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Edward McCullough CORPENING

Edward McCullough CORPENING

Male 1853 - 1886  (33 years)


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  • Name Edward McCullough CORPENING
    Birth 26 Feb 1853  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1870, 1880  Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation cattle dealer, grazier  [1, 3] 
    Death 7 Aug 1886  Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: fever 
    Burial OLD BAPTIST SECTION  Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I67641  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2010

    Father Samuel CORPENING,   b. 2 Nov 1821, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1884, Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Mother Cynthia B. COPLIN,   b. 1828, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1905 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F28514  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Alice GALLAHUE,   b. 3 Dec 1856, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1943 (Age 86 years)  [6]
    Marriage 21 Jun 1877  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated May 2 1910 on Main Street:
      M. Alice Corpening, 53, widow, mother of 2 children (both still living); mother Maria Fleming, 71, widow, mother of 2 children (1 still living); lodger C. H. Pack, 38, clergyman, married 6 yrs; lodger Nora M. Pack, 38, married 6 yrs, no children; lodger Ferdinand Hornor, age (blank), civil engineer, single.
      In the adjacent household was the following family:
      John B. Payne, 38, physician in general practice, married 13 yrs; wife Sallie C, 30, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Edward, 11; dau Virginia A, 5; servant Joseph Johnson, black male, 53, b. Maryland, single.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated Feb 7 1920 at 628 West Main Street:
      Alice Corpening, 63, widow; mother Maria Fleming, 80, widow; boarder Elma Harris, 34, single, dry goods saleswoman; boarder Bessie Thomas, 30, single, school teacher.

      1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated Apr 3 1930 at 628 West Main Street:
      M. Alice Corpening, 73, widow; mother Miriah Fleming, 90, widow; roomer Carl Anderson, 22, single, bookkeeper at brokerage office.
    Children 
    +1. Sallie Florida CORPENING,   b. 24 Sep 1879, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1911 (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F28431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    2. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    3. [S2434] 1880 Census, Harrison County, WV (Simpson District).

    4. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    5. [S2415] Cemeteries of Simpson District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).

    6. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 116.
      Identified as Edward M. Corpening, 24, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Samuel & Cynthia Corpening, occupation cattle dealer; and Mary A. Gallahue, 20, b. & res. in Harrison Co, dau of William H. (?) & Mariah Gallahue. Married Jun 21 1877 in Harrison Co by J. J. Poynter. (Note: The preceding entry in the ledger-style marriage record was for Mary's sister, Sarah R. Gallahue, 19, who married John A. Fleming (27, son of Solomon S. & Elizabeth) on the same day and with the same official.)