Corse, John Murray (1835-1893)

Name:

Corse, John Murray (1835-1893)

Title:

Lt. Governor, Iowa
Major, 6th Iowa Infantry, Union Army, 1861
Lt. Colonel, Union Army
Brigadier General, 8/11/1863
Inspector General, on Major General William T. Sherman's staff
General, Union Army, 1864
Regional Collector of Internal Revenue, Chicago IL
Chairman of Massachussetts' States' Demoractic Committee
Postmaster of Boston

Other Names:

Corse, John Murray

Born:

04/27/1835

Birthplace:

Pittsburgh, PA

Died:

04/27/1893

Death Location:

Winchester, MA

Residence:

Pittsburg, PA
Burlington, IA
Chicago, IL
Winchester, MA

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Military Officer
Lawyer
Politician
Railroad Executive

Father:

Corse, John Lockwood

Mother:

Murray, Sarah

Relations:

Related to Franklin Pierce through marriage: wife's (Fannie McNeil) father's (John McNeil) mother (Nancy Pierce McNeil) is sister of Franklin Pierce.

Spouse:

(1) Ellen Edwards Prince, December 1856
(2) Frances M. McNeil,

Children:

Edward, June 5, 1859
Murray Pichot, October 26,1884 (2 children: John Murray Corse, Dean Corse)

Notes:

George W. Browne, The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire. 1735-1921. Volume Two. (Manchester, New Hampshire: John B. Clarke Company, 1922), 392-393.

Johnson Brigham, Iowa, Its History and Its Foremost Citizens. Volume I. (Chicago, Illinois: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1918), 357-363.

Marriage Notice, The Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, June 23, 1882.

Death Notice, The Boston Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, January 7. 1940.