Robertson County TN Archives Biographies.....Corder, F. H. 1867 - 
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Author: Will T. Hale

   F. H. CORDER. A Robertson county man who is possessed of perhaps more than a

usual allotment of warm friends is F. H. Corder of White House. He is a son of

D. H. Corder (1821-1893) and Isabella Jones Corder (1842-1870), the father being

of French descent and the mother a daughter of William Jones and Mary Cole

Jones. William Jones was a native of Robertson county, where he was a

conspicuous and popular citizen, especially prominent in his office as a captain

of the state militia of Tennessee. The father of Mary Cole Jones, Stephen Jones,

was a captain in the Revolutionary war, in which conflict he served under Gen.

George Washington. Thus does the ancestry of F. H. Corder show several points of

interesting distinction. His father was a newspaper man, was connected with the

Nashville Banner. Besides F. H., only one other child was born to D. H. and

Isabella Corder, and none is now living except F. H. Corder.



   Robertson county was the place of nativity and August 17, 1867, the natal day

of F. H. Corder. The public schools gave him his early mental equipment and his

earliest venture as a self-supporting citizen was in the agricultural line. In

1888 he bought his first land—a farm of sixty acres. He soon extended this

property to eighty-five acres, but after a time left the personal accomplishment

of farm tasks to others, while he embarked upon a mercantile enterprise. This

was conducted in White House, and Mr. Corder continued to be identified with it

for five years. It was in 1908 that he came to White House as cashier of the

bank of that place. He is a stockholder and director of the bank, the capital of

which is $30,000 and the average deposit $75,000.



   Mr. Corder is a public-spirited citizen, interested in both social and

political affairs. His fraternal interests are with the Independent Order of Odd

Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He has been honored by his fellow

citizens with the offices of Justice of the Peace and Magistrate, which

positions he acceptably filled.



   In 1887 occurred the marriage of F. H. Corder and Ella Moss, the latter a

daughter of J. W. Moss, a native of Eobertson county and a successful farmer.

Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Corder. Miss Eula Corder, the elder,

has completed courses of study at the Valparaiso Normal University at

Valparaiso, Indiana; her sister, Miss Vera, has also concluded her education at

the same well-known institution. The Corder family constitutes an important and

highly valued element of the social and church life in White House. They are

influential members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South.



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