James Alford Corley b. 1820 N.C./AL d. 18 Oct 1863/4 Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., AR Married: 17 Nov 1836 Perry Co., AL Father: John S. Corley Mother: Cynthia Athy Box
Wife: Martha Williams b. 1817 North Carolina d. 1868/14 Jan 1875?
CHILDREN
Leroy F. Corley b. 22 Oct 1834 Mississippi d. 19 Apr 1863 Union Army, Washington Co., AR Married: 17 Oct 1859
Wife: Mary Elizabeth “Dicey” Smith b. 1844 Johnson Co., AR d. after 1885 Father: Daniel Smith Mother: Anquilla Lee
Jessie Alford Corley b. 22 Oct 1839 Mississippi d. 18 Jul 1902 Married: 28 Nov 1865 Johnson Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
Wife: Mary Anna Moore b. 15 Jul 1843 d. 16 Jun 1916 Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: John Moore Mother: Martha Caroline Johnson
Mary E. Corley b. 8 Apr 1842 MS
William Y. Corley b. 24 Jun 1844 MS d. 11 May 1908 Logan Co., AR Buried: Butler Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. 1st marriage: 1 Apr 1866, Johnson/Logan Co., AR. 2nd marriage: 12 Dec 1888 Logan Co., AR 3rd marriage: 15 Sep 1901, Logan Co., AR
1st Wife: Mary Elizabeth Lee b. abt 1842/ 1846 Lexington Co., SC d. 1877/79 Mountain Township, Logan Co., AR Father: William H. Lee Mother: Sarah A. X
2nd Wife: Malinda E. Churchman b. abt 1843 MS d. 10 Jun 1898 Buried: Butler Cemetery, Subiaco, AR 1st marriage: 15 Nov 1861 England Father: James Churchman Mother: Abigail Coker
Malinda Churchman’s 1st Husband: Joseph Carter b. 1839 England d. 2 May 1863 Cane Creek, Camp McCulloch, Springfield, MO Father: James Churchman Mother: Abigail Coker
3rd Wife: Mary Adeline Anderson b. 15 Apr 1861 d. 8 Jul 1917 Scranton, Logan Co., AR 1st marriage: 25 Sep 1881 Logan Co., AR Father: Richard Mattison Anderson Mother: Thresia Davis
Mary Anderson’s 1st Husband: Milton B. P. Houser b. 27 Jul 1857 Johnson Co., AR d. 30 Aug 1899 AR Father: John Henry Houser Mother: Susannah E. Kipler
James Pinkerton Corley b. 14/5 Oct 1846 Mississippi d. 2 Nov 1937 Logan Co., AR 1st marriage: 17 Dec 1868 Franklin Co., AR 2nd marriage: 5 Oct 1895 Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
1st Wife: Mary Francis “Fanny” Cunningham b. 16 Jul 1849 Mississippi d. 30 Aug 1882 Logan Co., AR Father: James Cunningham Mother: Rebecca Frost (died in childbirth)
1st husband: James P. Johnson Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR
2nd Wife: Lamina Bridgett “Minnie” Maberry Redden b. 1864 d. 1954 Logan Co., AR 1st marrage: 6 Oct 1895, Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Father: Charles Maberry Mother: Ellen Thompson
1st husband: Dennison "Jack" Jackson Redden b. 29 Aug 1862 Johnson Co., AR d. ? Father: James Jack Redden Mother: Martha A. Smith
Susan F. Corley b. 11 May 1849 Mississippi d. ? married: 1841|1860 (see info. below)
Husband: Alex Mobily b. 1845 d. by 1940
Pauline/Pilinah/Perlina Emaline Corley b. 8 Nov 1851, Mississippi d. ? Married: 19 Nov 1868 Johnson Co., AR
Husband: James Rains Lee b. 1847 Johnson Co., AR d. ? Father: Jeremiah Lee Mother: Sarah Murphy. 2nd wife: Molly Gill
John Elexander Corley b. 22 Oct 1855 Copiah Co., MS|Itawamba, MS d. 21 Dec 1925 Paris, Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR Married: 1 Aug 1875 Clark Twp., Johnson Co., AR
Wife: Sarah “Sallie” P. Moseley b. 1860 Heard, Georgia d. 1945 Paris, Logan Co., AR Buried: Moore Cemetery, Logan Co., AR (see info. below)
George T. Corley b. 7 Oct 1858 AR
Wife: ?Leatha, 33, TX
Mary Francis "Fanny" Cunningham grew up in the house of Jacob W. Frost and Elizabeth Corley after "Fanny's" mother died.
James Alford Corley came from NC and migrated to MS. In 1856, found in Logan Co., AR. He attended the Baptist Church.
James Corley, enlisted in Company H, 1st Arkansas Infantry, W, 1866, from Union Army Soldiers Pension Application Index.
George T. Corley 1870 Fed Cens. 11 y.o., Johnson Co., AR. 1880 Fed Cens. George Corley, 21, Clark Twp., Logan Co., AR. Father born:SC Mother born:SC, occupation: clerk in store, single, household members: John Corley, 22. Sallie Corley, 21, Joseph Corley, 3 y.o.
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Corley, Alfred, 30, MS
Mary A., 26, AR
Lucy E., 2, AR
Cinda C., 1, AR
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Corley, Martha, 53, NC
Susan F., 21, MS
John A., 14, MS
George T., 11, AR
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Corley, W. Y., 25, MS
Mary E., 26, AR
Dicy T., 3, AR
James F., 1, AR
Lee, John W., 8, AR
Children of John E. Corley & Sarah Moseley:
Joseph Franklin Corley b. 1877
Child Corley
Lena "Avelina" Eveline Corley b. 1884
Annie Carla Corley b. 1877
Daisy Elizabeth Corley b. 1892
Ada Corley b. 1894
The Paris Express, dated 24 Dec 1925, “Elder John Corley, a well known minister of the Primitive Baptist Church, died suddenly Monday a.m. heart failure was given at the cause of death. He was a carpenter by trade, but for the past few months he had been working in the seed house at the Paris Cotton Oil Co.’s mill. He was on the night shift, and the relief crew discovered partially covered with seed that has fallen on him after the fatal stroke laid him low. The body was warm, indicating he had been dead only a few minutes. Burial was at Moore Cemetery in Greasy Valley, five miles southwest of town”.
M. A. Carter, 36, from Creole, & W. Y. Corley, 34, married: 12 Dec 1880, Logan Co., AR
M. B. P. Houser, 24, & Mary A. Anderson, 20, M: 25 Sep 1881 Logan Co., AR
W. Y. Corley, Company E, I 1890, W, 1916, minor, from pension application.
Alex Mobily b. 1845, age 25, 1870 Fed Cens. living in: Stewart, TN
Alex and Susan F. Mobily b. 1851, age 29, born in Mississippi. Home in: Clark Twp., Logan Co., AR in 1880 Fed Cens. Members of Household: Alex Mobily, age 29, Elviry Mobily, age 6M.
Mary Elizabeth Smith's 2nd marriage: 23 Sep 1867 to Thomas Jefferson Hamilton b. 3 Apr 1838 d. 17 Nov 1879 Buried: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. T.J. Hamilton's next wife: Adah Hamilton b. 15 Mar 1838 d. 17 Apr 1881 Buried: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. M. E. Smith's 3rd marriage: 10 Sep 1885 to John Higgins b. 1846.
W. Y. Corley served in the Union Army in Company E, 4th Arkansas Calvary, Invalid, 1890, w, 1916, Minor. Company H, 1st Arkansas Infantry, Invalid, 1890, w, 1916. From the Union Army Soldier's Pension Application Index of Arkansas.
William Y. Corley first marriage age 22, from Johnson Co., AR Mary Elizabeth Lee, 24, from Johnson Co., AR
William Y. Corley second marriage age 34, from Creole M. E. Carter, 36, from Creole.
Molly Gill, 30, Kalamazoo and J. H. Sherrell, 45, Spierville, married on 15 Jun 1899
William Y. Corley, 56, & Mrs. M. A. Houser, 40, Married: 15 Sep 1901 Logan Co., AR
The Paris Express, dated 26 Feb 1968, “George Washington Biggs, 84, died Sat. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roland Downs on Rt. 1, Paris. He was a lifelong resident, & a retired farmer. Survivors: Daughters; Mrs. Faye Down, Paris & Mrs. Floy Beck, San Angelo, CA. Brothers; Sherman & Ben, Fresno, CA & Tom, San Bernadino, CA. Sisters; Mrs. Lucy Potts, Kansas City, MO & Misses Bessie & Ocie Biggs, Paris. Funeral services at Jacobs-Dever Funeral Home Chapel & burial at Paint Rock Cemetery”.
Some information provided by Tom Laepple.
The old town, Creole, is Spierville, AR
William Y. Corley & Mary Elizabeth Lee’s children
Child Corley b. abt 1866, AR
Dicey B. Corley b. 1867 Johnson Co., AR d. ? married: 26 Dec 1886 Logan Co., AR
---look in Clark Twp 1860, 1870Husband: J. W. Armstrong b. abt 1861, age 25, Ellsworth, on marriage date
James F. Corley b. Feb 1869 Johnson Co., AR d. ? married: 29 Jan 1893 Logan Co., AR
Wife: Alva Nancy Proctor b. 13 May 1876 Ellsworth, Logan Co., AR
Emily Corley b. abt 1870
Martha Corley b. abt 1872 d. ? Married: 28 Aug 1898 Logan Co., AR
Husband: J. W. Bernard
J. H. Corley b. abt 1874 Spielerville, Logan Co., AR
Joseph F. Corley b. Abt. 1877 Spielerville, Logan Co., AR
William Y. Corley & Mary Adaline Anderson's child: Atha Mae Corley b. 25 Jun 1902 d. 25 Feb 1985 Married: 5 Mar 1919
Husband: Alva Wilder Mitchael b. 8 Oct 1891 (age 28, on marriage date) d. 28 Jun 1936 Buried: McKendree Cemetery, Logan Co., AR. Father: William Quitman Mitchael Mother: Mary Catherine McCoy Alva & Atha had 7 children. Go to rootsweb.
Joseph Carter & Malinda E. Churchman’s children:
William Joseph Carter b. 16 Aug 1862 AR
1870 Federal Census, Clark Township, Johnson Co., AR:
Churchman, William, 63, TN
Mary C., 16, AR
John J., 15, AR
Joseph E., 12, AR
Carter, Malinda, 26, AR
Carter, J. T., ?, AR
1880 Federal Census, Mountain Township, Logan Co., AR:
Corley, W. Y., 34, MS MS MS, Farmer
D. B., 14, AR MS AR
James F., 12, AR MS AR
Emily, 10, AR MS AR
Martha, 8, AR MS AR
J. H., 6, AR MS AR
Joe, 3, AR MS AR
Joseph Carter was a farmer. He had immigrated from England as a teenager. Joseph Carter joined the union army as a member of Company H, 1st Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (U.S.), 10 Mar 1863. He enlisted as a private at Ft. Smith, and was mustered in, at Fayetteville. Personal description at time of enlistment is as follows: Age 23, height 6 feet 1 inch, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light in color. Joseph died of a fever at Camp McCulloch, near Springfield, Mo. on either 30 April or 2 May 1863. Both dates are given on affidavits provided in order for his wife to claim her pension. The place of death is identified variously as Crane Creek, Camp McCullar, and Camp McCullar Store. Joseph is buried in a military cemetery near Springfield, MO.
Joseph Carter’s son: William Joseph Carter b. 18 August 1862 Spielerville, Johnson Co., AR d. 7 Jun 1946 buried: McKendree Cemetery, Subiaco, Logan Co., Arkansas
Mary E. L. Lee's parents; William H. Lee b. 1821 in Lexington Co., SC. Sarah A. Lee b. 1825 in Lexington Co., SC.
Malinda had to submit several affidavits to claim her widow's pension. Seventeen years after Joseph's death, she married William Y. Corley 12 Dec 1880, in Logan County, Arkansas, and continued to live in the Paris/Subiaco area until her death 10 June 1898. “Malinda is the grandmother who would ride side-saddle to fetch her grandchildren, Myrtle & Ocie, to stay with her”. By Ocie Lloyd.
Milton B. P. Houser & Mary Adaline Anderson's children: William Franklin, Tresia Nell Jane, Lydia Elizabeth, Ader, Luther Milton, Dorothy. more info. on rootsweb.
1860, 1870, & 1880 Federal Census lists: Milton Houser residing in Logan Co., AR
Anquilla Lee & Daniel Smith
James Rains Lee & Pilinah E. Corley
Jeremiah Lee & Sarah Murphy
Leroy F. Corley & Mary Elizabeth Smith
James Pinkerton Corley & Mary Francis Cunningham
George D. W. Lee & Lucy E. Corley
Jacob W. Frost & Elizabeth Corley
Martha Caroline Johnson & John Moore
Jessie Alford Corley & Mary Anna Moore
James Jack Redden & Martha A. Smith
William H. Lee & Sarah A.
Arkansas Lee's back home
Joseph Carter & Malinda Churchman
Joseph F. Corley
Christopher Columbus Corley
William Y. Corley & Mary Elizabeth Lee
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