Chatham County GaArchives Biographies.....Corish, Nicholas Peter 1869 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   NICHOLAS PETER CORISH, a native born resident of Savannah and clerk of the
city council since 1907, is the son of Richard and Ellen (Stafford) Corish, both
natives of County Wexford, Ireland, born there in the year 1829, who came to the
United States in their early years.

   With the breaking out of the war between the states, Richard Corish promptly
enlisted at Savannah in the Irish Jasper Greens, and for the first few months of
the war was stationed at Fort Pulaski, near Savannah. The Irish Jasper Greens
were a part of the First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia and were a notable
company of brave and efficient soldiers. Later in the course of the war Mr.
Corish was captured and confined as a prisoner of war at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, where he underwent severe hardships and almost suffered starvation, his
sole food for a long time consisting of nothing more than raw Irish potatoes. As
a result of the intense suffering caused by thr unhealthful conditions of the
prison and the continued starvation rations, Mr. Corish was stricken with
paralysis within a few years after the close of the war. Following the return of
peace he had been successfully engaged in the tailoring business in Savannah,
but his illness caused the discontinuance of the family income, and for a time,
the condition of the family was most serious. Mr. Corish died January 3, 1903,
after a long and lingering illness, during which time his patient and courageous
wife succeeded in rearing their children to years of usefulness and maintained
the home comfortably and happily. She died January 24, 1910, after a long and
useful life.

   The son, Nicholas Peter, who was born in the year 1869, was educated in the
primary schools of Savannah. His first position as a wage earner was as a
messenger for the Western Union Telegraph Company in Savannah, and after a few
years, when he had gained in knowledge and wisdom, he became identified with the
real estate business and was thus occupied for a number of years. In January,
1907, Mr. Corish was elected to the office of clerk of the city council, coming
into the office with the administration of George W. Tiedeman, mayor. He was
re-elected in January, 1909, and again succeeded himself in the office in
January, 1911. Mr. Corish carried on the duties of his office with conspicuous
efficiency and his management of this important department of the municipal
government has met with the endorsement of all classes, as was loudly attested
by his third consecutive election to the office.

   Mr. Corish enlisted as a private in his father's old company, the Irish
Jasper Greens, and after serving for some time as a private was promoted from
the ranks to the position of quarter-master-sergeant of the First Regiment of
Infantry, National Guard of Georgia, under Colonel Mercer. He is a member of the
Catholic church and is affiliated with the local lodge of the Knights of
Columbus, of which he was financial secretary for a number of years. In the fall
of 1911 Mr. Corish was elected president of the South Atlantic League of base
ball clubs, composed of six teams, including Savannah.

   Mr. Corish married Miss Mary Ellen Reynolds, daughter of Judge Samuel
Reynolds on January 21, 1896, who was born and reared in Savannah, and they are
the parents of six children: Eleanor Lucile; Mary Josepha; Julian Francis;
Nicholas Peter, Jr.; Gertrude Reynolds and John Herbert, Julian Francis and
Nicholas Peter, Jr., are twins.


Additional Comments:
A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913

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