Brief Life History of Wyley Benton
When Wyley Benton Corley was born on 15 March 1832, in Independence, Arkansas, United States, his father, Nathanial Corley, was 28 and his mother, Matilda Hickerson, was 26. He married Melinda Bourland on 24 December 1858, in Franklin, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Anderson Township, Benton, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and White Oak Township, Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died on 20 October 1911, in White Oak, Franklin, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Duncan Cemetery, Ozark, Franklin, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Wiley Corly, "United States Census, 1900"
- H B Corley, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Wyley B. Corley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836
Historical Boundaries - 1836: Benton, Arkansas, United States
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
Name Meaning
Irish (Mayo; Monaghan): variant of Curley and McCurley .
English: habitational name from Corley in Warwickshire or Coreley in Shropshire, both named with Old English corna, a metathesized form of crona, genitive plural of cron, cran ‘crane’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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