Fifth Generation

125. Dean Phenix MCCORCLE was born on 15 May 1890 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas.⁸⁷ Dean McCorcle was born at Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas on 15 May 1890. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Burleson, Johnson, Texas.⁸⁸ In 1910 Burleson County, Texas Census he is listed under the name "Dain" McCorcle. Listed are Dain 29, Hattie 28, (Cora) Essie, Robert 7, Finnis 6 and Spencer 2. World War I draft registration Listed as Dain Phenix McCorcle, age 27, employed as a farmer, Tokeen, Texas. Address listed as Goldsboro Rt, has wife and 4 children. Signed as "D.P. McCorcle". He died on 8 Jul 1963 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. Dean died suddenly of a stroke. He was buried on 10 Jul 1963 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. GPS Location of McCorcle Family burial plot: N 32 degrees 23.673 minutes, W 100 degrees 50.589 minutes. This plot includes the graves of Dean, Hattie, Cora and Jack. Dean "Dain" McCorcle was born at Colorado City and lived most of his life in or near Colorado City. His mother died when he was about ten years old. Because it was difficult to work and manage the children, their father was unable to keep the family together. The younger children were put into foster homes. Dean first lived with Mr. and Mrs. Jeters. His memories of his time with the Jeter family was very unpleasant. Later he lived with the W. T. Willis family in Snyder, Texas. When they moved, he moved with them to Content, near Abilene, Texas. The Willis family was a very large family and Dean had very fond memories of his days with them.

While living in Content, Texas, Dean met and married Hattie Perpie Belyeu from nearby Goldsboro. They had a large family, ten children of their own plus many nephews and nieces that were from motherless and broken homes.

Dean was a farmer, oil refinery laborer and a carpenter in that order. He died in 1963, less than eight months after Hattie passed away. They are buried side by side at the Colorado City Cemetery.

Dean loved his brothers and sisters even though they were seperated very young. Somehow he knew a lot about them and followed their lives even though their contacts were infrequent. His father, William Wade Hutching McCorcle, lived with Dean and Hattie at various times before his death. Dean knew very little about his grandparents or ancestors. Unfortunately he died before this information was available.

Dean Phenix MCCORCLE and Hattie Perpie BELYEU were married on 29 Aug 1909 in Midway, Coleman, Texas.⁸⁹ They were married by Grandpa Mitchell. Witnesses were Essie Belyeu and Wade Willis. Hattie Perpie BELYEU (daughter of Robert Benton BELYEU and Sarah Elizabeth LUSK) was born on 14 Aug 1891 in Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas.⁹⁰ She died on 28 Dec 1962 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. Hattie died after a long battle with cancer. She was buried on 30 Dec 1962 in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. GPS Location of McCorcle Family burial plot: N 32 degrees 23.673 minutes, W 100 degrees 50.589 minutes. This plot includes the graves of Dean, Hattie, Cora and Jack. Hattie Perpie Belyeu McCorcle was my mother. She was the next to oldest daugther in a very large family. She was very industrious and orgranized. She did more work than anyone I have ever known. Dean Phenix MCCORCLE and Hattie Perpie BELYEU had the following children:

+278	i.	Cora Essie MCCORCLE.
+279	ii.	William Robert MCCORCLE.
+280	iii.	Finnis Collins MCCORCLE.
281	iv.	John Archie MCCORCLE was born on 21 Feb 1916 in Goldsboro, Coleman, Texas.89 He died on 14 Jan 1917 in Burleson, Johnson, Texas.89 He was buried on 16 Jan 1917 in Burleson, Johnson, Texas.89 Archie is buried in the Infant section of the Burleson Cemetery.
+282	v.	Tommie Spencer MCCORCLE.
+283	vi.	Jack Brown MCCORCLE.
+284	vii.	May Dean "Deanie" MCCORCLE.
+285	viii.	Betty Jo MCCORCLE.
+286	ix.	Milton Flynn MCCORCLE.
+287	x.	Don Carlton MCCORCLE.