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John Corgan (son of Patrick Corrigan/Corgan and Polly Singleton)1 was born April 10, 1810 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA, and died September 25, 1884 in Francois County, Missouri, USA. He married Lucy Edwards on December 09, 1832 in Union County, Illinois, USA.

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Second child, migrated westward with his parents after 1810, and the family setttled in Alto Pass, Union County, Illinois, about 1814.John served as a private in the Blackhawk War, enrolling 19 June 1832 in Capt. B.B. Craig's Company of Illinois, Mounted Volunteers. He was Mustered out of duty August 10, 1832, at which time he received muster-out pay in the amount of $4.00.

Perrin's "History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, page 413, states:
"A man named John Corgan sold goods here (in Alto )ass, Illinois) in 1848/53. His storehouse and residence stood about 100 yards west of Herrel's brick store on what was then known as the Jonesboro/Brownsville Road."

Also in this history is stated:
"During 1854, C.C.Leonard built the Corgan (John) house in Anna, IL. on Lot 14. In 1870, one of the three brick businesses in Anna was the Corgan Store on Lot 133."

Book: "Missouri Pioneers", compiled by Miss Nadine Hughes and Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff,
indicates on: Page 99 - St. Francois County, Missouri.
"Corgan, John, age 74 years, 5 months, 15 days, died 25 Sept. 1884; widower; b. N.C.' lived in St. Francois County for two years, from 1882-1884."

AUTHORITIES:
Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Union County Court House, Jonesboro, Illinois
Avis Beauman Glass, Duncan, OK.
DAR Lineage & Revolutionary Records, Vol. 2, pages 63-64 - Carrie Corgan
NSDAR Nat. No. 231356 - Clara Beauman Trammell, Mound City, Illinois
NSDAR Nat. No. 214351 - Emma Katherine Keller, Ada, OK.
NSDAR Nat. No. 289097 - Mrs. Robert Moore Blanchard, Jr. (nee Ann Keller),
OK.
Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Blackhawk War 1821-2, by Issac H. Elliot.

More About John Corgan:
Date born 2: April 10, 1810, Camden, Paasquotank County, Nprth Carolina.1
Burial: Delasses, Missouri.1
Census 1: 1850, Union County, Illinois.1
Census 2: 1870, Union County, Illinois.1
Census 3: 1880, Union County, Illinois.1
Died 2: September 25, 1884, St. Francois County, Missouri.1
Military service: June 19, 1859, Blackhawk War, Capt.B.B. Craig's Company of Illinois, Mounted Volunteers..1

More About John Corgan and Lucy Edwards:
Marriage: December 09, 1832, Union County, Illinois, USA.

Children of John Corgan and Lucy Edwards are:
  1. Louise Corgan, b. December 25, 1834, d. March 23, 18461.
  2. William Washington Corgan, b. January 31, 1836.
  3. James Monroe Corgan, b. September 11, 1838.
  4. Margaret Emeline Corgan, b. April 10, 1840, Anna, Union County, Illinois, USA, d. September 1920, Kansas, USA.
  5. +Cynthia Caroline Corgan, b. January 05, 1842, d. February 26, 1889.
  6. +Pinkney Harrison Corgan, b. January 01, 1844, Illinois, d. April 04, 19141.
  7. Willis Singleton Corgan, b. November 13, 1846, d. May 03, 18761.
  8. Luther Calvin Corgan, b. October 04, 1850.
  9. Harriet Sophorina Corgan, b. February 24, 1852, Anna, Union County, Illinois, d. October 31, 1894.
  10. +John Marshall Corgan, b. November 07, 1852, Anna, Illinois, USA, d. March 04, 1918, Wagoner, Oklahoma.
  11. +Nancy Emily Corgan, b. April 04, 1854, Anna, Illinois, USA, d. April 23, 19351.
  12. Cynthia Caroline Corgan, b. January 04, 1842, Anna (Union County), Illinois1, d. February 25, 18891.
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