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The
McCorkel
Family
Tree

Lewis
Washington
McCorkle
(1838 - 1924)

Thomas
Jefferson
McCorkle
(1809 - 1895)

William
Joel
McCorkle
(1782 - 1845)

Thomas
McCorkle
(1742 - 1796)

Matthew
McCorkle
(1720 - 1772)

Samuel
McCorkle
(1697 - ????)

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FAMILY
NAMES

LOFTIN:
 Beatty
 Corzine
 Cranford
 Fisher
 Givens
 Harwell
 Kaiser
 Lanier
 Lomax
 McCorkle
 Rudisill
 Sherrill
 Upright
 Washington
 Work

SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon

GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson

JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson
 

 

Lewis Washington McCorkle   Born:  09 Oct 1838, Colbert County, Alabama Death: 23 May 1924, Colbert County, Alabama   Lewis Washington McCorkle was the son of Thomas Jefferson McCorkle (1809 - 1895) and Mary Elizabeth Autrey (1812 - 1903).  Lewis was born 09 Oct 1838 in Colbert County, Alabama. Records seem to indicate that he was the third oldest child   Lewis Washington McCorkle Joined the Confederate Army sometime in the year 1861. Private J32, Mississippi Regiment. He was captured at Corinth, Mississippi, and was sent to prison camp at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois (Sept 1862). On 01 Nov 1862 there was a prisoner exchange and after his release Lewis returned home to Spring Valley, McCorkle Gap, in Colbert County, Alabama.     Five years later, Lewis Washington McCorkle married Frances Jane Claunch about 1867.  Lewis and Frances lived in the Limerock community on the Underwood Road in Colbert County until the late 1880s. The place is now known as the "Homer Harris Place".   On 11 Aug 1888, Lewis and Frances McCorkle purchased 78 acres of land from William C. Grissom (and his wife Josephine) and moved to New Bethel Community. Lewis and Frances had at least eleven children.   Children of Lewis Washington McCorkle and Frances Jane Claunch Name Birth Death Spouse Charles Montgomery McCorkle 06 Feb 1868 Colbert Co, AL 23 Jan 1930 Annie Ross Mitchell William Clifton McCorkle 21 Dec 1869 Colbert Co, AL 06 Dec 1871 Colbert Co, AL   Robert Cullen McCorkle 01 Oct 1871 Colbert Co, AL 08 Jun 1916 Dena Chambers John Lawson McCorkle 21 Jan 1874 Colbert Co, AL 06 Jan 1946 Alice Grissom Lewis Depreze McCorkle 06 Feb 1876 Colbert Co, AL 05 Aug 1959 Dussie Garner Ada Ann McCorkle 04 Oct 1878 Colbert Co, AL 10 Jul 1962 Jack Wagnon Arrie Novella McCorkle 03 Mar 1881 Colbert Co, AL 06 Oct 1883 Colbert Co, AL   Thomas Albert McCorkle 14 Jun 1883 Colbert Co, AL 16 Jan 1955 Effie Aycock Martha Elizabeth McCorkle 07 May 1885 Colbert Co, AL 21 Mar 1963 Sam Kimbrough Hubert Druey McCorkle 01 Jan 1888 Colbert Co, AL 20 Jan 1962 Massey J. Kimbrough Effie Gertrude McCorkle 16 Mar 1890 Colbert Co, AL 10 Jan 1960 James Henry Malone       Members of the Lewis Washington McCorkle and Frances Jane Clouch gathered for a family photograph in 1896. And at 10 a.m. Saturday, 02 Aug, the annual McCorkle family reunion is set at Tuscumbia Spring Park.     Members of the family of 1896 were from left Seated: Mary Elizabeth Autry McCorkle (Lewis' mother), Mattie Martha Elizabeth McCorkle, Lewis Washington McCorkle, Effie Gertrude McCorkle, Frances Jane Claunch McCorkle, Hubert Drewey McCorkle, Charlie Montgomery McCorkle, Lewis Clifton McCorkle, Amelia McCorkle, Annie Ross Mitchell McCorkle, Frances Ether McCorkle, Myrtle Novall McCorkle.   Standing from left: Thomas Albert McCorkle, Lewis Despeze McCorkle, Ada Ann McCorkle, Robert Cullen McCorkle, Helen Angie McCorkle, Ardena Price Chambers McCorkle, Claude William McCorkle, John Lawson McCorkle, Roy Egbert McCorkle and Alice Elizabeth Grissom McCorkle.       Lewis Washington McCorkle and Frances Jane Claunch McCorkle lived in the New Bethel community and were members at the Sandlick Baptist Church, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Crooked Oak Baptist Church and New Bethel Baptist Church. The churches were inactive at times. In their later days they were members of the New Bethel Baptist Church.     Lewis owned his farm until his death on 23 May 1924 in Colbert County, Alabama. He lived there for 36 years. The farm is still in the ownership of his heirs and the heirs of his descendants (James Malone and Edward Lee Malone), except for the portion occupied by the Hawk Pride Mountain Water Department and Fire Department.   Lewis Washington McCorkle & Frances Jane Claunch McCorkle     Frances died 04 Jul 1930 in Colbert County, Alabama. Lewis and Frances were buried in the Crooked Oak Cemetery.         SOURCES   A special thanks to Clay Blankenship for sharing information on Lewis Washington McCorkle. You can contact Clay at clay.blankenship@gmail.com .   "Olden Times of Colbert & Franklin Counties in Ala." - Compiled by Joyce Dawson Mitchell   Ancestry.com     If you have additional information on Lewis Washington McCorkle or his family, please contact me.