The Independent-Record, Helena, Mont., 9 Oct 1911
Forty-Niner Dies at Age Ninety-Four. Enoch Corberly, Former Resident of Helena, Passes Away in Butte
A forty-niner and one of the early pioneers to Montana was Enoch Corberly, aged 94 years, who died yesterday morning at the home of his son, Thomas J. Corberly, after a short illness. Up to a short time before his death he was active and possessed the vigor of many a man a score of years his junior. He had been a resident of the state for several years prior.
Mr. Corberly was born in Indiana in 1817 and was 32 years of age when the discovery of gold in California was announced across the continent. The young man turned westward and crossed the plains in 1849 with one of the first caravans. Twelve years later there came a call for volunteers for the Union army and he was recruited with a California regiment and found service in the Civil war. At the conclusion of the war, he was ordered to Utah during the Mormon troubles and was sent with the mine refugees to Soda Springs, where his custody was declared at an end and he was mustered out. At that time, 1868, the placer workings in Helena were attracting attention, and with the spirit of the prospector he cast his luck in the new section. With the discoveries in Butte in 1876 he left Helena and came to Butte.
He is survived by seven children, who are living from Canada to Oklahoma. Four children are living in Montana.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Forty-Niner Dies at Age Ninety-Four. Enoch Corberly, Former Resident of Helena, Passes Away in Butte
A forty-niner and one of the early pioneers to Montana was Enoch Corberly, aged 94 years, who died yesterday morning at the home of his son, Thomas J. Corberly, after a short illness. Up to a short time before his death he was active and possessed the vigor of many a man a score of years his junior. He had been a resident of the state for several years prior.
Mr. Corberly was born in Indiana in 1817 and was 32 years of age when the discovery of gold in California was announced across the continent. The young man turned westward and crossed the plains in 1849 with one of the first caravans. Twelve years later there came a call for volunteers for the Union army and he was recruited with a California regiment and found service in the Civil war. At the conclusion of the war, he was ordered to Utah during the Mormon troubles and was sent with the mine refugees to Soda Springs, where his custody was declared at an end and he was mustered out. At that time, 1868, the placer workings in Helena were attracting attention, and with the spirit of the prospector he cast his luck in the new section. With the discoveries in Butte in 1876 he left Helena and came to Butte.
He is survived by seven children, who are living from Canada to Oklahoma. Four children are living in Montana.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Independent-Record, Helena, Mont., 9 Oct 1911
Forty-Niner Dies at Age Ninety-Four. Enoch Corberly, Former Resident of Helena, Passes Away in Butte
A forty-niner and one of the early pioneers to Montana was Enoch Corberly, aged 94 years, who died yesterday morning at the home of his son, Thomas J. Corberly, after a short illness. Up to a short time before his death he was active and possessed the vigor of many a man a score of years his junior. He had been a resident of the state for several years prior.
Mr. Corberly was born in Indiana in 1817 and was 32 years of age when the discovery of gold in California was announced across the continent. The young man turned westward and crossed the plains in 1849 with one of the first caravans. Twelve years later there came a call for volunteers for the Union army and he was recruited with a California regiment and found service in the Civil war. At the conclusion of the war, he was ordered to Utah during the Mormon troubles and was sent with the mine refugees to Soda Springs, where his custody was declared at an end and he was mustered out. At that time, 1868, the placer workings in Helena were attracting attention, and with the spirit of the prospector he cast his luck in the new section. With the discoveries in Butte in 1876 he left Helena and came to Butte.
He is survived by seven children, who are living from Canada to Oklahoma. Four children are living in Montana.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Forty-Niner Dies at Age Ninety-Four. Enoch Corberly, Former Resident of Helena, Passes Away in Butte
A forty-niner and one of the early pioneers to Montana was Enoch Corberly, aged 94 years, who died yesterday morning at the home of his son, Thomas J. Corberly, after a short illness. Up to a short time before his death he was active and possessed the vigor of many a man a score of years his junior. He had been a resident of the state for several years prior.
Mr. Corberly was born in Indiana in 1817 and was 32 years of age when the discovery of gold in California was announced across the continent. The young man turned westward and crossed the plains in 1849 with one of the first caravans. Twelve years later there came a call for volunteers for the Union army and he was recruited with a California regiment and found service in the Civil war. At the conclusion of the war, he was ordered to Utah during the Mormon troubles and was sent with the mine refugees to Soda Springs, where his custody was declared at an end and he was mustered out. At that time, 1868, the placer workings in Helena were attracting attention, and with the spirit of the prospector he cast his luck in the new section. With the discoveries in Butte in 1876 he left Helena and came to Butte.
He is survived by seven children, who are living from Canada to Oklahoma. Four children are living in Montana.
The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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