Corel Cousins

James Henry Corel was born on June 3, 1865 to Susannah Clay McGee and James Pickens Corel in Wakarusa Township, Douglas County, Kansas.  He was the fifth child, but the first born son.
In April of 1892, James Henry, along with a group  of others from Lawrence, Kansas, had traveled by spring wagon to the Oklahoma [...]

For the 11th Edition of

Anyone who knows me knows that I am incapable of making decisions and narrowing things down! So, for my first participation in the Smile for the Camera carnival, I have selected eight photos of brothers and sisters from youth to adulthood. I did at least pick only one photo [...]

I personally know very little of Jennie and Charles Engle, but it was a name I grew up hearing.  I have chosen to show their story today because of what I found a couple of years ago when going through some of the documents and photos that my mother obtained after her grandmother’s death.
Every time [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]