Mary Ann Corr was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Irish immigrants John Corr and Bridget Fallon. Shortly after her brother Thomas was born in 1875, her family moved to Taunton, Massachusetts.
In 1877, The National Tribune began publishing a newspaper for Civil War veterans and their families. The paper printed several of Mary Ann's letters and notes she penned while a teenager. She was a member of the paper's Conversation Club (C. C.) and usually signed as "Mamie Corr." She wrote of her father who participated in the February 1862 Battle of Val Verde that took place in the New Mexico territory where he was a private in the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Co. K.
She also wrote fondly of her friend, Eva T. Pryor, who lived nearby in Providence, Rhode Island. Eva's father, John Henry Pryor, was also a Civil War veteran. In November 1888, Mamie wrote of her trip to visit Eva and recounted their wonderful C.C. reunion. Eva later described Mary Ann as having "...black curly hair, blue eyes, pleasant expression, and dimpled cheeks."
Mary Ann may have been a teetotaler since in a National Tribune column she asked readers for the words and music to the song, 'The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine', a popular tune of the American Temperance Movement.
On September 24, 1891 when Mary Ann was 19 years old, she married James Coyle, 30, who was born in Ireland to Patrick Coyle & Elizabeth "Bessie" Greenan. James' occupation was a butcher and Mary was a seamtress. This was the first marriage for both and took place at St. Mary's Church in Taunton with the Rev. John W. Quirk presiding. Mary Ann's C.C. friend from Providence, Eva T. Pryor, attended the service and wrote of it in the National Tribune calling it a "lovely wedding."
Mary Ann and James had four children - Catherine Elizabeth, James Patrick, Francis Greenan, and Eleanor who died at age 5.
At the young age of 29, Mary Ann died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) and was buried in Oakland Cemetery (St. Francis) by undertaker Charles T. Gaffney .
Bio by: Frank Coyle
In 1877, The National Tribune began publishing a newspaper for Civil War veterans and their families. The paper printed several of Mary Ann's letters and notes she penned while a teenager. She was a member of the paper's Conversation Club (C. C.) and usually signed as "Mamie Corr." She wrote of her father who participated in the February 1862 Battle of Val Verde that took place in the New Mexico territory where he was a private in the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Co. K.
She also wrote fondly of her friend, Eva T. Pryor, who lived nearby in Providence, Rhode Island. Eva's father, John Henry Pryor, was also a Civil War veteran. In November 1888, Mamie wrote of her trip to visit Eva and recounted their wonderful C.C. reunion. Eva later described Mary Ann as having "...black curly hair, blue eyes, pleasant expression, and dimpled cheeks."
Mary Ann may have been a teetotaler since in a National Tribune column she asked readers for the words and music to the song, 'The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine', a popular tune of the American Temperance Movement.
On September 24, 1891 when Mary Ann was 19 years old, she married James Coyle, 30, who was born in Ireland to Patrick Coyle & Elizabeth "Bessie" Greenan. James' occupation was a butcher and Mary was a seamtress. This was the first marriage for both and took place at St. Mary's Church in Taunton with the Rev. John W. Quirk presiding. Mary Ann's C.C. friend from Providence, Eva T. Pryor, attended the service and wrote of it in the National Tribune calling it a "lovely wedding."
Mary Ann and James had four children - Catherine Elizabeth, James Patrick, Francis Greenan, and Eleanor who died at age 5.
At the young age of 29, Mary Ann died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) and was buried in Oakland Cemetery (St. Francis) by undertaker Charles T. Gaffney .
Bio by: Frank Coyle
Mary Ann Corr was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Irish immigrants John Corr and Bridget Fallon. Shortly after her brother Thomas was born in 1875, her family moved to Taunton, Massachusetts.
In 1877, The National Tribune began publishing a newspaper for Civil War veterans and their families. The paper printed several of Mary Ann's letters and notes she penned while a teenager. She was a member of the paper's Conversation Club (C. C.) and usually signed as "Mamie Corr." She wrote of her father who participated in the February 1862 Battle of Val Verde that took place in the New Mexico territory where he was a private in the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Co. K.
She also wrote fondly of her friend, Eva T. Pryor, who lived nearby in Providence, Rhode Island. Eva's father, John Henry Pryor, was also a Civil War veteran. In November 1888, Mamie wrote of her trip to visit Eva and recounted their wonderful C.C. reunion. Eva later described Mary Ann as having "...black curly hair, blue eyes, pleasant expression, and dimpled cheeks."
Mary Ann may have been a teetotaler since in a National Tribune column she asked readers for the words and music to the song, 'The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine', a popular tune of the American Temperance Movement.
On September 24, 1891 when Mary Ann was 19 years old, she married James Coyle, 30, who was born in Ireland to Patrick Coyle & Elizabeth "Bessie" Greenan. James' occupation was a butcher and Mary was a seamtress. This was the first marriage for both and took place at St. Mary's Church in Taunton with the Rev. John W. Quirk presiding. Mary Ann's C.C. friend from Providence, Eva T. Pryor, attended the service and wrote of it in the National Tribune calling it a "lovely wedding."
Mary Ann and James had four children - Catherine Elizabeth, James Patrick, Francis Greenan, and Eleanor who died at age 5.
At the young age of 29, Mary Ann died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) and was buried in Oakland Cemetery (St. Francis) by undertaker Charles T. Gaffney .
Bio by: Frank Coyle
In 1877, The National Tribune began publishing a newspaper for Civil War veterans and their families. The paper printed several of Mary Ann's letters and notes she penned while a teenager. She was a member of the paper's Conversation Club (C. C.) and usually signed as "Mamie Corr." She wrote of her father who participated in the February 1862 Battle of Val Verde that took place in the New Mexico territory where he was a private in the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Co. K.
She also wrote fondly of her friend, Eva T. Pryor, who lived nearby in Providence, Rhode Island. Eva's father, John Henry Pryor, was also a Civil War veteran. In November 1888, Mamie wrote of her trip to visit Eva and recounted their wonderful C.C. reunion. Eva later described Mary Ann as having "...black curly hair, blue eyes, pleasant expression, and dimpled cheeks."
Mary Ann may have been a teetotaler since in a National Tribune column she asked readers for the words and music to the song, 'The Lips That Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine', a popular tune of the American Temperance Movement.
On September 24, 1891 when Mary Ann was 19 years old, she married James Coyle, 30, who was born in Ireland to Patrick Coyle & Elizabeth "Bessie" Greenan. James' occupation was a butcher and Mary was a seamtress. This was the first marriage for both and took place at St. Mary's Church in Taunton with the Rev. John W. Quirk presiding. Mary Ann's C.C. friend from Providence, Eva T. Pryor, attended the service and wrote of it in the National Tribune calling it a "lovely wedding."
Mary Ann and James had four children - Catherine Elizabeth, James Patrick, Francis Greenan, and Eleanor who died at age 5.
At the young age of 29, Mary Ann died of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) and was buried in Oakland Cemetery (St. Francis) by undertaker Charles T. Gaffney .
Bio by: Frank Coyle
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