When Lewis Washington McCorkle was born on 9 October 1838, in Chickasaw, Mobile, Alabama, United States, his father, Thomas Joel McCorkle, was 29 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Autry, was 25. He married Francis Jane Claunch on 5 May 1867, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Franklin, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 9 Wheeler, Colbert, Alabama, United States for about 40 years. He died on 23 May 1924, in Colbert, Alabama, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Crooked Oak Cemetery, Crooked Oak, Colbert, Alabama, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1862: Colbert, Alabama, United States
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thorcaill ‘son of Thorcall’, a Gaelic form of the Scandinavian personal name Thorketill meaning ‘Thor's kettle’. Compare Scottish McCorquodale .
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