U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Corder, William Alonzo (1862-1939) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 356-357 William Alonzo Corder, born 1862, on Hacker's Creek, son of James W. and Mary C. (Bond) Corder, was married June 19, 1884, to Nannie R., daughter of Benjamin S. and Lucy (Pell) Reynolds. Their child's name is James Stanley, born October 11, 1887. Mr. Corder's mother was born in Harrison County, daughter of Reuben Bond. Mr. Corder is a Primitive Baptist; is a farmer and stockdealer, living three miles north of Philippi on the Beverly and Fairmont Pike, where he owns 350 acres of improved land underlaid with coal, and devoted largely to cattle grazing and grain. The farm is one of the finest in Barbour County. In early life he was in the mercantile business, and was post master at Switzer's. Mrs. Corder, born October 20, 1863, graduated from the Fairmont Normal School in 1881. Benjamin S. Reynolds, the father-in-law of the subject of this sketch, was born in Harrison County, August 21, 1821. He accumulated a fortune from a beginning of 200 acres given him by his father, Thomas P. Reynold's also a native Harrison County, where he was born April 11, 1798, and where he was married to Miss Margaret Thompson, (born in Harrison). After their marriage the young couple settled on Limestone Creek where they purchased a large farm and reared their children, Benjamin S. and Mary J. On this farm Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds died, the former in 1854 and the latter in 1881. The grandfather of B. S. Reynolds was John Reynolds. He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, where he resided till 1785 when, with his family, he removed to Harrison, hauling his household goods in a covered wagon, said to be the first to reach that county. Mr. Reynolds located on West Fork, five miles above Clarksburg, and was one of the pioneers in that vicinity. He made yearly trips to Winchester for salt and other supplies, pacing with ginseng and deer skins. On those occasions he used an enormous bull as a pack animal, carrying on him a load of 500 pounds from Winchester to Clarksburg. John Reynolds' father was Cornelius Reynolds, probably a native of Ireland, but an early settler in Culpeper County where he died. The maternal grandparents of Thomas P. Reynolds were Thomas Phillips and his wife Mary, who were natives of Wales, who emigrated to America in 1770 and five years later to West Virginia. They had two children, both daughters. One married John Reynolds, the other Robert Bartlett. The father gave each daughter 400 acres of land, and retained 200 acres for himself, which he afterwards gave to his name-sake, Thomas P. Reynolds. Mr. Phillips was a remarkable man, in one respect at least; he was never known to be angry. The maternal grandparents of B. S. Reynolds were James and Jane (McCaully) Thompson, natives of County Down, Ireland, where they were married. They landed at Baltimore after a stormy voyage of fifteen weeks. On September 5, 1849, Benjamin S. Reynolds was married to Lucy Ann, daughter or Hezekiah Pell, of Preston County. His father was a New Yorker who came to Preston at an early day. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH-CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV #1256 Full-name: William Alonzo Corder Birth: Oct 20, 1862 in W.Va. Death: Feb 20, 1939 in Philippi, Barbour, WV Marital-Status: widowed, Nanie Reynolds Corder Occupation: Farmer Father: James Corder, born in W.Va. Mother: Mary C. Bond, born in W.Va. Informant: Stanley Corder of Philippi, W.Va. Cause-of-death: Coronary Occlusion Burial: Mt. Olive Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------