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Harry Bowman Corey Sr.

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Harry Bowman Corey Sr.

Birth
Coryland, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
30 Nov 1925 (aged 64)
Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Obituary:
Harry B. Corey
Born in Coryland on February 14th, 1861, the son of David and Mary Jane Corey and for many years a practicing attorney in Troy, died in his East Main Street home on Monday night, November 30th at 10:10 o'clock. He was 64 years old and unusually well known in this section. Mr. Corey had been in very poor health for the past few weeks but his passing came with shocking suddeness. Mr. Corey was educated in Mansfield State Normal School, graduating with the class of 1884 and attended Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, receiving a B.S. degree in 1885. He was admitted to the bar and to the Grand Circuit court of the United States of the district of Indiana in 1889, practicing in Indiana for two years. He came east in 1893 and married Miss Maria L. Pettingill of Gillett, living there until 1910 when he came to Troy. He is survived by the widow and five children: Mrs. Louis Judson of Columbia Cross Roads; Mrs. Harry F. Nice of San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. Paul H. Henry of Alamosa, Col.; Miss Leora Corey of Butler, N.J.; Harry B. Corey, Jr., Butler, N.J. One sister survives, Mrs. S. S. Leonard of Elmira, N.Y. The funeral will be held from the home on Saturday at two p.m., the Rev. William Jacques officiating and interment will be in Glenwood cemetery here.
Obituary:
Harry B. Corey
Born in Coryland on February 14th, 1861, the son of David and Mary Jane Corey and for many years a practicing attorney in Troy, died in his East Main Street home on Monday night, November 30th at 10:10 o'clock. He was 64 years old and unusually well known in this section. Mr. Corey had been in very poor health for the past few weeks but his passing came with shocking suddeness. Mr. Corey was educated in Mansfield State Normal School, graduating with the class of 1884 and attended Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, receiving a B.S. degree in 1885. He was admitted to the bar and to the Grand Circuit court of the United States of the district of Indiana in 1889, practicing in Indiana for two years. He came east in 1893 and married Miss Maria L. Pettingill of Gillett, living there until 1910 when he came to Troy. He is survived by the widow and five children: Mrs. Louis Judson of Columbia Cross Roads; Mrs. Harry F. Nice of San Antonio, Texas; Mrs. Paul H. Henry of Alamosa, Col.; Miss Leora Corey of Butler, N.J.; Harry B. Corey, Jr., Butler, N.J. One sister survives, Mrs. S. S. Leonard of Elmira, N.Y. The funeral will be held from the home on Saturday at two p.m., the Rev. William Jacques officiating and interment will be in Glenwood cemetery here.


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