STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1901, page 1, column 8

ELIZA (MUNN) CORY, 26 Feb 1815 - 27 Mar 1901

   Eliza Munn was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, Feb. 
26, 1815, and died at her home in Jamestown township, Steuben 
county, Indiana, March 27, 1901, aged 86 years, 1 month and 1 
day.
   She was married in 1834 to Ambrose Cory.  They lived in the 
state of New York until 1847, when they moved to Ohio and 
later to Steuben county, locating on the farm which has since 
been her home and where her husband died in 1883.  She was the 
mother of ten children, nine of whom, eight sons and an only 
daughter, are living.  Besides these, she leaves ten 
grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, one brother, three 
sisters and many friends to mourn the loss of a loving mother 
and friend.  In early life she joined the Methodist Episcopal 
church, of which she was a faithful member until her death.  
Funeral services were held at the home Sunday, March 31.  
Burial in the Jamestown cemetery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Eliza (Munn) Cory, 26 Feb 1815 - 27 Mar 1901, married 
Ambrose Cory Sr., born about 19 Aug 1813, died 11 Jun 1883, 
aged 69 years, 10 months and 22 days.
   Charles Henry Cory, 13 Dec 1843 - 12 Mar 1927, married 
Sarah Lamira (Reed) Cory, 1854 - 1941.
   Melvin Eugene COREY, 1847 - 1937, married Mary L. (Peavey) 
Corey, 1852 - 1903.
   Orley Corey, 1854 - 1908.
   John Frank Cory, 06 Jul 1857 - 13 Apr 1915, married S. Etta 
(Friday) Cory, 1863 - 1932.
All of the above are buried at Jamestown Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.
   Possible other children are:  Edward Cory, Myron Cory, 
Lucinda Cory, Ambrose Cory Jr., Nathan Cory, possibly another 
son.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, 407. 408. 409.
"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885" biography of Charles H. 
Cory, page 533.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net