James Pinkerton Corley b. 14 Oct 1846 Mississippi d. 2 Nov 1937 Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. 1st marriage: 17 Dec 1868 Franklin Co., AR 2nd marriage: 6 Oct 1895 Logan Co., AR Father: James Corley Mother: Martha Williams
1st Wife: Mary Francis "Fanny" Cunningham b. 16 Jul 1849 Mississippi d. 30 Aug 1882 Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: James H. Cunningham Mother: Rebecca Frost
M.F. Cunningham's 1st husband: James P. Johnson b. 1863 AL d. before 1895 Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: James Johnson Mother: Sarah X
2nd Wife: Lamina Bridgett "Minnie" Maberry b. 17 Apr 1864 AR d. 31 Jan 1954 Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. 1st marriage: 16 Dec 1886 Logan Co., AR. Father: Charles Maberry Mother: Ellen Thompson
L.B. Maberry's 1st Husband: Dennison Jackson "Jack" Redden b. 29 Aug 1862 Johnson Co., AR d. aft 1892 Logan Co., AR James "Jack" Redden (TN) Mother: Martha A. Smith (TN)
Children of James Pinkerton Corley & Mary Francis Cunningham
James William Corley b. 18 Dec 1869 Johnson Co., AR d. Aug 1940 Married: 29 Dec 1901 Logan Co., AR
Wife: Lucinda Miria McElhaney b. 10 Mar 1862 Magazine, Logan Co., AR d. 6 Aug 1909 Magazine, Logan Co., AR Father: Eli McElhaney Mother: Rosanna Dwyer
Missouri Elizabeth Corley b. 28 Sep 1871 or 1874 d. 20 Feb 1942 Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ Married: 10 Nov 1889 Logan Co., AR
Husband: Franklin Cloud Lee b. 27 Nov 1865 Johnson Co., AR d. 3 Mar 1939 Franklin Co., AR Buried: Morgan Hill Cemetery, Franklin Co., AR. Father: Daniel R. Lee Mother: Susan A. Redden
Henry Eldridge Corley b. 3 Oct 1873 Logan Co., AR d. 16 May 1956 Vinita, Craig Co., OK Married: 10 Oct 1894 Paris, Logan Co., AR. Buried: Sallisaw City Cemetery, Sequoyah Co., OK
Wife: Susan Jane "Addie" Lee b. 8 Apr 1878 Logan Co., AR d. 29 Jun 1952 Buried: Sallisaw City Cemetery, Sequoyah Co., OK Father: Samuel H. Lee Mother: Martha Ann Craig
Mary Emmaline Corley b. 16 Sep 1875 Logan Co., AR d. 1 Feb 1942 Disney, Mayes Co., OK Married: 3 Feb 1895 Paris, Logan Co., AR. Buried: Ketchum, Mayes Co., OK
Husband: John Daniel Lee b. 27 Apr 1872 Paris, Logan Co., AR d. 22 Apr 1939 Stillwell, Adair Co., OK Father: James Knox Lee Mother: Arminta Correne Moore
Lourina A. Corley b. 27 Sep 1877 d. 1899
Rufus Alman/Arthur Corley b. 5 Aug 1879 d. Mar 1940 Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
Winfred Arthur Corley b. 27 Jul 1881 d. Jun 1939
Wife: Anna Taylor Father: Richard "Dick" Taylor Mother: Maggie Paden
Susan Jane Corley b. 7 Oct 1894 Logan Co., AR
Children of James Pinkerton Corley and Lamina Bridgett Maberry
Lena "Lanie" A. Corley b. 10 Jun 1896 d. 23 Mar 1977 Married: 14 May 1912 Paris, Logan Co., AR Buried: Garden of Memories Cemetery, Franklin Co., AR
Husband: George A. Hill b. 17 Oct 1893 d. 4 Apr 1969 Buried: Garden of Memories Cemetery, Franklin Co., AR
Virginia "Virgie" Mae Corley b. 4 May 1898 Paris, Logan Co., AR d. 22 Nov 1983 Ventura, Ventura Co., CA Buried: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ventura, CA Married: 27 Apr 1913 Johnson Co., AR
Husband: Norman B. Hames b. 1894 d. 1956 Buried: Kersey Cemetery, Franklin Co., AR Father: F. N. L. Hames Mother: Sarah Louisa Crossno
Ruby Corley b. 1902 Paris, Logan Co., AR d. 29 May 1954 Logan Co., AR Married: 27 Apr 1918 Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Husband: Dewey L. Poindexter b. 1898 d. 4 Oct 1941 Buried: Vanndale Cemetery, Vanndale, Cross Co., AR Father: Andrew Poindexter Mother: Ella V. X
Carl M. Corley b. 1 Apr 1904 d. 19 Dec 1973 Buried: Corley Family Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Wife: Juanita "Nita" I. Harris b. 22 Sep 1906 d. 22 Feb 2007 (ssdi:AR)
Children of Lamina Bridgett Maberry & adopted by Dennison Jack Redden
Opie Redden b. 24 Jan 1887 Paris, Logan Co., AR d. 18 Oct 1891 Buried: Paint Rock Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Doy H. Redding (ssdi:AR) b. 28 Nov 1889 d. 28 Oct 1970 Booneville, Logan Co., AR Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Subiaco, Logan Co., AR
Wife: Bertie G. Rice b. 31 Aug 1892 d. 16 Aug 1985 Buried: Johnson Cemetery, Subiaco, Logan Co., AR (picture on findagrave) Father: Abraham Lincoln Rice Mother: Mary Buck
Dennie Redden (female) b. Dec 1892 Logan Co., AR d. ?
James Pinkerton Corley family history
Mary Francis Cunningham was raised by Jacob and Elizabeth Corley Frost after her birth, due to her mother dying in childbirth. She is listed in the census under the Jacob Frost's household on the 1850 Tishomingo Co., MS census. In 1860, in Jacob Frost's household as foster daughter in Franklin Co., AR. In 1870 she is listed with James P. Johnson, husband. In 1880, she is listed with J. P. Corley, husband in Franklin Co., AR.
1870 USFC: Lawrence Co., AR: James P. Johnson b. abt 1860, age 10 with parents.
1880 USFC: Petit Jean, Logan Co., AR: James P. Johnson b. abt 1860, age 20 with parents: James and Sarah Johnson
Lamina Bridgett Maberry's family migrated from Virginia to Arkansas
J. P. Corley migrated from North Carolina to Alabama to Mississippi to Arkansas. His family were members of the Primitive Baptist Church.
Logan Co., AR land records of James Corley:
18 section 7N 24W 0 acres 1860 Mar 1
18 7N 24W 80 acres 1860 Mar 1
18 7N 24W 40 acres 1860 Mar 1
18 7N 24W 40 acres 1860 Mar 1
18 7N 24W 40 acres 1860 Sep 1
18 7N 24W 40 acres 1895 Oct 8
1860 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR
Corley, James, 40, AL, Farmer, $480 $400
Martha, 42, NC
Alfred, 20, MS, Farmer
Mary, 17
William, 16, Farmer
James, 14
Susan, 12
Palino, 8
John, 4
George, 1
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Corley, James P., 24, MS
Mary F., 21, MS
James W., Dec 7/12, AR
Mary Cunningham's Father: James Cunningham Mother: Rebecca Frost, who died in childbirth was the daughter of Jacob Frost & Elizabeth Corley
Mary Frances Cunningham's family were Baptists.
In 1880 Logan Co., AR census in Short Mountain township. On 2 Dec 1886, 80 acres were owned by J. P. Corley in Logan Co., AR:
(NE, SW, NW, SE, S32-T6, R26).
In 1900 Logan Co., AR, Johnson township. J. P. Corley, was a ginner, miller and farmer, Paris, AR. Was considered a substantial citizen of the county. His parents, James Corley and Martha Williams were natives, of AL and NC. The father was a farmer in MS and AR, settled in Logan Co., AR. He died in 1863-4 in the Civil War. They were members of the Missionary Baptists. In 1882, he built a frame house, with a barn. He planted a fruit orchard of 100 apple and 50 peach trees, and 50 grape vines. J. P. Corley built a steam cotton-gin in 1889, with the capacity of output of 8 bales of hay per day, he owned 125 acres. Crops of corn and cotton. He was known to donate liberally to all public enterprises of a laudable nature.
Rufus Corley located in 1937 in Kansas City, MO
Winford and Anna Corley lived in Adair Co., town unknown OK and in 1937 in Stilwell, Adair Co., OK
Doy Redden, administrator of estate of J. P. Corley, notes from Carl Corley (son of J. P. and Minnie Corley), "I don't recall the state of AL ever being mentioned by my mother or father. I do know my father came to AR from MS. Strangely, I can't recall any reference to my grandfather Corley by my father or mother. The most memories of family conversation was the Civil War days when the bushwackers who were a bunch of renegades that roved the country robbing and killing men at or near war age. I remember my father telling about having to hide out to keep alive. My father was a stern-few-words man, who did not talk much to his children except to give orders to the jobs he wanted done and wield a vicious right hand with a tree limb if you failed to obey his orders, and applied the limb to the part of the body he thought was made for the purpose. He never used his hand or shoe but he could cut a switch quickly.
J. P. Corley petitioned to be guardian of Pauline, John E., and George T. Corley on 28 Aug 1877 and witnessed by Jacob W. Frost and William Y. Corley (pension papers of James Corley).
In 1937, James William Corley in Hope, AR.
Missouri Corley information provided by Sue McCain, Ft. Smith, AR. Some information provided by Susan Fullbright, personal papers of LaVerne Corley Ray and Bible records of Virginia Corley Hames.
Information on marriage records from Logan County, AR marriage records. Information on cemetery, from Logan County, AR tombstone project.
Noted on tombstone information on Doy Redding, he has spelled his name with an -ing instead of -en, and he was adopted by James Corley but retains his name.
Norman B. Hames' parents: Father: F. N. L. Hames b. 11 Sep 1867 d. 8 Aug 1919. He belonged to the Caulksville Lodge #139 Buried: Kersey Cemetery, Franklin Co., AR. Mother: Sarah Louisa Crossno Buried: Kersey Cemetery, Franklin Co., AR
Carl M. Corley & Juanita B. Harris' child: Carl Dean Corley, Jr.
The Paris Express, dated 9 Jan 1930, “The Harmony Community column, Mrs. George Hill & children of Cotton Grove visited the home of J. P. Corley Sunday”.
The Paris Express, dated 3 Dec 1931, “Henry Ashworth, 29, farmer & miner, died of head injuries of a motor vehicle accident on Hwy 22 at 6:30 p.m. Monday evening. His vehicle stalled on the road without lights. He got out and was pushing the vehicle off the road when he was hit by a car driven by Norman Hames and a passenger, Holly Duffin. Ashworth was thrown from the vehicle & received head injuries. He was confused at the scene, refusing medical attention but was forced to go to the hospital. Hames & Duffin also went to the hospital. Ashworth lost consciousness & died later. Hames & Duffin released from the hospital. He lived at Paris & Charleston all of his life. Survivors: wife, Maude Collier Ashworth, (daughter of J. H. Collier, Charleston) of two years. Daughter, six months old. Mother: Mrs. Sarah Dorris, Camden, AR, & Homer, Paris. Sisters: Mrs. Lester Walker, Vera, Lois Dorris, Camden. Brothers: Clarence Ashworth, Sherman, TX; Herbert Ashworth, Camden, & Homer, Paris. Funeral services at the First Presbyterian Church at Charleston, & burial at Nixson Cemetery”.
Corley- Mrs. Pink Corley, son is Doy Redding The Paris Express, dated 6 Oct 1938
The Paris Express, dated 4 May 1959, “Mrs. Norman B. Hames & Mrs. & Mrs. James Hames & son left today for their home in Oxnard, CA after a visit with Miss Beulah Hames & Mrs. & Mrs. Bland Hames & son of Paris, and with Mr. & Mrs. Neil Hames & children in Charleston”.
Franklin Cloud Lee & Missouri Elizabeth Corley
Daniel R. Lee & Susan A. Redden
Samuel H. Lee & Martha Ann Craig
James Knox Lee & Arminta Correne Moore
Jacob W. Frost & Elizabeth Corley
James Corley & Martha Williams
Henry Eldridge Corley & Susan Jane Lee
Leroy F. Corley & Dicey Elizabeth Smith
Pilinah E. Corley & James Rains Lee
Dennison J. Redden & Lamina Bridgett Maberry
James Redden & Martha A. Smith
