Jessie Phillipa Corlyon

Jessie Phillipa Corlyon was born on 8 November 1887 in Tioga Center, Tioga County, New York.^2,3 She was the daughter of Phillip Corlyon and Ella Leonard.²

She graduated from Cortland State Teachers College, and before her marriage had been the first kindergarten teacher in Johnson City, New York.²

Jessie Phillipa Corlyon married William Henry Cargon, son of William H. Cargon and Harriett Ann Walpole, on 31 December 1914 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York; the minister was Rev. Merrill.⁴ On their return from their honeymoon, they lived with his parents on Valley Road in Katonah.⁵

Jessie Phillipa Corlyon possibly appears in a group photograph of unknown date, possibly taken about 1915.

Jessie Phillipa Corlyon appeared on the census of 1 June 1915 at Valley Road, Katonah, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father-in-law.⁶

She and her husband moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut in the spring of 1917. She was active in the Methodist church; she was financial secretary for twenty years, worked for the Sunday School, and sang in the choir. She was a founder of the Ridgefield Girl Scouts in 1937, was financial secretary for the Ridgefield Library for more than 25 years, was a lifetime member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and was chairman of the Junior Red Cross.²

Jessie Phillipa Corlyon and William Henry Cargon were living in September 1927 in Ridgefield, Connecticut.⁷

Jessie Phillipa Corlyon appears in a photograph of a family picnic at 36 Davis Avenue, White Plains, New York, probably in summer (4 July?) 1944. She lived in 1947 on Gilbert Street, Ridgefield, Connecticut.⁸ She moved to Binghamton, New York in 1978 to live with her niece, Ruth Tronovitch.²

Jessie Phillipa Corlyon died on 1 January 1982 in Binghamton, New York, at age 94.² She was buried in Ridgefield Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut.²

Her obituary in the Ridgeview newspaper included a note she had written some years before, to be published on her death and entitled "Farewell."²