JOHN CORYELL. 



John Coryell was born in New Jersey, April 27, 1796. 

 He was son of David and Charity Coryell, who were 

 natives of the same place. The name Coryell is of 

 French origin. His mother^s ancestors came from Hol- 

 land. 



His father removed with his family to Seneca Co., 

 N. Y., 1802, where they resided until 1812, and settled 

 in the town of Pulteney, Steuben Co. 



John is third son of a family of ten children, and 

 he and Andrew, who resides in Michigan, are the only 

 surviving ones. 



He was reared on a farm, and early learned habits 

 of industry and economy, having limited opportunities 

 for an education. 



Oct. 18, 1815, he married Mary, daughter of John 

 and Margaret Ellis, who settled on the farm where Mr. 

 Coryell now resides, in 1806. 



Soon after his marriage he purchased a portion of the 

 land that his father had bought of the Pulteney estate, 

 and continued to reside on this farm until 1843, when he 

 removed to his present residence. 



Their children are William ; Andrew; John ; Mrs. John 



Garner, of White Lake, Mich. ; David ; Mrs. Josiah 

 Nevyns, of Pulteney; Josiah; George; Joseph, killed in 

 the army, near Fredericksburg, during the late Rebellion ; 

 Mrs. Andrew Dunlap (deceased), of Clinton Co., Mich. 



The mother died Nov. 10, 1837. Mr. Coryell married 

 for his second wife Mrs. Waddell, daughter of John and 

 Isabell McAnally. Her father was a soldier in the war 

 of 1812, and died while in service. 



By her first husband Mrs. Coryell had seven children, 

 six of whom are living. Of this union were born James 

 H. and Chattie. 



Mr. Coryell has ever been a member of the Whig and 

 Republican parties, and although not active as such, an 

 unswerving member of those parties ; and a noteworthy 

 fact is, that all of his sons and stepsons are of the same 

 political principles. 



He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church of 

 Pulteney for nearly sixty years, and an elder of the same 

 for some fifty years, and both his wives were also mem- 

 bers of the same church. 



He has always been ready to contribute to church and 

 kindred interests, and a supporter of good society. 



