William Dodge Cory ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Marysville Township, Miami County, KS on 7 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 16, Family 105
Marysville Township, Miami, Kansas, United States
William D. Cory..30..NY..Farmer

(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Marysville Township, Miami County, KS on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 330A, District 135, Roll 388
Marysville Township, Miami, Kansas, United States
Wm. D. Cory..Head..40..NJ..Farmer

(Living with wife, 3 children, and 1 stepdaughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Marysville Township, Miami County, KS on 9 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Page 5B, Family 106, District 122
Marysville Township, Miami, Kansas, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 31 years
William Cory..Head..Mar 1830 (Mar 1840) ..60..NY..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 children.)

NOTE - The enumerator mistakenly wrote the birth year as 1830 instead of 1840. His age of 60 was correctly entered.)
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• He was buried in 1910 in the Hillsdale Cemetery Old in Hillsdale Cemetery Old, Hillsdale, Miami, Kansas, United States.

Find a Grave Memorial ID: 16904990. ⁵

William married Laura Hulda Darner, daughter of Jacob Darner and Eliza J. Hull, on 27 February 1868 in , Ford, Illinois, United States.^{1 2 3} (Laura Hulda Darner was born on 7 September 1847 in Ohio,^{2 3 6} died on 19 July 1904 in Hillsdale, KS ⁶ and was buried after 19 July 1904 in Hillsdale Cemetery Old, Hillsdale, Miami, Kansas, United States ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 27 February 1868, in , Ford, Illinois, United States. ¹ Name: Wm. D. Cory
Spouse's Name: Laura W. Damer
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1868
Marriage Place: Ford, Illinois, United States

"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFK2-L2X : 14 September 2022), Wm. D. Cory and Laura W. Damer, 27 Feb 1868; citing Ford, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,401,878.

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Marysville Township, Miami County, KS on 7 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 16, Family 105
Marysville Township, Miami, Kansas, United States
William D. Cory..30..NY..Farmer
Laura H. Cory..23..OH..Keeping House
Anne C. Cory..1..KS
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Marysville Township, Miami County, KS on 4 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 330A, District 135, Roll 388
Marysville Township, Miami, Kansas, United States
Wm. D. Cory..Head..40..NJ..Farmer
Laura H. Cory..Wife..32..OH..Keeping House
Clara Cory..Daughter..9..KS
Susan Cory..Daughter..7..KS
Alfred T. Cory..Son..1..KS
Lynna Darner..Sister-in-Law..22..OH
Wan Phillips..Servant..21..OH..Farm Laborer
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Marysville Township, Miami County, KS on 9 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Page 5B, Family 106, District 122
Marysville Township, Miami, Kansas, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 31 years
William Cory..Head..Mar 1830..60..NY..Farmer
Laura Cory..Wife..Sep 1847..52..OH..4/3
Susie Cory..Daughter..Jul 1872..27..KS
Alfred Cory..Son..Oct 1878..21..KS..School Teacher
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  Marriage Notes:

Some researchers want to show a daughter, Lynna, born to Laura in 1858 without realizing that she would have been only 11 years old at the time of birth.

The 1880 US Census seems to hold the key to properly assigning the correct relationship of Lynna in which she was listed as a "sister-in-law" which means she was one of Laura's sisters. She had only one sister named Melinda and one-half sister named Eva Idalia Border Darner.

It is highly probable that Lynna was a nickname for Melinda. The age given for Lynna on the 1880 US Census matches that of Melinda as does her birth location. Thus Lynna Darner was actually Melinda Darner.
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