Re: Corless/Ball of St. Louis co., Mo. USA
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Re: Corless/Ball of St. Louis co., Mo. USA
11/03/01
Hi Donna:My apologies for taking so long to send the information of David Corless' second marriage and the children from that marriage.Do not have the date of David and Luella Eatherton' s marriage but luella was born March 6, 1863.Her father was William Eatherton from VA.Do not know her mother's name.Luella died December 30, l942 and I remember attending her funeral at the Antioch Baptist Church on Wild Horse Creek Road.The church is not too far from the intersection of Highway l09 and Wild Horse Creek Rd. and is on the north side of Wild Horse Creek Rd.
Children from this marriage that I remember are:Bertha Corless - Married Edward Bates.Do not know her date of birth but believe she is the oldest of the children.The twins, Margaret (Maggie) and Bessie.Theywere born Nov. 3, 1888.Margaret married Charles Rickard whose home was quite near the Corless home on Eatherton Road.This is my tie to the Corless family as their son Clifford (but always called Shorty even though he was 6'2") was myfirst husband and the father of our two children.Bessie married Elmer Walters.The twins had a double wedding.Then came Russell Corless, the only boy from this marriage, and he married Lillie Brandt.The youngestin the family was Mary Corless and she married Waldo Howell.Waldo had a club foot and there were no children from this marriage.All of these people are dead and gone.The Corless home is no longer, I believe it burned; however the Rickard home is still standing on Eatherton Road.
Some of the information I forwarded you earlier came from an article by Sidney Goehri, 1850 Wild Horse Creek Rd., Chesterfield, MO., 63005, and was posted in one of St. Louis Genealogical Quarterlies.At the top of the page of this article Mr. Goehri is asking relatives of this Corless family to please write him.I have never gotten around to this but perhaps you would like to.
Dovie Berry
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Re: Corless/Ball of St. Louis co., Mo. USA
Donna Wall 8/30/02