Archive for February, 2009

Tombstone Tuesday – Kathryn Corel Hahn Henson

Posted February 24th, 2009 by Paula | Comments Off

Kathryn Corel is the granddaughter of last week’s Tombstone Tuesday, James Pickens and Susannah Clay McGee Corel, and is my great grandmother.
Kathryn was born November 28, 1908 in Lawrence, Kansas.  She was the youngest of eight children born to James Henry and Emma Augusta Miller Corel.  James Henry Corel was the fifth child of James [...]

Kreativ Blogger Award

Posted February 23rd, 2009 by Paula | 5 Comments

I was both surprised and honored when I received an email yesterday from my friend Virginia at Oh Blah Vi, Oh Blah Va.  She informed me that she had awarded me with a Kreativ Blogger award!  I am so very touched by this, because although I have been blogging for quite a while now (yes, [...]

Tombstone Tuesday – James Pickens and Susannah Clay McGee Corel

Posted February 17th, 2009 by Paula | 1 Comment

James and Susannah are my great-great-great grandparents.  They are buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
James Pickens Corel was born February 16, 1832 in Tazewell County, Virginia to William and Rebecca Oney Corel.  He moved west with his parents and several of his brothers and sisters in 1849, first settling in Kaw [...]

The Answers Are Not Always What You Think

Posted February 11th, 2009 by Paula | 2 Comments

When I first began researching the McGlothlin men that had married daughters of William and Rebecca Oney Corel, I had found that many researchers before me believed that both David (who married Jemima) and Robert Emmitt (who married Rebecca Ann) McGlothlin were the sons of Revolutionary Veteran John McLaughlin and his wife, Judith Leathers.
David McGlothlin [...]

New Pages Added

Posted February 5th, 2009 by Paula | Comments Off

I thought I should take a minute to announce that I’ve added a couple of pages to the website.  First, I have added a contact page with email addresses of researchers of the different lines.  The first contact is for Connie Bishop, organizer of the Corel-Oney family reunion.  I want to stress again, if you [...]