He was born in 1828, to Adam Corle and Martha Shull (6, 7). He was 37 years old when he was enlisted (3, 8 [31 in 1860]). He was born in Pavia, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (3, 6, 7, 8).
In 1846, he married Sarah Claar (7; some others have 'Sarah Walters'?). They had ten children (7):
In 1860, he was living in Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (8). He was living with his wife Sarah and children George, Matilda, Martha, Susannah, and Simon (8). He was a farm laborer, and owned $75 in personal property (8).
He was a farmer when he was enlisted (3).
He was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had a florid complexion, blue eyes, and sandy hair (3).
He was drafted (1, 3). He was enlisted and mustered into service on 21 September 1864 (1, 3). He was enlisted for one year, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (3). His service was credited to the 16th Congressional District (3). He served as a private in company G (1).
He was killed on 27 October 1864 near S.8 [?] railroad, at Hatcher's Run, Virginia (1, 2, 3, 4 [Petersburg], 5, 6 [26 Oct 64], 7 [26 Oct 64]).
On 23 June 1865, his widow, Sarah Corle, applied successfully for a pension (10, 11).
In 1870, his widow Sarah was living in South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (9). She was living with her children Martha, Joseph, and Sarah, as well as two other Corle's (9).
In 1890, his widow, Sarah Corl, was living in New Enterprise, South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (4).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster)
2 company G, register of deaths (Jonathan Corle)
3 company G, second descriptive roll, [#39] (Jonathan Corle)
4 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, South Woodbury Township, supervisor's district 7, enumeration district 94, page [3] (Jonathan Corl)
5 consolidated morning report, 91st Pennsylvania, 30 October 1864 (Privt J Corle)
6 "Cardwell Family Tree2002", a GEDCOM available at RootsWeb WorldConnect, updated 17 July 2002 (searched 6 January 2006) (Jonathan Corle)
7 "My Mother's Family--Neely, Biddle, & extended families", a GEDCOM available at RootsWeb WorldConnect, updated 12 June 2005 (searched 6 January 2006) (Jonathan Corle)
8 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Union Township (post office: St Clairsville), microfilm series M653, film 1072, page 636 = 18 handwritten (Jonathan Corl)
9 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, South Woodbury Township East, supervisor's district 8, enumeration district 240, microfilm series T9, film 1098, page 372 C = 24 [?] handwritten (Sarah Corle)
10 pension index, by name (Jonathan Corl [sic])
11 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company G (Jonathan Corl)
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| Dwelling number | 895 | ||||||
| Family number | 852 | ||||||
| Name | Jonathan Corl | Sarah " | Geo " | Matilda " | Martha " | Susannah " | Simon " |
| Age | 31 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Sex | m | f | m | f | f | f | m |
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| Occupation | Farm Lab | ||||||
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| Value of personal estate | 75 | ||||||
| Place of birth | " [sc. Pa] | " | " | " | " | " | " |
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| Cannot read & write | 1 | ||||||
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| dwelling visit # | 155 | |||||
| family visit # | 161 | |||||
| name | Corle Sarah | - Martha | - Joseph [?] | - Sarah [?] | - Chaney [??] | - Daisli [?] |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | F | F | M | F | M | F |
| age | 49 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 |
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| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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| occupation | Keeping house | Laborer | ||||
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| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |