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Levert Leo CORLEY

Male 1896 - 1930  (34 years)


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  • Name Levert Leo CORLEY 
    Birth 20 Feb 1896  Shelby County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 5G9R-R6 
    Death 22 Dec 1930 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: "My Very Large Extended Family," a Public Member Tree on Ancestry.com.

      (2) Corley, Dewitt C., A Genealogy of Corleys, Decatur, IL, 1927, p. 20:

      Leverett L. Corley, son of Dudley, married Maude Dean Smith, of Sarcoxie, Missouri, December 10, 1917. He is an electrician employed by the Western Electrical Company, and has no settled home. He enlisted in the army of the United States during the war with Germany, and his marriage took place after he was discharged from the army. No children have been born from this marriage (February, 1924).

      (3) Kathleen Smith has provided the compiler with a copy of the Corley Family Bible, from which the following information has been extracted:

      Name: Levert L. Corley
      Place of Birth: Shelby County, IL
      Date of Birth: 20 Feb 1896
      Date of Marriage: 10 Dec 1917
      Date of Death: 22 Dec 1930

      (4) Levert Leo CORLEY is listed in a household headed by Virginia LYONS in the 1920 census of Ward 1, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO. [The household appears to have resided in a hotel or similar facility.]

      Levert Leo is listed in the 1920 census as an electrician who was then 23 years of age; therefore, according to the 1920 census, he was born in about 1897. According to the 1920 census, he was born in IL, and both of his parents were born in IL.

      Listed with Levert Leo is his wife, Estella M., who was then 23 years of age; therefore, according to the 1920 census, she was born in about 1897. According to the 1920 census, she was born in MO, her father was born in KY, and her mother was born in AR.

      (5) Lewert CORLEY is listed in a household headed by his father-in-law, William T. SMITH, in the 1930 census of Sarcoxie Township, Jasper County, MO.

      Lewert is listed in the 1930 census as a farm laborer who was then 34 years of age; therefore, according to the 1930 census, he was born in about 1896. According to the 1930 census, he was born in IL, and both of his parents were born in IL. According to the 1930 census, he was 22 years of age at his first marriage.

      Listed with Lewert is his wife, Maudene, who was then 33 years of age; therefore, according to the 1930 census, she was born in about 1897. According to the 1930 census, she was born in MO, her father was born in KY, and her mother was born in AR.
    Person ID I27543  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Father Dudley Simeon CORLEY,   b. 7 Dec 1857, Shelby County, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1933, Carthage, Jasper County, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary Elizabeth DOWELL,   b. 12 Nov 1861, Shelby County, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1951, Carthage, Jasper County, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 6 Sep 1878  Cowden, Shelby County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F10172  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maud Estelle SMITH,   b. 8 Nov 1896, MO Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1969 (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 10 Dec 1917 
    Family ID F11990  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) Illinois StatewideMarriage Index, 1763???1900 : Groom: CORLEY, DUDLEY Bride: DONNELL, MARY E Date: 1878-09-06 Vol./Page: 1/12 License No.: County: SHELBY [Note by compiler: According to Mary's death certificate, her maiden name was DOWELL.].