CHARLES B. ULLYETTE. Even a cursory view of the business establishments of Centralia will reveal the fact that they are in charge of men of tact, push and good judgment. One of these flourishing enterprises is the hardware store of our subject, who carries a large and well selected stock and occupies a favorable location on Broadway. Mr. Olivette is also a Director of the Centralia Mining &. Manufacturing Company; is one of the original stockholders of the Centralia Iron & Nail Factory, and is interested in the fair grounds.
William Ullyette, the father of our subject, is a native of England, and came to the United States in the year 1813, while a single man. His first location was made in Rochester, N. Y., where he carried on a milling enterprise for some time. Later he removed to Livingston County, that state, and was similarly employed in that section until his death, a period of twenty-five or thirty years. He was married in Pittsford, N. Y., to the mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Mary Tompkins. Mrs. Ullyette was the daughter of John Tompkins, also a native of Lincolnshire, England, whence he came to America in an early day.
C. B., of this sketch, was next to the eldest of the family of six children, five of whom are yet living:
Our subject was the recipient of a good education gained in the public schools of Danville, N.Y., and when eighteen years of age learned the machinist's trade, at which he served an apprenticeship of three years. He worked at his trade for two or three years thereafter, and in 1863 went to Nashville, Tenn., where he worked in the Nashville & Chattanooga shops for the Government during the war, or until the fall of 1865. Returning to New York, he remained until March of the next year, when he came to Centralia, and here began working in the shops of the Illinois Central Road, by which he was employed until 1874. In the above year Mr. Ullyette formed a partnership with F. M. Tomkins, under the firm name of Tomkins &. Ultyette, and engaged in the hardware business. This connection lasted for about three years, when another partner was added to the firm, James B. Sanders, and the name was changed to C. B.Ullyette & Co. Business was carried on successfully until the death of Mr. Sanders, in August, 1893, and January 1, 1894, our subject succeeded the firm of C. B. Ullyette & Co., and now operates the business alone.
September 25, 1872, our subject was married to Miss Anna, daughter of Joseph Raymond, a native of Massachusetts. Their union was blessed by the birth of a daughter, Louise J.
In politics, Mr. Ullyette is a Democrat, and was elected on that ticket as Alderman of the Second Ward.
He is a prominent Mason, and has attained the Royal Arch and Council Degrees.
He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been Trustee, and is ever ready to assist in religious work or benevolent enterprises in his vicinity.
Source: "Portrait and Biographical Record Clinton, Washington, Marion and Jefferson Counties, Illinois"
Chapman Publishing Co, Chicago, 1894
Pages 561
Submitted by Sandy (Whalen) Bauer