1.1.5.1.- William arrived in America 1822
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This continues, from the second child, the line of
1.1.5.1. WILLIAM, born 1765, baptized 5 Apr 1766 in Irongray, died 5 Jun 1835 aged 70; farmer in Mossyard,
Borgue, until 1812 when he moved three miles north-east to Largs, Twynham; married in Borgue, Scotland 31 Jul
1794 to Margaret Gracey (or Gracie) who was born in 1773, died in 1827. Times were hard in Scotland and
William, Margaret and ten of their eleven children left the Corrie lands near Kirkcudbright partly for
economic reasons, partly because of the fear of the political threat of a revolution. William was "Father
John's" eldest son, and the second of the family to come to the United States. They left Scotland in 1822
some say they stayed briefly in New York. In 1822, they settled in Decker's Prairie in the Sumner and
Bridgeport area in Lawrence Co, IL. part of the 10,000 acres of land purchased by William's brother Adam
(ref.
1.1.5.3.). William was 57 and Margaret was 49 when they arrived in Illinois; they cleared the land,
built houses, purchased livestock and began a new life on the prairie. It was soon enough following the
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 that prejudice among the early American settlers sometimes ran high
against the newcomers from the British Isles. Indians were still present in the territory to add to their
concern. Margaret died in 1827; William died in 1835 in Lawrence Co and a year later a sale of his
possessions was held attended by three of his sons and a son-in-law who together purchased nearly every item
ensuring these personal effects remained in the family. William and Margaret are buried near his brother John
in the family graveyard on the farm (located from the center of the S. 1/2 S.W. 1/4, Sec. 30, T2N, R I2W,
Lawrence Co. IL). The stone that marks their resting place read "WILLIAM CORRIE'S STONE... Sacred to
the memory of
Unknown Corrie, consort of William Corrie, who died September anno domino, 1827, Aged 54
years." In October of 1993, Dallas Krumm (ref.
1.1.5.1.5.1.1.3.3.3.) guided Evelyn Corrie Birkby (ref.
1.1.5.1.8.4.5.2.) back into the farm field to the graves but they could not find the stone marker; William and
Margaret's children, 1. John, 2. William Jr., 3. Margaret, 4. James, 5. Adam, 6. Andrew, 7. Joseph, 8.
Thomas, 9. Jannet (Jane), 10. Mary, 11. George.
2. WILLIAM Jr., born 1802; second son of William and Margaret; he became a school teacher in New Orleans, LA.
He returned to Lawrence County for a visit around 1850 (about the time the land Adam had purchased was divided
among the relatives.) Child: (
1) Alexander. (it is thought or rumored through our information that William
married a Choctaw Squaw, have not been able to find this women)
2.1. ALEXANDER, born 1 Mar 1827; died 11 Jan 1893; married 6 Sep 1852 in Lawrence Co., IL to Carolyn Fiscus
born 31 Dec 1834, died 24 Nov 1912 in Lawrence Co., Illinois. Children: (
1) William Alexander, (
2) Sarah,
(
3) Thomas F., (
4) Charles Randolph.
2.1.1. WILLIAM ALEXANDER, born 2 Aug 1853; died 1 Apr 1909 married 1888 to Ella Arbella Decker born 25 May
1865; died Jan 1926. They had five children (
1) Calvin, (
2) Mary, (
3) Edna May, (
4) Carl, (
5) Fred.
2.1.1.1. CALVIN HARLEY, born 28 Apr 1888 in Bridgeport, Illinois, died 11 Mar 1951 in New London, TX married
in Illinois on 4 Jun 1920 to Loretta Lucilla Shideler, born 3 Feb 1902, in Bridgeport, Illinois died 28
Aug 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Children: (
1) William George, (
2) Calvin Fredrick, (
3) Theda Bara,
(
4) Kenneth Durward, (
5) Jack Deane, (
6) Margaret Flo, Bobby Lee.
2.1.1.1.1. WILLIAM GEORGE, born 20 Dec 1921; died 26 Dec 1921.
2.1.1.1.2. CALVIN FREDRICK, born 7 Nov 1922; in Mexia, TX; died 16 Dec 2000, in Shreveport, La. married 14
Jul 1946 in Shamrock, Tx., to Anita Jeane Hale born 5 Apr 1924 in Miami, TX, died 26 Jan 2004 in
Shreveport, LA. had three children: (
1) Le'Sann, (
2) Calvin (Fred) Fredrick II, (
3) Janene Calette.
2.1.1.1.2.1. LE'SANN, born 11 Dec 1949 in Overton, TX. Married 22 Nov 1969 in Monroe, La, to Terry Lynn
Oglethorpe born 27 Nov 1949 in Monroe, La. Le'Sann & Terry currently live north of Houston, Tx.
They have two children: (
1) Rana Machele, (
2) Tevia Rachele.
2.1.1.1.2.1.1. Rana Machele Oglethorpe, born 10 Jul 1974 in Fairfax, VA.
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