Corey, Grellette

GRELLETTE COREY, farmer and undertaker, P.O. Conneautville, was born August 7, 1825, in North Hampton Township, Montgomery (now Fulton) Co., N.Y.; son of William and Lucy (Williams) Corey, formerly residents of Mayfield Township, Montgomery (now Fulton) Co., N.Y., who came to this county in 1837, with four children, settling in Conneaut Township. William Corey was a farmer, carpenter, joiner and wheelwright, which trades he worked at the greater part of his time. He purchased 100 acres of woodland which he and his sons cleared up into a farm. He held several township offices. His wife’s father owned three slaves until the Constitution or’ laws of New York State set at liberty all slaves in that State; but he kept one or two of them, paying them wages after they got their freedom. One, named Black George, remained with his employer till after the war of 1812. In that war Mr. Williams was pressed into service, but being a cripple, was returned home. William Corey died in 1815, his wife in 1864. They were parents of three sons and one daughter, all now living. Our subject, who is the eldest, took up the trade of carpenter. He was married in 1853 to Mary E., daughter of Gerden Kennedy, a native of Vermont; he moved to Gainesville, Wyoming Co., N.Y., in 1812, and to Conneaut Township in 1833. To this union were born two children: Rose Ella, wife of B. Burns, and Lillian E., wife of F.W. Munger. Our subject moved to this township with his family in 1857, settling on the farm of sixty-two acres he now owns. Mr. Corey, in 1881, fell from the roof of a barn, twenty-six feet, breaking both arms, and is thereby crippled for life. He has held several township offices; is a member of the R.T. of T.; in politics is a Republican, formerly a Whig. His wife is a member of the Congregational Church.