Solomon Corle was born on September 17, 1850 in Pavia, Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, the son of Frederick and Sophia (Shull) Corle. Solomon grew up on his father's farm, the fourth of ten children.

Solomon's father fought in the Civil War.

On December 31, 1871 Solomon married 18-year-old Mary Ellen "Molly" Imler in Union Township. Molly was born on July 11, 1853 in Union Township, the daughter of Josiah and Lydia (Strombaugh) Imler.

Solomon and Molly were the parents of seven children: Naoma Jane Corle, Stewart Willard Corle, Anna Laura Belle (Corle) Burkett, Julius Howard Corle, Lydia Sophia (Corle) Conrad, Lawrence Arthur Corle, and Harry Edgar Corle.

On July 8, 1872 Molly gave birth to what was to be their first child, but sadly she was still born. They named her Ida Mae Corle.

Solomon's sister Susan married Molly's brother Gideon Imler about 1872.

According to the 1880 US Census, Solomon and Molly and their four children, Naoma, Stewart, Anna, and Susan, resided in Greenfield Twp, Blair County, PA. They resided with Molly’s aunt Susan Imler, and they lived next door to Molly’s parents Josiah and Lydia Imler. Solomon’s occupation was listed as carpenter.

On July 2, 1900 their eldest daughter Naoma Jane died at the age of 26.

The following biography of Solomon Corle is provided by an unknown source:
“Solomon was a school supt., a farmer, and a sawmill owner. . . . Solomon wanted to be in a different place than Bedford County. After he married, he went from Union to Greenfield, Blair County, where some of his relatives lived; but that wasn't far enough away. He tried Ohio, but he returned to Pavia. Then, with his children growing up and marrying around him, he found his Paradise. He went to visit his daughter, Anna Laura Belle and her husband, Abram J.Burket[sic], a local boy who had been assigned, as a new schoolteacher, a place in Newville, Virginia. When he had a chance to look around, Solomon liked what he saw, and decided to stay. He offered each of his children 100 acres (so the story goes) if he/she would move to Newville, Magisterial District, including the town of Waverly. All but one accepted. Julius Howard stayed behind--but Solomon gave him money instead.

“After they were all in Newville, trouble began. Solomon seems to have counted his hundred acres to be for his daughter Lydia and her husband, Edwin Wilson Conrad. He and Moll[y] had a big house built in the middle of a large piece of farmland. But Lydia and Edwin lived in a little shack on the same land as the homestead, where Solomon was. There was no room for the children to sleep at night, so they slept in the homestead --it was an uneasy relationship. Only Lydia had to share, she was conscious that Ann had a home of her own. So there were words, and the Conrads moved back to Pennsylvania.(Ironically, during this period, Anna Laura, the one who had started this migration, died.)

“For his part, Steward Willard wasn't too sure of his fortune, either, and he pulled up and went to Ohio. It was an uneasy decade or so, from the early 1900s to about 1914. But an agreement was made. If Lydia would take care of Solomon and Moll[y] til they died, she and Wilson would inherit the house and land. They returned from PA. Willard was made co- owner of the sawmill, which was Solomon's livelihood. He and Jennie returned from Ohio. That left Lawrence,[sic] Arthur and Harry. Arthur had met a girl in Ohio, and she wanted him there, where she had grown up. He moved away -- but he left a small son buried in the Newville Cemetery.

“Harry had some property down the road. It wasn't a hundred acres, perhaps fifty. He was the youngest. He liked the place, the hunting, the woods, and he decided to stay too. He may have been disappointed not to be able to have a chance at the homestead, but that had been settled long ago. He and Della lived in Newville almost to the end of his life. The disposal of the property, with Solomon's homestead on it, went to the youngest son of Lydia and Wilson. Today, a fine new home has been built by Solomon's great grand- daughter Doris Conrad Auton; the old homestead, rotten and un-restorable, was razed. Whenever Solomon and Moll didn't want the children to know what they were talking about, they spoke German. Perhaps that was the end of the line for the German spoken by the Corle's in Virginia. It would be English from now on. James Corle's treatment of Solomon, in his genealogy, is incomplete but accurate as far as it went; in fact, he knows that it is Gibsonburg, Ohio, that the folks went to in Sandusky County. He knows the second names of the sons he is familiar with, but not the first, unused names. In fact, he calls his grandfather by the name of Howard at all times, not Julius Howard.

“It is interesting that no one seems to have known that Solomon went South after returning from Ohio for the first time."

On December 18 1928 Molly died at the age of 75, ending a marriage of almost 57 years.  It is suggested that she died either in Newville or Waverly, both of which are in Sussex County, Virginia.

Solomon followed his wife to the grave just 16 months later on April 16, 1930. He was 79. He either died in Waverly or at the home