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, Wilson P. (1843-1931) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 357-358 Wilson P. Corder, born 1845* (*see death-certificate below) at the old Corder homestead on the head of Hacker Creek, son of Joseph and Catherine (Patton) Corder, was married June 2, 1870, to Marietta, daughter of Bennett I. and Nancy Hudkins. Children, Cony E., John F., Richard D., Ettie and Nettie (twins), J. Wayne, Mettie, Grover and Flora May. He is a Democrat, farmer and stockraiser, residing on Brushy Fork of Elk, where he owns 220 acres of fine land, underlaid with coal. He was educated at the Pruntytown Academy. Cony E. Corder, his son, is one of Barbour's progressive teachers, and was educated in the public schools, at the Buckhannon Seminary, and at the Fairmont Normal School. John F., his second son, taught four terms of school, attended the Fairmont Normal School, and in 1898 graduated in law at the West Virginia University, and located in Grafton for the practice of his profession. Richard D., another son, is a teacher and a student at the Fairmont Normal School. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH CERTIFICATE, Barbour County WV, #4617 Full-name: Wilson Patton Corder Birth: July 15, 1843, in West Va. Death: March 26, 1931, in Philippi, Barbour, WV Marital-status: Widowed Occupation: Farmer Father: Joseph C. Corder, born in Va. Mother: Katherine Patton, born in Va. Informant: C. O. Phillips Burial: Corder 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------