| LC control no. | no2015169014 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Corker, Stephen A., 1830-1879 |
| Associated place | Johnson Island (Ohio) Washington (D.C.) |
| Located | Waynesboro (Ga.) |
| Birth date | 1830-05-07 |
| Death date | 1879-10-18 |
| Place of birth | Burke County (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Waynesboro (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | Georgia. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company A. |
| Found in | Mis. doc. (United States. Congress. House), viewed December 18, 2015: 41st Congress, 3d session, no. 103, page 1 (Testimony in the case of Beard v. Corker; Stephen A. Corker) page 3 (Stephen A. Corker) Stephen Alfestus and Margaret Palmer Corker papers finding aid, viewed December 18, 2015: (Stephen Alfestus Corker (1830-1879) was born in Burke County, Georgia and married Margaret Myrtis Palmer (1840-1916). He served as captain of Company A, 3rd Georgia Regiment during the Civil War. He was captured during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 and sent to prison on Johnson's Island, Ohio. He remained a prisoner there until February 1865 when he was transferred to City Point, Virginia and later paroled. After the war he was a lawyer, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and a member of the 41st Congress (1870-1871)) <http://hmfa.libs.uga.edu/hmfa/view?docId=ead/ms3099-ead.xml> Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed December 18, 2015: (CORKER, Stephen Alfestus, a Representative from Georgia; born near Waynesboro, Burke County, Ga., May 7, 1830; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Waynesboro, Ga.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; entered the Confederate Army in 1861, and served as captain of Company A, Third Georgia Regiment; resumed the practice of law in Waynesboro, Ga.; member of the State house of representatives; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring Charles H. Prince not entitled to the seat and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1871; resumed the practice of law in Waynesboro, Ga., and died there on October 18, 1879; interment in the Old Cemetery, Waynesboro, Ga.) <http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000776> |
| Associated language | eng |
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