Many of you know that we moved from Kansas to Tampa in January, which has been the biggest source for my absence.  Additionally, I have had quite a few issues with my computer.  All should have been well in March when I got my laptop back, but within a couple of weeks, I had somehow corrupted my Windows so I then began working on getting the backup I had made the first time around back off my computer and onto my external hard drive.  Of course, after retrieving the back up the first time, I wanted to organize my files and wipe the external drive clean to start over.  Wouldn’t you know it that the external drive then decided to go kaput on me!  So, as I am typing this, things are moving a bit slow, because I now have the back up working on the external drive that Best Buy replaced the kaput drive with!  I have about 42 GB backed up out of a total 50+ GB, so hopefully by morning I can get back to repairing my Windows so I can install my genealogy software and start to get busy!

In addition to all of these computer issues, I have started a wonderful new job that I absolutely LOVE.  The one thing that I miss about my last job, though, is that I don’t have any time for personal research or a quick blog post while I am at work!  Not to mention that I am now working 2-3 hours longer than I did while working in Kansas, so by the time I get home, I’m pretty drained.  If I didn’t have this long weekend, I probably wouldn’t have tried to see if this time I could get the back up going right!!

Now for a few brief details about the stuff you all really care about – Corel Genealogy!

• In January I was contacted by a Salathiel descendant!  He is descended through John Morgan Salathiel‘s sister and technically not a Corel Cousin, but it was so exciting anyways!
• In early May/late April, I was contacted by a McGee and imagine my surprise to learn that he is descended through Henry Highland’s daughter Louisa who married Tom McGee!!  Thankfully I did have cousin Diane’s email address in my phone and I was able to hook the two of them up.  I haven’t been able to dig into the attachments yet, but I am pretty sure from the emails I’ve read, Diane has pretty much figured out the entire connection!  Now for why I am so very, very excited about this development: While working on the pages for Henry Highland’s children, I spent a week or two digging through every database I could think of to find where Lousia and Tom had gone after their marriage!  I had even tried following some of the details that Agnes Salathiel had left in her manuscript on the family history.
• Now for the sad news – I’m pretty sure that those of you who haven’t heard for sure have figured out that the Corel-McGee family reunion has been canceled for this year.    We were planning on still going through with it, but as most of the actual work would have fallen on my Grandma, and since she and Grandpa have had a pretty trying year, it was decided to wait until next year.  Plus, by then, all of us who have moved to Florida will have some vacation time so we will be able to be up there for more than a few hours before having to head South once again.

This is about all I have for now, but I should have more to share soon!  I’m hoping to have my computer all fixed up and loaded with my genealogy files by the time I go back to work on Tuesday, so I can get back to researching as my after work relaxation!!

As you go about your Memorial Day celebrations tomorrow, please take a moment to not only remember our ancestors who served our country, but also remember those who are valiantly fighting to protect our way of life today.  God Bless them all and keep them safe.

In November we learned that Mom had sold her house and she would be moving to the Tampa area to be closer to Michelle and her family.  After some discussion, it was decided that Rick and I would join her!  The next two months were quite hectic, but on January 13 (a day later than planned!) the three of us drove out of Kansas and headed to the Sunshine State!

We arrived at our new apartment on January 15 and have managed to get settled in these last two weeks.  I have discovered that my laptop is a bit ill, so I am in the process of getting my valuable info off my hard drive before giving it to Toshiba to fix.  I am so happy that the hard drive problem is covered under the warranty!!  I am happy to report that I have managed to save my genealogy files, but I am still struggling getting some photos in between the crashes.

It may remain a bit quiet here on Corel Cousins until I manage to get my laptop back, find a job, and get those trips to the beach out of my system!!  Don’t give up on me, though… I did manage to renew the site just before we moved, so I will definitely be back! 

John McLaughlin		Revolutionary War		McGlothlin Descendants
Solomon Neidigh		Revolutionary War		McGee Descendants
Walter Matney/Mattingly		Revolutionary War		Henry Highland Mary Ester
Giles Parman		1780s Indian Troubles		Henry Highland Justice Descendants
John Morgan Salathiel		Pre-Civil War		Henry Highland
James Pickens Corel		Pre-Civil War		James Pickens
George Parman		Civil War		Henry Highland
Willis Myers		Civil War		Henry Highland
Henry H McGlothlin		Civil War		Jemima
Shadrack McGlothlin		Civil War		Jemima
William McGlothlin		Civil War		Jemima
Henry Puckett		Civil War		Louisa
Henry Puckett		Civil War		Louisa
Joshua Jeremiah Puckett		Civil War		Louisa
Joshua Jeremiah Puckett		Civil War		Louisa
Joshua Puckett		Civil War		Margaret
Joseph Lafayette Norman		Civil War		Mary Ester
James Sellars Dobbins		Civil War		Nancy Maryland
Anson Anderson Pope		Civil War		Rebecca Ann
James P. McGlothlin		Civil War		Rebecca Ann
John C McGlothlin		Civil War		Rebecca Ann
Simon Lockhart		Civil War		Rebecca Ann
Thomas Brown		Civil War		Rebecca Ann
Samuel Blevins		Civil War		Mary Ester Margaret
Traber Norman		Unknown Service		Mary Ester
Thomas Stuart McGee		WWI		Olivia Gillespie
Glenn James Corel		WWI		James Pickens
Emmet Leroy Matney		WWI		Mary Ester
John Beasley Corel		Between WWI & WWII		James Pickens
Charles Wesley Corel Jr		WWII		James Pickens
Eugene William Corel		WWII		James Pickens
Glenn James Corel		WWII		James Pickens
Charles Raymond Matney		WWII		Mary Ester
Clarence Robert Matney		WWII		Mary Ester
Emmet Eugene Matney		WWII		Mary Ester
John E Winchell		WWII		Mary Ester
Ray B. Winchell		WWII		Mary Ester
Robert Emmett Matney		WWII		Mary Ester
Thomas Louis Bonville		WWII		Mary Ester

This list is by no means complete, but what I was able to come up with quickly today.  I would love to hear from all of you to identify missing Corel and Allied Family Veteran’s.

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who died on this day in 1860
(149 years ago).

Nancy Maryland Corel LaHay Dobbins died on this day in 1917
(92 years ago).

Donald Charles Fletcher was born to the youngest daughter of Clifford Romaine Fletcher and Margaret Edna Cowan on October 16, 1950 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.  As a young child, he went to live with his Uncle Bill Fletcher and family in Miami, Florida.  Don was the perfect addition to this family and when Bill tried to look into adopting Don, about the same time that Don’s mother married, she chose to have Don move back to Michigan, where he was adopted by his step-father, Jerry Thomas McFarlin.

At the age of 7, he was blessed with a half-sister, whom he loved dearly and spoke of often.  When he was nearly 13, his half-brother was born.  Don did not have many happy childhood memories that he shared with us.  By 1970 Don entered the military, moved to Kansas, and legally changed his name to Bishop.  Don had a second half-brother who was born after he moved to Kansas.

The following is a collection of the memories that were shared at Dad’s funeral.

A Celebration of Life for Don Bishop
October 16, 1950 – November 3, 2005

In the 1970’s, Don was kinda wild.

Don met Connie Laughlin at the apartment complex where they both lived. Connie asked the landlady to introduce them and her response was “Oh, no honey, you don’t want to meet him. He’s not your type.”

During the early years, the couple was young and foolish. Doing young and foolish things for that era. They married after knowing each other for only 3 months. Everyone said that it wouldn’t last. Well, it did… 35 years.

Don held several jobs during those younger years. He always managed to be employed. Some jobs were not that good and some didn’t pay that well, but he always brought in a paycheck.

By mid 1976, they had two girls that Don totally adored. He had a hard time showing affection in his early days. By him receiving affection from his new family and friends, he then learned how to give affection back. This took many, many years.

His form of discipline was “the look”. When dad got that look, the girls knew that he meant business.

Don never met a person that he didn’t like… except for a few of the boyfriends that came around. Once he became your friend, he was your friend for life. When Don and Connie married, he not only married Connie but her entire family. He was loved dearly by his extended family.

He was always willing to help whoever asked. Asking for nothing in return. He helped around the house doing laundry, dishes, vacuuming and anything Connie would ask, he would do. Yes, even windows. He was always right there helping the girls with school projects.

Don loved to party and he usually was the life of the party. Even though Connie would be mad and upset, that didn’t stop him any at all.

During these party times, he could be heard yelling “GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM!” after the movie with the same name. Or he would say, “I’ll drink to that!”  YYYOOOOOOOOO was another favorite of his.

He was daring as well. He’d do anything that anyone suggested or mentioned, just to prove that he was a macho man. That included attempting an Evil Knevil motorcycle turn in front of Sonny and Alan. Hitting the wrong brake, the bike stopped and Don went flying over the handle bars on to the hood of the truck. Coming back to the house, he was bleeding and limping along. He made an ER visit that is still memorable to this day. This was one of many ER visits that Don made while visiting family in western Kansas.

At Christmas in 1972, the family received a Santa that sang “Jingle Bells.” As the girls grew older, he would take this Santa to their doorways and turn it on. Even as late as two years ago, he would have Connie call each of them and he would play that Santa. It became a family ritual.

He took pride in decorating the outside of his house. He would start decorating in November and would continue to add decorations throughout December. Many times these additional decorations would blow the breakers.

When Connie worked the 3-11 shift at the hospital while the girls were school age, he fixed them beanie-weenies. He added baking soda so that it wouldn’t be gassy for the girls. Not knowing exactly what baking soda did, the beanie-weenies were horrible. The girls remember that to this day and always laugh about his cooking abilities or I should say his cooking inabilities. He was dynamite with the grill though.

Don loved sports. During the ‘70s and ‘80s, he was a devoted Royals baseball fan. We attended many games since he lived in Kansas City. He would also watch all the games on TV or listen to them on the radio. When the Chiefs got started, he watched all of their games. His deepest love of sports was for the KU basketball. Don and Connie were able to attend all the home games in 2003. He loved every minute of those games. Their computer room is decorated with KU memorabilia, many that Don had picked out or that his girls had given him.

As time passed and the lottery and gambling became legal in Kansas and Missouri, his enjoyment turned to this. He loved to go to the boat and he would go every chance he got. When the power ball started, he picked his numbers that are still used to this day. Whenever Don and Connie went out of town, he always had to make sure that he had his picks for the time that they would be gone. When he was in the hospital, he would always make sure that either one of the girls or Connie would get his picks. He made Connie promise that she would continue to get his picks even after he was gone. For the first few years, she did continue to get the picks, but as the economy turned, and things began to get tight, she knew that he would understand.

When he became sick, it was very hard on him. He had to give up his job with KDOT. Losing the contact of his work buddies was very hard. He would often call and chit-chat about the projects they were doing. He wasn’t strong enough to drive to a site to visit. The inability to be functional and work was extremely hard on him. He even had difficulty doing the little “honey-do’s” that Connie left for him to do so that he just wouldn’t sit. Often these little jobs took all day, but he got them done. The last two weeks he was bothered by the fact that he could no longer do much to help me around the house. He was told not to worry about it, but he did.

Every time his son-in-laws would come over, he would have a list of stuff for them to do. Many of which wasn’t necessary or important. But, it was important to him and they obliged him.

Don and Connie adopted a 5 year old black lab, Cooper, to keep Don company. Cooper and Don would often drive up the road or to the grocery store so that Cooper could get her daily ride in.

When KU won the 1988 NCCA basketball tournament, her dad took his youngest daughter, Michelle, to Crown Center to get the champion tee-shirts. He even let her stay home from school to do this.

For the last couple of weeks Don was reminiscing about the times that he had to take on Paula’s boyfriends. He was protective of his girl.

His greatest thrill of all was being able to be here and see the birth of his first grandchild. He called her “his little angel”.

Now, at the age of 4, Abby refers to Don as “Mimi’s PawPaw” (Mimi being her word for her Grammy Connie). Abby knows that Mimi’s PawPaw is in heaven and that when she sees the stars, it means that he is watching her.

Funeral Card

On behalf of the family, we wish to express
their gratitude for your many kindnesses
evidenced in thought and deed, and
for your attendance at this service.

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GOD SAW

God watched you as you suffered
And knew you’d had your share
He gently closed your weary eyes
And took you in His care
God has you in His keeping
We have you in our hearts
Your memory is our keepsake
With that we’ll never part
God saw you getting tired
And a cure was not to be
He put His arm around you
And whispered, “Come with Me.”
With tearful eyes we watched you
And saw you fade away
Although we loved you dearly
We could not make you stay
A golden heart stopped beating
Hard working hands now rest
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.

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In Memory of

DONALD C. “DON” BISHOP

Date of Birth
October 16, 1950
Detroit, Michigan

Date of Death
November 3, 2005
Lawrence, Kansas

MEMORIAL SERVICE
1:00 p.m. Monday, Noevember 7, 2005
Warren-McElwain Mortuary
Lawrence, Kansas

OFFICIANT
Angela Lowe, Chaplain

INURNMENT
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence, Kansas

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Obituary

1950-2005
LAWRENCE

LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD
Thursday, November 10, 2005

Donald C. Bishop, 55, Lawrence, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2005, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Memorial services were held Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. He will be inurned in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mr. Bishop was born Oct. 16, 1950, in Detroit, Mich., the son of Jerry and Mary Ellen Fletcher McFarlin. He moved to Kansas in 1969, where he lived in the Kansas City and Lawrence areas. He was an engineer technician for the Kansas Dept. of Transportation from 1998 until the present. He formerly worked for the Lanter Trucking Co. in Edwardsville.

He married Connie Laughlin July 10, 1970, in Lawrence. She survives at the home. Also surviving are two daughters, Paula Hawk and Michelle Spiess, both of Edwardsville; his parents; two half-brothers, Michael McFarlin, Tempe, Ariz.; and Jerry McFarlin, Jr., Taylor, Mich.; half-sister, Susan Proto, Taunton, Mass.; and one grandchild, Abby Spiess.

The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital for the benefit of the Oncology Unit or the charity of the donor’s choice and may be sent in care of the Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence, KS 66044-3402, (785) 843-1120.

Rebecca Ann Corel and Robert Emmitt McGlothlin were married on October 29, 1840, making today the 169th anniversary of their wedding.

I hope that everyone has had a good summer and is ready for that ‘back to school’ mode!

Along the top and bottom of each page, you will notice that there is a new link in the navigation: Images.  Right now there are only three links that are ‘live’ on the page: 1820, 1830, and sources.  I’ve decided to split it up in this way, so that I can add more records later, if needed.  As I have been adding these census images, I have also been updating the William & Rebecca page, with links that will take you to the image thumbnail of the census I am discussing.

When you are on one of the thumbnail pages (so far only 1820 and 1830) when you click the image, a new window will open showing you a larger image.  I think most browsers are pretty much the same on this: you should be able to click on the large image to get it to 100% and then be able to scroll through the image.

This side project may take me a little bit to get all caught up, so please bear with me.  I have about 75 images of census records only that only cover William and Rebecca (Oney) Corel, Jemima Corel and David McGlothlin, Mary McGlothlin, Henry H. McGlothlin, Martha Jane McGlothlin, Shadrack McGlothlin, Henry Highland and Nancy Matney, Jemima M. Corel, and Julia Ann Corel.  I also have images showing war service, newspaper articles, birth and death records, pages from books, and marriage records!  I have also gathered some of the images for the Corel by Chance families.  On the bright side, this will give me some time while I wait for my latest request for inter library loan, on the Parman family.  I think that I will also try to do some preliminary research on the children of Mary Ester Corel Puckett, so I might be able to start moving a bit quicker.  Well, except for the next week – I have jury duty!  I’m hoping I won’t be selected, so I will be able to do my research, but I may very well be stuck without a computer next week!! 

After weighing the options on how to resolve this issue, I have decided that I am going to create an Image Library, fully documented with source information, but not the web address of the Ancestry.com page I found the information.  On items that are just in a database, with no images to reference, I will take a “snapshot” of the web page with the pertinent info.

I’m not completely sure of just how I am going to do this Image Library.  Rather than trying to create a library for each individual, I think it might be easier to have different sections, such as: Census, Books, Marriage Records, Birth Records, Death Records, Grave Markers, People, Places, and Misc.

I was wanting to do something similar to this on the site, to include photos and such in a centralized location, but I wasn’t planning on working on it right away.  For now, so that I can get everything up and loaded, I will just enter the images in their appropriate section.  I am thinking I will create a simple page that will have thumbnails linking to the full sized images, without a lot of details about the images.

If you have any thoughts or ideas on this, please let me know!