{"id":491,"date":"2018-07-16T14:49:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=491"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:42:05","slug":"felix-cory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix L. Cory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/felixcory.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2460\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/felixcory-218x300.png\" alt=\"Felix Cory\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/felixcory-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/felixcory.png 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Felix L. Cory (Adams County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1884-1886<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1850-1856 in Mississippi<\/p>\n<p>On the 1870 census in Adams County, Cory appears as a 14-year-old laborer in the household of an Emma Blanton. He is listed on the 1880 census with aunts, siblings (including Silas and Amos Blanton), and a grandfather in Adams County; his occupation is &#8220;school teacher.&#8221; In 1900, Felix is still teaching school and appears with his wife, Celia Fitzhugh, and five children. His birth date is given as November 1850. According to an 1883 newspaper article, Cory also served as Coronor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1041\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/cory5\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1041 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory5-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory5-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, September 19, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1043\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/cory6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1043 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory6-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory6-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, September 23, 1877<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1035\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/cory\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1035 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat, December 13, 1882<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1039\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/cory4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1039 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, October 2, 1883<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1037\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/cory3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1037 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, November 6, 1883<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2536\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/l-k-atwood\/daily84\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2536 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/daily84-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Mississippian, February 4, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2689\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-f-henry\/sums\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2689 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sums-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sums-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/sums-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, March 14, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3437\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/capture-160\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3437 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-77-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-77-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-77-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-77-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Capture-77.png 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, October 8, 1884<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1859\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/w-h-lynch\/lynch7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1859 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch7-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch7-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch7-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/lynch7.png 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Democrat, October 12, 1887<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1036\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/cory2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1036 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/cory2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natchez Democrat, March 18, 1903<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix L. Cory (Adams County) State House:\u00a01884-1886 Born: c. 1850-1856 in Mississippi On the 1870 census in Adams County, Cory appears as a 14-year-old laborer in the household of an Emma Blanton. He is listed on the 1880 census with aunts, siblings (including Silas and Amos Blanton), and a grandfather in Adams County; his occupation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/felix-cory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Felix L. 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