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CORY, O. P. contractor and builder; one of the older residents of Greene County, is a native of Addison County, Vermont; born in 1824. He was the fourth child of Zophar and Alice Cory. When our subject had attained his eighth year his parents determined to locate in the West, and accordingly made their way to that part then known as Greene County, but which now comprises the county of Jersey. Residing here three years, the family now moved to Greenfield, where our subject learned his present trade under the instructions of his father, and there gained a knowledge of his present calling that has made him a skillful workman. Here he married, in 1851, Miss Isabel Morfoot, the owner of farm property. He now followed agricultural pursuits until 1860, since this date devoting his time to the trade of a carpenter. In 1852, he became a resident of Macoupin County, and it was here that many years were spent in farming. When the present town of New Kane came into existence Mr. Cory was among the first ones to remove here, and during the Spring of 1865 erected the second residence in the place, his present home. We shall have occasion to refer to Mr. Cory in the general history of this volume; of the marriage above referred to, seven children were born, of whom six are living: William, Effie, Clara, Fanny, Sallie and Rose. In conclusion it may be said that Mr. Cory is one of our most public spirited citizens whose liberality crops out, so to speak, when public occasion requires it of him.