MARGARET E. CORSON/COURSON
IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Margaret E. Courson, 1895"
PHOTO TAKEN: New York Photographic Studio, Williamsport PA, 1895
PURCHASED: 2019 Brandywine River Antique Mall, Chadds Ford PA
This is Margaret Eddy COURSON, who lived near Williamsport PA, in the community of Picture Rocks. Her parents were William Spencer Corson (1864-1896, son of Jacob F Courson & Emily Jane Neece) and Sara "Sadie" Eddy (1866-1952, dau of Charles Eddy & Hannah Mulkey).
It appears that some members of this family spelled the surname CORSON, and I find it both ways in newspaper accounts, even for the same individuals.
Margaret's father William Spencer Courson died in 1896 when Margaret was 4 or 5 years old.
1900 Federal Census > PA > Lycoming > Wolf
EDDY, Charles H., head, 68, born July 1831 in PA of CT parents, truck farmer
EDDY, Hannah E., wife, 63, born Jun 1836 in PA of CT parents
CORSON, Sadie E., daughter, 33 wd, born Nov 1866 in PA of PA parents, music teacher
CORSON, Margaret E., granddaughter, 8, born Aug 1891 in PA of PA parents, at school
CORSON, W. Leo, grandson, 5, born May 1895 in PA of PA parents
1910 Federal Census > PA > Lycoming > Picture Rocks
EDDY, Charles H., head, 78, born in PA of CT parents, farmer
EDDY, Hannah E., wife, 73, born in PA of CT parents
CORSON, Sadie E., daughter, 43 wd, born in PA of PA parents, dressmaker
CORSON, Margaret E., granddaughter, 18, born in PA of PA parents, music teacher
CORSON, W. Leo, grandson, 14, born in PA of PA parents
Her brother William Leo Courson (1895-1966) married Sarah E. ___. He is buried at Picture Rocks Cemetery.
Margaret died in 1974 in Rome, Oneida County, NY. She and her husband are buried at Picture Rocks PA Cemetery.
Her son, Dr. William Lawrence Sprout, served the area of Newark Delaware. He may have been the owner of this photograph of his mother as a child. Newark DE is a mere 20 miles from Chadds Ford PA where this photograph was purchased.
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