She was living with her family in Greenville, Texas when she met a handsome young gentleman named Joe Teagarden.
Joseph courted Corrie for about a year and they were married Oct 14, 1885 in Greenville, Texas.
This couple had a wonderfully close relationship throughout their lives. Not only do their letters to each other attest to a deep love but their 11 children and many grandchildren would recall with great foundness the love they shared.
Corrie had many talents, amoung them are writter, homemaker, seamstress. She belonged to the American Pen Women Society, publishing a book of poems. She was Poet Laureate of the Worlds Fair. Her peom "Children of the Alamo" hang at the Alamo for many years.
She was a active member of the DAR.
Her main focus was her family. She gave birth to 12 children which all but one survived to adulthood. Victor, the child she lost shortly after his birth would be remembered in many of her poems, with great longing. All of her children would be part of her writting.
She made some of the most intricate and lovely quits for each of her daughters as they married.
Corrie was an extraordinary grandmother. She could manage a houseful of children with great ease and care.
Deeply religious, after the family's move to Dallas, Texas she became a member of the East Dallas Christian Church.
She was living with her family in Greenville, Texas when she met a handsome young gentleman named Joe Teagarden.
Joseph courted Corrie for about a year and they were married Oct 14, 1885 in Greenville, Texas.
This couple had a wonderfully close relationship throughout their lives. Not only do their letters to each other attest to a deep love but their 11 children and many grandchildren would recall with great foundness the love they shared.
Corrie had many talents, amoung them are writter, homemaker, seamstress. She belonged to the American Pen Women Society, publishing a book of poems. She was Poet Laureate of the Worlds Fair. Her peom "Children of the Alamo" hang at the Alamo for many years.
She was a active member of the DAR.
Her main focus was her family. She gave birth to 12 children which all but one survived to adulthood. Victor, the child she lost shortly after his birth would be remembered in many of her poems, with great longing. All of her children would be part of her writting.
She made some of the most intricate and lovely quits for each of her daughters as they married.
Corrie was an extraordinary grandmother. She could manage a houseful of children with great ease and care.
Deeply religious, after the family's move to Dallas, Texas she became a member of the East Dallas Christian Church.
Family Members
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William Alexander Birdsong
1849–1867
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Francis Parilee Birdsong
1850–1868
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Albert Jerome Birdsong
1851–1911
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Leona Birdsong
1852–1868
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Adelaide Birdsong
1856–1859
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Marium Alace Birdsong
1857–1857
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Virginia E. Birdsong
1858–1863
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Ellen Zenobia Birdsong
1861–1866
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Nancy Caroline Birdsong Anderson
1863–1954
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Charles Burton Birdsong
1869–1917
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Carl Birdsong Teagarden
1886–1967
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Daisy Donye Teagarden Behrends
1888–1986
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Joseph Worth Teagarden
1890–1950
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James Paul Teagarden
1892–1976
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Rose Ellen Teagarden Rudy
1894–1974
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Victor Teagarden
1897–1897
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Christine Violet Teagarden Gilbert
1898–2001
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Pansy Louise Teagarden
1900–1990
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Marguerite Corrie Teagarden Happel
1902–1943
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William Oswin Teagarden
1904–1990
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Robin Duane Teagarden
1906–1988
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Lotus Carolyn Teagarden Sturgeon
1909–1997
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