[3] After receiving parole, Corlett returned to Ohio, where he taught school in Kirkland and Painesville.

[2] During some of the time in Wyoming, his law partner was John Alden Riner, who later served as a federal judge.

[2] He was appointed postmaster of Cheyenne in 1870, a member of the Territorial senate in 1871 and prosecuting attorney of Laramie County from 1872 to 1876.

[2] He resumed the practice of law and in 1879 declined the appointment as chief justice of Wyoming Territory.

[5] They were the parents of a son, William W. Corlett Jr.[6][7] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress