William John COREY

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REFN: 43
Birth Certificate reads "John Corey" not "William John Corey".
Newsp aper Clipping - Granby - dated June 4, 1915
"VERY SAD CASE - One Boy Shoots Br other in Corey Home. One of Saddest
Accidents in History of Granby.
Roy Cor ey, a boy about 13 years old, came into his home about noon
Saturday, having in his hands a shotgun, with which he intended shooting
at rats and as he sto od in the doors, the gun was discharged.
As near as can be ascertained the boy stood in the door with the gun in
his hand and had pushed a loaded shell int o the chamber and the cartridge
was exploded when he snapped the breach block into place, the hammer on
the gun being set wrongly. The charge of shot ent ered the thigh of his
older brother, William Corey, who was sitting at a tabl e near the door at
the time, severing the femoral artery and passed across th e lower part of
the abdomen making a surface wound all of the way. Dr. V. J. Irwin was
summoned by telephone as soon as possible by the boy who done the
shooting and he did all that he could for the injured lad, but the loss
of blood and been too great and he died Sunday afternoon. The funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon in the home of John Corey at Granby station
and the service was conducted by Rev. F. Barrows Makepeace, pastor of the
South church in Gr anby and the burial was in Granby cemetery by the side
of the mother of the b oy who died about a year ago after a long illness
from tuberculosis.
The dec eased boy was the elder of three and was employed by John S. Dewey
on his tob acco farm close by. Of the three boys he was the only one that
was in perfec t health each of the others being chronic invalids to a
degree.
Mr. Corey is employed in a store near Granby station and is a man highly
respected and es teemed by all in Granby. He has had to undergo losses,
first of his wife, af ter a long illness and now of his eldest son, that
calls out the sympathy of all in the community to a rare degree"
Note: The descendants of Roy are not aw are on any childhood health
problems.

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• unknown: 1924, Daytona Beach, Florida

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Alias: John S. /Cook/
Cause of Death: Unknown died at the age of 8 3
REFN: 44
Illegitimate son of John Cook and Cordelia Spelman. Step Child of
William Corey and raised with the surname of Corey.
Resided in East Granby, Connecticut. Build the house he lived in and
worked at a grain mill.

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John married Annis May BRADLEY on 31 Mar 1897 in Copper Hill, East Granby, Connecticut. Annis was born on 1 Aug 1880 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 9 Jun 1914 in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Granby Cemetery, Granby, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Cause of Death: Consumption or Tuberculosis
REFN: 45
Newspaper - East G ranby dated June 12, 1914
"Mrs. Anna Bradley, wife of John Corey, died at her home after a long
illness of consumption, Mrs. Corey was 34 years old and was a daughter of
Mrs. Aunce Dibble and granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J oseph
Viets. About seventeen years ago she married to John Corey. Besides h er
husband, she leaves three son, William, who is in Simsbury high school,
Leroy and Clarence. The funeral was held from her late home Thursday
afterno on, Rev. F. B. Makepeace conducting the services. The bearers
were W. W. Vie ts, Hartley Viets, Jasper Bidwell and Frank Granger. The
burial was in Granb y"
Newspaper - Dated June 12, 1914
"Mrs. John Corey, died at her home near Gr anby Station, Monday morning
about 4 o'clock after a long illness. Mrs Corey spent some time in the
Cedar Hill Sanatorium a few years ago, and came home very much improved
in health. The disease from which she first suffered show ed again and
for the last few weeks before her death, her decline had been ra pid and
the death came not unexpectedly. The funeral was held at her home
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock and the service was conducted by Rev. F.
B. Ma kepeace, pastor of the South Church of Granby. The burial was in
Granby ceme tery. Mrs. Corey is survived by her husband and three sons
William, Roy and Clarence Corey. Mrs. Corey had lived in the house near
Granby depot and all who came in contact with her speak in the highest
terms of her as a woman, mo ther and neighbor."

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REFN: 705
The only information known about William Corey is written in the "Co rey
Family Bible", which shows his year of birth as 1827 and his date of
de ath as June 8, 1884. It shows a marriage to Cordelia Spelman, however,
no da te of marriage is shown.
It appears that the three illegitimate children of Co rdelia Spelman were
raised with the "Corey" surname and would be considered s tep-children of
William Corey.
The burial location of William Corey and Cord elia Spelman is unknown.
They are not buried in the Corey site at the Granby Cemetery. Whether the
"Corey" children knew of their background is uncertain as none of the
Corey descendants were aware of the "Cook" genealogy.

William married Cordelia Adeline SPELMAN. Cordelia (daughter of Chauncey Franklin SPELMAN and Mary Ann CASE) was born on 6 Jul 1851 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 16 Apr 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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REFN: 78
Cordelia Spelman had three illegitimate children:
1) At age 15 she h ad a daughter named Nellie, born May 10, 1867, father -
R?????
2) At age 17 she had a daughter named Ella, born September 17, 1868,
father - unknown
3) At age 20 she had a son named John S., born May 25, 1871, father -
John Cook
This information was obtained from Simsbury Connecticut Vital Records.

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• Occupation: Farmer
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REFN: 593
Lived in Simsbury and Hartford, Connecticut, and was a drum major in the
Civil War.

Chauncey married Mary Ann CASE. Mary was born on 4 Jul 1816 in Virginia; died on 8 Jan 1899 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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REFN: 594
Died before January 1, 1900.