Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Montgomery County
Alexander T. Strange, Editor
Volume II
Munsell Publishing Co, Chicago, 1918
pp 1036, 1037

Corlew, J. Morgan, one of the retired farmers of Litchfield, was formerly a
very important agriculturalist of Zanesville Township. He was born one half
mile north of Walshville, Ill., March 20, 1852, a son of Philip and
Elizabeth (BARLOW) Corlew. Philip Corlew was born near St. Louis, Mo., and
died in 1855, and his wife was born in Illinois, and died in 1859.
     Left so early an orphan, J. Morgan Corlew was taken by an uncle and
aunt who reared him in their home on a farm, and sent him to the district
schools. When he was twenty-one years old he began earning his own living.
On December 28, 1876, he was married to Susan F. Roberts, who was born
March 6, 1857, in Montgomery County near Honey Bend, and was reared there.
Mr. and Mrs. Corlew located in North Litchfield Township after their
marriage and after several changes, during which time Mr. Corlew bought and
sold a farm, they moved to Zanesville Township, where he became the owner
of 200 acres of land on Section 23, and on it he carried on general farming
until February 9, 1917, when he moved to Litchfield. He is a director of
the Hillsboro Insurance Company, and while living in Zanesville Township,
represented that company. He is also a stockholder in the Raymond Farmers
Grain and Supply Company and has been a very important man in business
circles.
     Mr. and Mrs. Corlew became the parents of the following children:
Effie, who is the wife of Clinton Ash; Fred, who is married to Effie
Bennett, has the following children, Lora L., Morgan B., and Dorris M.;
Willis M., who was married to Fannie Burnap, has a son, Leon R.; Jessie J.,
who is a graduate of the Raymond High school and also of the Northwestern
Dental School, Chicago, Ill., is a Dentist at Mt. Vernon, Ill.; Philip, who
is deceased; Joseph, who is a home; and a daughter, who died at the age of
fourteen months. Mr. Corlew and his daughter belong to the Primitive
Baptist Church, and Mrs. Corlew is a member of the Free Methodist Church.
In politics, Mr. Corlew is a Democrat. He is interested in local matters
and keeps well posted on current events.


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