later branched into the oil business. The family moved to Lincoln in 1921.
Mr. Coryell was active in the oil business, which at one time extended over 16 states, until the death of his son, L. L. Coryell, Jr., in 1948, and owned several apartment houses in Lincoln, Nebraska.
He was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church.
Through a series of accidents, he was blind from the time he was four until he was 24, when surgery restored his sight. He received his education at the Nebraska School for the Blind.
A philanthropist, Mr. Coryell later in life provided playground equipment for the School for the Blind as well as spending money for students there, and presented numerous gifts to young people.
In 1934, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Coryell Sr., Mr. and Mrs L. L. Coryell, Jr., and Lorraine Leland Coryell donated the homestead of Mr. Coryell's parents, establishing Coryell Park.
Mr. Coryell began his business career as a grain dealer in Brock, Nebraska, and in 1896 he married Daisy Parker. A son, L. L. Jr., was born Dec 12, 1900 and in 1901 the family moved to Auburn, Nebraska, where Mr. Coryell continued in the grain business and later branched into the oil business. The family moved to Lincoln in 1921.
Mr. Coryell was active in the oil business, which at one time extended over 16 states, until the death of his son, L. L. Coryell, Jr., in 1948, and owned several apartment houses in Lincoln, Nebraska.
He was a member of St. Paul Methodist Church.
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