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Rev. Mager Colegrove
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REV. MAGER COLEGROVE, farmer, Corry, was born February 15, 1818, in
Otsego County, N.Y. He was reared in his native place, and came to Corry
in 1835. Mr. Colegrove began teaching when only sixteen years old, which
occupation he subsequently followed for a number of years. He devoted
fifteen years of his life to the ministry, beginning in the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1857. Our subject was united in marriage in July,
1840, in Oswego County, with Huldah Colegrove, born in same county,
November 25, 1822. They had a family of five children, two dying in
infancy. Those surviving are Derias M.,
Arthur D. and
Albert Ernest (twins). Mr. M. Colegrove owns 170 acres of land, on which he has
always resided. He is highly respected by all who know him, and is a
valuable citizen and a kind parent. Mr. Colegrove is temperate in all
things.
Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and
Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.,
1884. Read
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