Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Corey, Benjamin F. December 4, 1842 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

BENJAMIN F. COREY, Justice of the Peace and farmer, sec. 11, Grant Tp., was 
born Dec. 4, 1842, in Crawford 

Co., Ohio; at the age of 19 he became a soldier for the Union, and enlisted 
May 19, 1861, under the first 

call for troops.  He served three months and on his discharge again enrolled 
for three years' service or 

during the war.  After two years of severe service  and hardship he contracted 
camp diahrrea ad was 

discharged for disability.  He in time recovered his health to some degree, 
and soon as he could pass 

muster he again enlisted, Feb. 2, 1864, and was in the army until the close of 
the war.  His final 

discharge bears the date of July 12, 1865.  Following is the list of his 
engagements:  Rich Mountain, 

Winchester, Port Republic, Wilderness (seven days' fight), Chickamauga, 
Resaca, Chattahoochee River, 

Atlanta, Nashville (repulse of Hood), Savannah (with Sherman), Columbia, 
Fayetteville, Raleigh and 

Bentonville.

Mr. Corey was married Feb. 4, 1864, to Eliza E. Peoples, of Hardin Co., Ohio.  
She was born May 15, 1844, 

and is the daughter of James and Nancy Peoples, both of whom are still 
living.  Mr. and Mrs. Corey have 

had five children:  Ida Jane, born Nov. 18, 1867, and died Feb. 12, 1876; 
Eliza A., born May 4, 1866, is 

now the wife of Wm. Downs; William, born May 4, 1868; James, July 4, 1870, and 
Otis F., July 3, 1878.  Mr. 

Corey is a Republican, and has held his present position six years.  He owns a 
fine farm of 80 acres, 

which he has placed in fair condition for farming purposes.  Mrs. Corey 
belongs to the M.E. Church.

Additional Comments:
1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co., MI.

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