Mordecai Lyman Corsaw (1890 - 1961)

Born 3 Aug 1890 in Sweden Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hazel G (Casterline) Corsaw — married 15 Jun 1911 in Tompkins, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1961 at age 71 in Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States

Biography

Mordecai Lyman Corsaw was born in Appalachia, in Pennsylvania. See Appalachia Project.

Mordecai Lyman Corsaw was born on 3 Aug 1890 in Sweden Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States, son of Warren Smith Corsaw (1850 - 1911) and Bertha Mariah Wood (1855 - 1906).

His siblings were:

1. Nellie Augusta Corsaw (1879 - 1926)
2. DeForest Corsaw (1884 - 1943)
3. Alice Rae Corsaw (1888 - 1970)

Mordecai Lyman married Hazel G. Casterline (1890 - ) on 15 Jun 1911 in Tompkins, New York, United States. Their children were:

1. Robert Searles Corsaw (1912 - 1976)
2. Roger D Corsaw (1913 - 2004)
3. Barbara Jean (Corsaw) Klock (1917 - 2007).

Methodist Episcopal Minister

Mordecai Lyman died on 9 Nov 1961 in Alfred, Allegany, New York aged 71.

Sources

"New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FFRR-YNZ : 9 March 2021), Mordecai L Corsaw, 15 Jun 1911, Tompkins, New York, United States; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 1,008,785.

"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXTK-81B : 26 December 2021), Mardecai Lyman Corsau, 1917-1918.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJK6-VJY : 2 February 2021), Mordecar Corsaw, 1920.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7H3-6MK : accessed 1 October 2022), Mord L Corsaw, Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 5A, line 2, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1405; FHL microfilm 2,341,140.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQB6-FCG : 7 January 2021), Mord L Corsaw, Alfred, Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-1, sheet 1A, line 5, family 3, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2459.

"New York State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CH5-JPL : 11 February 2018), Mord L Corsaw, 09 Oct 1961; citing Death, Alfred, Alfred, Allegany, New York, file #74346, New York State Department of Health—Vital Records Section, Albany.

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