Dorcas Jane Cordrey1

b. 2 April 1834, d. 7 August 1913
Dorcas Jane Cordrey|b. 2 Apr 1834\nd. 7 Aug 1913|p10396.htm|Moses Ayres Cordrey|b. 9 Jul 1810\nd. 17 Mar 1873|p10391.htm|Hannah Black|b. 1 Jan 1812\nd. 6 Apr 1875|p10392.htm|Nathan Cordrey|b. bt 1775 - 1776\nd. 1859|p10444.htm|Dorcas J. Ayres|b. s 1785\nd. 1863|p10445.htm|Philip Black Jr.|b. c 1775\nd. 2 Aug 1823|p10393.htm|Catharine Baughman|b. c 1777\nd. 26 Aug 1854|p10394.htm|

Grandaunt of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
2nd great-grandaunt of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Dorcas Jane Cordrey was born on 2 April 1834 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.1,2 She was the daughter of Moses Ayres Cordrey and Hannah Black.1 She married first John Reardon on 4 November 1852 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.3,1 She married second Harmon Sheeler on 30 September 1869 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.4,1 She married third Davis Perry Heminger, son of Davis Heminger and Margaret "Pega" Cordrey, on 22 August 1878 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.1 She died on 7 August 1913 at age 79.1
     
Additional Data
Dorcas J. Cordery appeared on the 1 June 1850 Federal Census of Fairfield township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in the household of her parents, M.A. and Hannah Cordery.5 Click to view image

Dorcas and John Reardon appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Fairfield township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, enumerated 13 July 1860. Their children Elizabeth and William were listed as living with them.6 Click to view image

Children of Dorcas Jane Cordrey and John Reardon

  • Eliza Ann Reardon6 b. 16 Apr 1854, d. 10 Mar 1937
  • William Reardon6 b. 23 Aug 1856
  • Martha Jane Reardon3 b. 11 Nov 1860, d. 4 Jul 1876
  • Hannah Catherine Reardon3 b. 9 Apr 1863, d. 30 Oct 1866

Child of Dorcas Jane Cordrey and Harmon Sheeler

Citations

  1. [S949] "Francis Cordrey Journal," (MS, 1897; Fort Wayne, Indiana); Charles Horn; Pasadena, Texas. Hereinafter cited as "Cordrey Journal". In a handwritten journal, or more precisely a ledger that he used as a journal, Francis wrote the family history as he knew it. It was among a collection of Cordrey papers and memorabilia that was given to Charles Horn by Francis' granddaughters, Coreinne Bitner and Mildred Bitner Stier. Click to view image
  2. [S979] M.C. Heminger, comp., Complete Family Record of the Heminger and Cordrey Families (Akron, Ohio: Unpublished, 1940), 86.
  3. [S979] M.C. Heminger, Heminger and Cordrey, 88.
  4. [S979] M.C. Heminger, Heminger and Cordrey, 100.
  5. [S954] M.A. Cordrey household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, population schedule, Fairfield twp, page 327, dwelling 50, family 50; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 734.
  6. [S953] John Reardon household, 1860 U.S. Census, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, population schedule, Fairfield twp, page 377AB/109-110, dwelling 759, family 767; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 1043.