STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, 02 MAY 1894 ALBERT H. CORY, 07 Sep 1808 - 30 Apr 1894 DIED At the residence of his son in Jamestown township, Monday, April 30, 1894, Albert H. Cory, aged 78 years. Mr. Cory had been a resident of this county for 30 years, and made his home with his son, Fred Cory. He was only sick about a week. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; For a person who was so instrumental in the development of Steuben County, this is a very short obituary. He had many relatives, many friends and was very important in the settlement of York Township and all of the accomplishments of the Powers family. Some of those families will be mentioned here. Much detailed information is available from the "Powers Family History" available at the Carnegie Public Library, Angola, Steuben County, IN., and some is quoted here. The book cannot be checked out of the reference library, available in house only. Albert H. Corey/Cory, 07 Sep 1808 - 30 Apr 1894, was born in Vermont. About 1836 in St. Lawrence, N. Y., he married Lydia (Marsh) Cory, 07 Jan 1809 - 14 Nov 1886. She was born in Weybridge, Addison County, VT. They are buried in Jamestown Cemetery, Steuben County, IN. (Cory seems to be spelled Corey, also.) THESE ARE POSSIBLY THE CHILDREN OF ALBERT AND LYDIA: ALFRED M. CORY/COREY, born about 1837 in N.Y., married Margery A. (Clark) Corey, 1848 - 1935. They are buried in Jamestown Cemetery. AMOS H. CORY, born in N. Y. 1838 - 1921, married Alvira (Cline) Cory, 1856 - 1938. They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, IN. ASA COREY, born about 1842 in N.Y. POLLY COREY, born about 1845. MAY COREY, born about 1852 in Ohio. FRED CORY, Albert was living with him in Jamestown Township at the time of his death. THESE are some of the many people who assisted the families in preparing for the journey, assisting after they arrived and families who came out after them to become some of the early pioneers. Many, many other people helped them while they were traveling, i.e., people who helped them when they had to stop traveling when Maria Emiline (Corey) Powers was critically ill during the trip. On page 77 of the Powers Family History is an article written by Ann Eliza (Powers) Rose, daughter of Winn Powers, concerning the first settlers of York Township. She mentions that in 1845 Robert Corey, 10 Dec 1802 - no date of death, who was a brother of Uncle Calvin's wife (Maria Emiline (Corey) Powers), taught school. He was the son of Robert Corey, born 05 Nov 1779 in East Pownal, Bennington County, VT; died 01 Jun 1851. On 30 Aug 1801 he married Elizabeth/Betsey (Smith) Corey, 02 Jul 1780 - 25 Aug 1860. They are buried at North Otsego Cemetery, Steuben County, IN. Robert and Elizabeth had these other children: Eliza Corey, born 08 Oct 1804; Jackson Corey, born 03 Aug 1806, died in Central City, NE, 12 Jan 1892, (who also arrived with Stephen and Winn Powers on the 1st big migration); Eunice Corey, born 03 Mar 1808; Sophie Corey, born 22 Mar 1810; Livonia Corey, born 29 Aug 1812; Benedict Corey, born 24 Aug 1814; Rhoda Corey, born 31 Aug 1819, married 20 Jun 1839 to Samuel F. Healy; Caroline Corey, born 17 Feb 1824. Noted in the "History of Steuben County, IN-1885", page 595, "The first entry of land in York Township was made by Richard Peters on 12 May 1836." Page 613 mentions that during the same month, Royal Blanding Hix/Hicks, 09 Jan 1813 in Seneca County, N. Y. died 12 Oct 1888, who, on 13 Jun 1838, married Martha (Braman) Hix, 03 Mar 1812 - 10 Feb 1898 who are buried in Powers Cemetery, Steuben County, IN. Page 614 mentions George W. Johnson, born 15 Aug 1809 in Franklin county, VT, died 20 Mar 1891, married Edexey (Woolcott) Johnson, born Nov 1809, no date of death. Martin Eldredge who died 08 Aug 1870, age 56 years, 8 months and 28 days who married Agnes Eldredge who died 12 Mar 1897, age 80 years, 5 months and 8 days and are buried at Powers Cemetery. There are several other persons listed who located on land in the township. The first settler in York Township was Fayette (DeLaFayette) Barron who in Nov 1836 established a home for his wife and sons on land that now comprises a part of the village of Metz in Steuben County. Fayette Barron AKA Lafayette Barron AKA DeLaFayette Barron, 10 Aug 1794 - 09 Apr 1840, on 09 Apr 1816, married Arvilla (Bradford) Barron, 26 Mar 1792 - 11 Aug 186_. Their sons: Roswell Barron, 14 Nov 1819 - 1842; Elmus L. Barron, 14 Feb 1823 - 25 Jan 1899, on 17 Dec 1845 married Roxanna A. (Benjamin) Barron, 21 Sep 1830 - 10 Feb 1893; Justus Barron, 11 Mar 1825 - 27 May 1895, may have married Mary L. (Burk) Barron, were a tremendous help to their parents. They were buried at Metz Cemetery, Steuben County, IN. On page 42 in the "Powers Family History" there is more information about their trials in settling in Indiana. In the early summer of 1836 Clark Powers made a trip "out west" to see what the prospects of getting land in, at the time, the wilds of Indiana, were. He entered a claim in York Township, Steuben County. Later in the fall of the same year he made a second trip to Indiana with his brother Calvin who located a claim in October. The one way trip to and from Indiana and their homes in New York required six weeks of toilsome travel. While the married brothers, Stephen, Winn and Calvin, were making the necessary preparations to move their families, cattle and household goods, Clark, accompanied by Augustus W. "Gust" Woodworth and Jackson Corey went to Indiana early in 1837 where they, with the assistance of Fayette Barron and his sons, the only settlers ahead of them in York Township, put up the pioneer "shanties" which were to house all of them, a total of twenty one people until the other brothers could locate claims and get their log cabins built. George Brooks, 08 Jul 1824 - 11 Dec 1905, who worked for a number of years for Clark Powers, was responsible for helping Calvin and his family finish their move after Maria became critically ill with "canker rash" (scarlet fever) on their migration to Indiana. Their infant, Alonzo, was only 10 - 11 months old. They did not reach York Township until 21 Jul 1837. The Powers caravan consisted of these people, information taken from the pages of the Powers Family History: Stephen A. Powers, 02 Jan 1800 - 05 Oct 1872, wife Mary Ann (Campbell) Powers, 17 Jul 1808 - 07 Feb 1883, and their children, Josiah Clark Powers, 18 Oct 1825 - 28 Apr 1899; Andrew J. Powers, 22 Sep 1827 - 14 Jun 1863; Hannah Elizabeth Powers, 11 Mar 1833 - 03 Aug 1839; Dolly Jane Powers, 02 Apr 1835 - 16 Feb 1925. Their son, Newton Powers, died 07 May 1837, age 6 years, 2 months and 11 days on their trip to Indiana. His name is on a tombstone at Powers Cemetery but they had to bury him along the way and continue their trip. Winn powers, 08 Dec 1801 - 24 Jun 1993, wife Betsey (Reeves) Powers, 11 May 1801 - 14 Apr 1875, and their children, Myron Powers, 19 Aug 1826 - 20 Sep 1893; Hannah Powers, 11 Oct 1828 - 12 Aug 1895; Edwin Powers, 17 Feb 1831 - 01 Dec 1900; Calvin `Put' Powers, 19 Jan 1834 - 18 Jun 1911; Morey Powers, 29 Nov 1836 - 06 Aug 1839. Clark Powers was still a single man. After they settled in Indiana he went back to marry his fiancee and bring her to Indiana. Calvin Powers, 05 Mar 1808 - 06 Jan 1878, wife Maria Emiline (Corey Powers, 02 Jun 1817 - 22 Sep 1848, and their child, Alonzo Powers, 06 Aug 1836 - 09 Apr 1904. Augustus "Gust" W. Woodworth was born in Cayuga county, N.Y., 11 Nov 1812, on 10 Mar 1841, married Mary Johnson. Theirs was the first marriage in the township and Stephen A. Powers officiated as Justice of the Peace. "Gust's" sister, Clarrinda Woodworth was one of the first teachers in their first school. She married Joseph Reeves. The Woodworths lived in Scott Township after York Township was divided. "Gust" and his wife had at least two children, Charles H. Woodworth, died 09 Jan 1851, age 7 months and 15 days, and Homer Woodworth, born about 1843 in Indiana. The children are buried at Powers Cemetery. The Woodworths moved to Kansas in late 1881. "Gust" died in Nebraska in April 1893. His friend Jackson Corey died at Central city, NE, on 12 Jan 1892, age 85 years. The 8th annual reunion , page 292 of the History, 1885, says that Augustus was with the earliest settlers of York Township. His ax and muscle let the sun shine where there was too much shade. He also made roads, bridged mud and morass. He obtained the "sobriquet" of the "rocking pony", on Jackson Prairie because of beating others in cradling wheat. "History of Steuben County-1885", pages 567, 568, biography of Thomas Johnston, mentions that Mary (Johnson) Woodworth was the daughter of William and Polly (Walden) Johnston (spelled Johnson in some places. William was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., born in 1784, and Polly of Connecticut, born in 1791. In 1839, her parents moved to Oakland County, MI, where the father died in April 1852 and the mother died in 1867. A brother, Thomas, came to Steuben County, IN on 26 Feb 1840. SOURCES: "Cemeteries of Steuben County, IN, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, pages 96, 97, 98, 99, 406, 407, 408, 501, 560; Vol. 1, page 19989. "History of Steuben County, Ind.-1885" "Marriage Records of Steuben County, IN, 1837 - 1899." "Powers Family History" Rootswebworldconnect.com, "Shirley's Genealogical Works, Contact: Shirley Simpson, ms_sunshine10@yahoo.com. Rootswebworldconnect.com, "My Durrs and alied Families, Contact: Petrovsky 1980, petrovsky1980@hotmail.com. www.familysearch.org: 1880 U. S. Census, Augustus Woodworth, Scott, Steuben County, IN, Family History Library Film #1254312, NA Film # T9- 0312, page376B. Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net