J. H. COREY

COREY, WRIGHT

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Date: 5/24/2009 at 07:43:47

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. H. COREY, miller, residence Second street, Moulton; born in Marietta, Ohio, in August 1844; removed with his parents to Ottumwa, Iowa, in 1865; thence to Moulton, this county, in 1873. Married Miss Fanny Wright in 1865; she was born in Harmer, Ohio, in October, 1848; they have two children - Charles H., born in September 1868; Hattie, born in October 1870. Republican in politics; members of the M.E. Church. Enlisted in the 48th Ohio V.I., Co. C, in April 1862, doing railroad duty until mustered out in September 1861; participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and others; mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, in August, 1865.