Seventh Generation

1001. Alfred Corey^1,20 was born on 6 Apr 1804 in Manhattan, New York Co, NY. He died on 17 Apr 1874. (VIII) Alfred Corey, son of Benijah and Deborah Talferd (Williams) Corey, was born on the present site of New York City, April 6, 1804, died April 6, 1891. At the age of nineteen years he came to Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, with his parents, and there learned the millwright's trade from his father, as did his brother Moses. As soon as he and his brother had attained manhood, they established themselves as contractors and constructed several sections of the Sandy and Beaver canals. In 1839 they took the contract for constructing lock and dam No. 2, across the Monongahela river, at Port Perry, Pennsylvania, and moved their families down there from Edinburg, Mercer county. Charles Wesley Corey, another brother, moved his family there at the same time; he had married Julia Ann Sailor. After the completion of this lock and dam, Alfred and Moses Corey decided they would invest their profits from this enterprise in the mercantile business. They went to New York City in order to buy a stock of goods, this being their first visit to the city since they had left it in 1823. Huge houses and hotels were now standing on the ground which they had cleared with such effort, and they, realized there had been a great lack of foresight. Subsequently, Alfred' and Moses Corey agreed to pay nine thousand dollars for the Braddock farm and seven thousand dollars for the Oliver farm in Allegheny county. Moses was given the choice of the farms, but he refused to take either, saying he had grubbed enough, and if Alfred chose to "blow in" his share of the money they had earned, he could do so. They discussed this matter all night long, and Alfred went to the city of Pittsburgh the next day, and forfeited the five hundred dollars which he had paid as a deposit. The two farms are now covered with costlier structures than those which covered the New York farms in 1846. Upon their return from New York City with their stock of goods, the Corey brothers applied themselves to mercantile interests, but Alfred soon tired of this form of business life, and sold his stock to Samuel Walker, father-in-law of the late James G. Blaine, taking his notes in payment; Walker failed, and paid the notes with a bankrupt ticket. Moses Corey, being unsuccessful in his store in Pittsburgh, traded his stock of goods for the lease of a coal mine under Mount Washington, now one. of the wards of the city of Pittsburgh. He married Lydia Adams, a sister of the wife of his brother Alfred.

Alfred Corey married, April 25, 1831, Rachel Adams, who was a very devout Methodist, and established the first Sunday school held in the state of Pennsylvania. She died April 6, 1881. Children: 1. James Benijah, of further mention. 2. Matilda Jane, born August 15, 1834, died at Portland, Oregon, April 3, 1894; she married (first) Rev. Joseph Walters, (second) J. K. Phillips. 3. Eliza Ann, born September 25, 1837; married William Whittaker; she has four sons and one daughter, the latter married, and they all live together at Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, about four miles from her childhood home. 4. Lida, born at Port Perry, October 23, 1840; married John Baldrige Jr., now deceased; reared eight children; she now lives at Braddock, Pennsylvania. 5. William Augustus, born November 1842, died of scarlet fever, September 28, 1843. 6. Rachel Deborah, born September 6, 1844; married ----- Kline, and died leaving an only son, William Corey Kline, now a sailor on Lake Eric. 7. John D., born at Port Perry, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1846; went west in early manhood, and became a conductor a railroad in Missouri; he was murdered by a drunken brakeman whom he had discharged, the latter stabbing him in the back. 8. Lewis Cass, born April 14, 1849; has a farm near Jackson, Mississippi.

Alfred Corey and Rachel Adams were married on 25 Apr 1831. Rachel Adams¹ (daughter of James Adams Jr. and Rachel Block) was born in Feb 1805. She died on 11 Apr 1880. Alfred Corey and Rachel Adams had the following children:

+2413	i.	James Benijah Corey.
+2414	ii.	Matilda Jane Corey.
+2415	iii.	Eliza Ann Corey.
+2416	iv.	Lydia Corey.
2417	v.	William Augustus Corey was born in Nov 1842. He died on 28 Sep 1843.20 died of scarlet fever
+2418	vi.	Rachael Deborah Corey.
2419	vii.	John N Corey1,20 was born on 17 Dec 1846 in Port Perry, Allegheny Co, PA. He died on 19 Jun 1875. went west in early manhood, and became a conductor a railroad in Missouri; he was murdered by a drunken brakeman whom he had discharged, the latter stabbing him in the back.
+2420	viii.	Lewis Cass Corey.