The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1873, 1874 and 1877, and The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota: Biographical Sketches, St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873 list his initials as C.B. Toensing lists B. Chesley.
Toensing, the Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1874 and 1876; and The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873 list his last name as Tirrell. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1873 lists Terrell and Turrell.
He moved to Minnesota in 1855.
His party affiliation was provived by The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873, p. 39.