The 1860 United States census showed Charles Rodell (age 38, born on Germany, farmer) married to Henrietta (age 38, born in Germany) and living in Sand Creek (Jordan), Minnesota. Children Laura (age 9, born in Massachusetts) and Emma (age 3, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
Charles Rodell served in the Civil War from October 3, 1864, to August 7, 1865.
Roedell, Chas. Scott County, Jordan, Mfr. of Brick, Nativity: Germany, Came to Minnesota: 1849. (A Comprehensive Index to A. T. Andreas’ Illustrated Historical Atlas of Minnesota, 1874, Page 257)
The 1875 Minnesota census showed Charles Rodell (age 52, born in Germany) married to Henricka (age 52, born in Germany) and living in Sand Creek, Minnesota. Children Laura (age 23, born in Massachusetts), Emma (age 18, born in Minnesota), and Otto (age 14, born in Minnesota) also lived with the couple.
Sons of Herman was established in January, 1878; first officers: Charles Rodell, president… (History of the Minnesota Valley, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Rev. Edward D. Neill, North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis, 1882, Page 322)
Charles Rodell’s sudden death was reported in the February 19, 1880, Page 4 issue of the Weekly Valley Herald.