Riley Cordrey1

b. 22 December 1812, d. 31 October 1889
Riley Cordrey|b. 22 Dec 1812\nd. 31 Oct 1889|p10451.htm|Nathan Cordrey|b. bt 1775 - 1776\nd. 1859|p10444.htm|Dorcas Jane Ayres|b. s 1785\nd. 1863|p10445.htm|Thomas Cordrey Sr.|b. bt 1740 - 1750|p10488.htm|Comfort Bryan||p10489.htm|Moses Ayres Jr.|b. 1757\nd. b 18 Mar 1825|p10568.htm|Dianna Kennedy|b. s 1756\nd. 19 Apr 1823|p10572.htm|

Great-granduncle of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
3rd great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Riley Cordrey was born on 22 December 1812 in Muskingum County, Ohio.1 He was the son of Nathan Cordrey and Dorcas Jane Ayres.1 He married first Sarah Barnhouse circa 1835.1 He married second Mary Ann Scullen on 15 December 1850 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.2 He died on 31 October 1889 in New Hampshire, Auglaize County, Ohio, at age 76.
     
Additional Data
Riley Cordrey appeared on the 1840 U.S. Census in Shanesville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. In his household were two males under 5, two males 15-20, one male 20-30; one female 15-20, one female 20-30.3 Click to view image

Riley and Sarah Cordery appeared on the 1 June 1850 Federal Census of Goshen township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, enumerated 28 August 1850. Their children Davis, Thomas, Alva, Jacob and James F. were listed as living with them.4 Click to view image

Children of Riley Cordrey and Sarah Barnhouse

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. [S961] Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, compilers, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Marriages (New Philadelphia, Ohio: Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, Inc., 1979), 2:15, 232-5920.
  3. [S965] Riley Cordery household, 1840 U.S. Census, Shanesville, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, page 366; National Archives micropublication M704, roll 430.
  4. [S954] Riley Cordery household, 1850 U.S. Census, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, population schedule, Goshen twp, page 256B, dwelling 462, family 483; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 734.