Warner Joseph Corey (M)
b. 26 May 1840, d. 16 December 1882
3 Generation Pedigree
Relationship=Father of Lydia Electa Corey.

Appears on these charts:

Corey Family Timeline
Ancestors of Lydia Electa Corey
Descendants of Robert Hopkins
Descendants of John Cory

     Warner Joseph Corey was born on 26 May 1840 at Hickory Corners, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3,4 He was the son of Enos Corey and Electa Wilcox. Warner Joseph Corey appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Williamstown, Dodge County, Wisconsin, in the household of his parents Enos and Electa.⁵ Warner Joseph Corey appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Williamstown in the household of his parents Enos and Electa.⁶ Warner Joseph Corey began military service on 28 June 1861 at Maysville, Dodge County, Wisconsin, as a private in Company E, 3rd Regiment of Infantry, Wisconsin Volunteers.⁷ He recieved a disability discharge from the military on 28 November 1862 at David's Island, Westchester County, New York.⁸ He again served in the military as a private in Company B, 10th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers from 24 December 1863 to 4 August 1865.⁹ He married Martha Louisa Hopkins, daughter of Lorenzo Danforth Hopkins and Lydia Augusta Holcomb, on 7 January 1872 at Nebraska.¹⁰ Warner Joseph Corey was a butcher on 21 June 1880 at Lynxville, Crawford County, Wisconsin.¹¹ Warner and Martha appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Lynxville, Crawford County, Wisconsin, enumerated 21 June 1880. Their children Clarence Howard and Lyda were listed as living with them.¹² Warner Joseph Corey died on 16 December 1882 at Lynxville at age 42.^13,14

Research Note: On her "Declaration for Original Pension of a Widow-Child or Children Under Sixteen years of age Surviving", Martha Corey made this declaration: "That she is the widow of Warner J. Corey who enlisted under the name of Warner J. Corey at Maysville, Wisconsin in Co. E of the 3rd Regt. Wis. Vol. Infty & was also at one time a member of Co. B in 10th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infty. in the war of The Rebellion, who while member of said Co. & Regt. was wounded as shown by his Pension Certificate No. 20228 and proofs filed therein and also wounded in left thigh very severely and captured at Buzzard Run and who contracted a chronic disease of the Kidneys from exposure and ill usage while confined in Andersonville and other Confederate prisons and of which disorder I believe he died."¹⁵

He was buried on 18 December 1882 at Dickson Hill Cemetery, Lynxville, Crawford County, Wisconsin.¹⁶

Children of Warner Joseph Corey and Martha Louisa Hopkins

Floyd E. Corey b. 1873, d. 1873
Clarence Howard Corey b. 28 Aug 1874, d. 1950
Grace E. Corey b. 1876, d. 1877
Lydia Electa Corey b. 13 Nov 1878, d. Aug 1952
Lorenzo Enos Corey b. 19 Nov 1880
Helen Eleanor Corey b. 12 Apr 1883

Notes and Citations:

1. [S9] Corey Family Society, online http://coryfamsoc.com/index.htm, Earl S. Corey, webmaster, Site include genealogies of several early Cory/Corey families, Wisconsin, Dodge County, Williamstown, image 27 of 56.
2. [S65] Enos Corey household, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Dodge County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Town of Williamstown, enumeration date 18 June 1860, page 1063, line 13, dwelling 223, family 213 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 27 of 56, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M653_1406), accessed 3 December 2001, , age listed as 20 and birthplace as Pennsylvania.
3. [S126] Enos Corey household, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Dodge County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Town of Williamstown, enumeration date 1 August 1850, page 474, line 27, dwelling 121, family 125 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 16 of 22, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M432_996), accessed 4 December 2001, , age listed as 10 and birthplace as Penn..
4. [S69] Warner J. Cora [sic] household, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Crawford County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Town of Seneca, Village of Lynxville, enumeration district (ED) 53, enumeration date 21 June 1880, page 21/142, line 11, dwelling 189, family 187 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 21 of 30, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication T9_1421), accessed 5 December 2001, , age listed [incorrectly] as 36, birthplace as Penn..
5. [S126] Enos Corey household, 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Dodge County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Town of Williamstown, enumeration date 1 August 1850, page 474, line 27, dwelling 121, family 125 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 16 of 22, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M432_996), accessed 4 December 2001, .
6. [S65] Enos Corey household, 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Dodge County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Town of Williamstown, enumeration date 18 June 1860, page 1063, line 13, dwelling 223, family 213 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 27 of 56, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication M653_1406), accessed 3 December 2001, .
7. [S107] Certificate of Disability for Discharge; document from Civil War Pension File of Warner J. Corey; box 37351 certificate 286724; (National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, D.C.). Hereinafter cited as Certificate of Disability.
8. [S107] Certificate of Disability for Discharge; document from Civil War Pension File of Warner J. Corey; box 37351 certificate 286724; (National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, D.C.), Warner was discharged due to "Gun shot wound of the hand rendering useless the right thumb. Wound received at Battle of Antietam. Disability (1/3) one third.". Hereinafter cited as Certificate of Disability.
9. [S108] Letter from Office of the Adjutant General to the Commisioner of Pensions, dated January 21, 1886; document from Civil War Pension File of Warner J. Corey; box 37351 certificate 286724; (National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, D.C.). Hereinafter cited as Letter from Office of the Adjutant General.
10. [S360] Warner Joseph COREY (AFN: 19VN-F0B) ; Ancestral File, v4.19 , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999-2003), http://www.familysearch.com, accessed 7 December 2003. CAUTION - Information in Ancestral File should be verified with other sources whenever possible.
11. [S69] Warner J. Cora [sic] household, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Crawford County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Town of Seneca, Village of Lynxville, enumeration district (ED) 53, enumeration date 21 June 1880, page 21/142, line 11, dwelling 189, family 187 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 21 of 30, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication T9_1421), accessed 5 December 2001, , occupation listed as butcher.
12. [S69] Warner J. Cora [sic] household, 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Crawford County, Wisconsin, population schedule, Town of Seneca, Village of Lynxville, enumeration district (ED) 53, enumeration date 21 June 1880, page 21/142, line 11, dwelling 189, family 187 (Online: Ancestry.com, Inc., 2002), Image 21 of 30, http://www.ancestry.com/, subscription database, (Digital scan of original records in the National Archives, Washington, DC, micropublication T9_1421), accessed 5 December 2001, , the enumerator entered the surname as Cora.
13. [S10] Record Proof of Death of Soldier; document from Civil War Pension File of Warner J. Corey; box 37351 certificate 286724; (National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, D.C.), "That we were aquainted with Warner J. Corey of Co.E 3rd Wis Inft Vols who died on the 16th of December AD 1882 and was buried in the Dicksan Cemetary [sic] on the 18th day of December and that we were present and saw him in his coffin and are positive that it was the same Warner J. Corey that the said W. J. Corey died in the town of Lynxville in the county of Crawford and the state of Wisconsin and that our post office address is Lynxville Crawford County State of Wisconsin."
    Signed D. L. Heligass and Mrs. M. Heligass. Hereinafter cited as Record Proof of Death.
14. [S399] Wisconsin Deaths 1820-1907, (database online), Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, original source of data: Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907 (Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, 2000). First name listed as Warren.
15. [S106] Declaration for Original Pension of a Widow-Child or Children Under Sixteen years of age Surviving; document from Civil War Pension File of Warner J. Corey; box 37351 certificate 286724; (National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, D.C.). Hereinafter cited as Declaration for Original Pension of a Widow.
16. [S10] Record Proof of Death of Soldier; document from Civil War Pension File of Warner J. Corey; box 37351 certificate 286724; (National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, D.C.). Hereinafter cited as Record Proof of Death.