Portrait and Bio orange county,ny pg. 1292 not word for word HORACE w. Corey, real-estate dealer and manager of the Casino Theaatre, Middletown, was born at Port Jervis, Aug. 16, 1859, and is a son of Alexander and Cordelia (House) corey, the former a native of Goshen, N.Y., and later Newton, NJ. He traces his ancestry back to David Corey, who came from Wales during Cromwell's time, and located first in Connecticut and letter settled on Long Island. Alexnder Corey the great Grandfather of our subject, was born on long Island, and commanded a company from that Island and Connnecticut during the Revolution. While on the heights of Quebec he was shot through one of his lungs. Afterwards he settled in the town of Goshen, where the grandfather of our subject, Benjamin Corey was born. For many years he was in life retired, and resided in Middletown until his death at the age of eighty-six. He was a member of the Old-school Baptist Church. Alenander Corey the fathe rof our subject, learned Carpenter's trade in Port Jervis, and was a contractor and builder in Newburgh, as the sinior member of the firm Corey & Crumbley. When retired moved to Middletown and died at the age of Seventy-two. His wife Cordelia House, was the daughter of Thomas House, who was born at Ft. Orange , now Albany, NY. His Grandfather Ephraim House, was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, coming to New York at the age of eighteen, and during the Revolutionary War served in the defence of his adopted country. He settled at Ft. Orange, and later removed to New Jersey, where he died. Her grandfather settled in Sussex County, NJ., where he engaged in farming, and laterin hotelkeeping. He died in 1876, at the age of eighty-eight. the mother of Cordelia House was of French extraction , and bored the maiden names of Annie Rousselle, which has been Anglicized as Russell. She was bon inLorraine, and her father Col. Dirrick Rousselle, was also in the Revolutionary War, as a Colonel with Layette. Mrs. Cordelia Corey is yet living in Middletown and the mother of four children. Horace W. was reared in Newburgh and Port Jervis. In 1885 Mr. Corey was married to Sadie Mapes, who was born in Goshen, NY a daughter of John Mapes. In politics Mr. Corey is a Democrat. He was a mmember of the Managerial National Association of Theatres.Mr, Corey's residence is at "Locksly Hall" in the southern end of Middletown, and comprises about 15 acres.