The Corley Sisters of Shelby County Kentucky 1906 The Daughters of William Birch Corley

The Corley Sisters
Of
Shelby Count Kentucky

The original Photo of the Corley Sisters: Photo provided by William Maddax Davis 4-10-2007. This photo appeared in the Shelby Sentinel in 1906. Back Row: Isabelle [Belle] Corley Davis, Percillar [Priscilla] Corley Davis and Mattie Corley Thomas; the first two were wives of the five Davis brothers featured in last Thursday’s Sentinel-News; front row Susan Corley Young and Lucy Ann Corley Ford.

The photo was contributed by Miss George Ann Carpenter to the Shelby Sentinel paper. Note: The dress Belle Davis is wearing is still in existence

Note: Sarah Elizabeth and Mary Magdalena are not in the picture of the Corley Sisters.

The Shelby News
Shelbyville Sentinel Paper

This portrait appeared in the Shelby News paper in 1906. A week before two of the sisters appeared in the Shelby News Paper with their Spouses, brother in-laws and along with their sister in-laws.

Priscilla and Isabelle Corley married Davis brothers; Amos Davis and Squire Davis.

Isabelle “Belle” Corley Davis, Percilla Corley Davis and Mattie Corley Thomas; the first two were wives of two of the five Davis brothers featured in last Thursday’s Sentinel-News; front row, Susan Corley Young and Lucy Ann Corley Ford. Only two Corley Sisters not in Picture: Mary Magdalena [Lena] Corley Overstreet and Sarah Sallie Elizabeth Corley