Joseph CORRINGTON ^174,2605

  General Notes:

Portrait. Farmer, merchant, real estate operator.
"Joseph Corrington, now an honored resident of Liberty, Indiana, lived at home until he passed eighteen, aiding in the hard physical labor by which, with slight remuneration, the hardy pioneers reduced forests to cultivated fields and rendered possible the cilivization taught [sic] those pratical virtues of economy, frugality, and thrift that have been such potent factors in his successful career.
Working out by the month until he was twenty-three, and carefully preserving his earnings, he had money enough to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of government land, near Terre Haute, Indiana. He married, however on January 19, 1842, Eliza, the daughther of Philetus and Rebecca (Clark) Munson, and traded his land for a place on which was a cabin, where the young couple commenced their frugal housekeeping. Mr. Corrington passed his honeymoon in cutting cord-wood to pay for the rent of a field which he put in corn. The disposition of this crop indicates so clearly the thoughtful sagacity of Mr. Corrington and his wise perception of the fundamental principles of successful business life that we place it on preminence [sic] as a financier. To draw this crop to market, where the price received would be twelve and a half cents a bushel, would require a long day of time, for himself and a team, to market twenty-five bushels, not a great return surely. His fertile brain suggested the feeding of corn to hogs, but he had no money to buy them. He sought, however, and obtained the endorsement of his father-in-law to a note for the purchase money of the hogs, and it was not long before he had thirty-seven good, fat hogs, from whose sale he realized two hundred dollars." ^174,2607

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1820 in Liberty Twp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA. ²⁶⁰⁸ Males: 3 <10 (George Washington, Walter, Joseph), 1 26-45 (Samuel). Females: 1 16-26 (Ruth). In agriculture: 1.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Oxford Twp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA. ⁴¹⁴³

• He appeared on the census on 18 Jun 1860 in Liberty, Union Co., Indiana, USA. ⁴¹⁴² Realty $4000; personalty $12,000.

• He worked as a merchant on 18 Jun 1860 in Liberty, Union Co., Indiana, USA. ⁴¹⁴²

• He appeared on the census on 28 Jul 1870 in Brownsville, Union Co., Indiana, USA. ⁴¹⁴⁴ Realty 22,100; personalty $20,000 [sic]. Age given as 42.

• He worked as a farmer on 28 Jul 1870 in Brownsville, Union Co., Indiana, USA. ⁴¹⁴⁴

Joseph married Eliza MUNSON, daughter of Philetus MUNSON and Rebecca CLARK, on 19 Jan 1842.²⁶⁰⁵ (Eliza MUNSON was born on 16 Aug 1818 in , Butler Co., Ohio, USA and died on 26 Dec 1853 in , Union Co., Indiana, USA.)

Joseph next married Elizabeth R. McDONALD, daughter of John McDONALD and Unknown, on 27 Mar 1855. (Elizabeth R. McDONALD was born on 31 Jan 1812 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, USA and died on 2 Apr 1899 in Liberty, Union Co., Indiana, USA.)