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Eli CORNELL

Eli CORNELL

Male 1818 - 1884  (65 years)

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  • Name Eli CORNELL 
    Born 10 Mar 1818  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1856  Boothsville, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1840, 1860  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1880  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 1884  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I112151  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2020 

    Father Samuel CORNELL,   b. 1792, Hopewell, Hunterdon Co (now Mercer Co), NJ Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1860, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Mary HOWARD,   b. CA 1795, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Family ID F56987  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary M. WILSON,   b. 26 Feb 1816, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1856, Sweep Run, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)  [5] 
    Married Apr 1838  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Marriage Bond 19 Apr 1838  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • Eli Cornel in the 1840 United States Federal Census
      Name: Eli Cornel
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Harrison, Virginia
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
      Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
      Total Free White Persons: 3
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
      NOTE: The two adults in this household are Eli Cornell, his first wife Mary M. Wilson, and their infant daughter Sarah.
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Jane CORNELL,   b. CA 1838,   d. 1 Dec 1884, Clay District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
    +2. James Tingle CORNELL,   b. 10 Aug 1848,   d. 23 Feb 1924, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Documents
    112151_EliCornell_MaryMWilson_MarriageBond_HarrisonCoWVa_19Apr1838.jpg    		112151_EliCornell_MaryMWilson_MarriageBond_HarrisonCoWVa_19Apr1838.jpg
    Family ID F47378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Dixon VINCENT,   b. 16 Apr 1816, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1879, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage License 24 Sep 1856  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Married 30 Sep 1856  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), post office Clarksburg, enumeration date not given:
      Eli Cornell, 42, laborer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $105; Sarah, 40; James T, 11; Louisa, 19. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: Sarah is Eli's second wife, Sarah Corbin, widow of Rezin W. Criss. James is Eli's son by his first wife, Mary M. Wilson. Louisa should have been listed as Louisa Criss, as she was Sarah's daughter by her first husband. Sarah had at least six other children between 1836 and 1850. Their whereabouts for this census is not known.

      1870 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (Clay Twp), enumerated on Dec 1 1870:
      Eli Cornell, 53, farmer, value of real estate $1,400, value of personal estate$300; Mary Y, 37; Jacob E, 13; Laura S, 10; Sarah L, 10; Martin V B, 7; Henry, 4. All born in Virginia/West Virginia. [9]
    Children 
    +1. Cicero CORNELL,   b. 24 Mar 1861,   d. 22 Dec 1943, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F56995  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Mariah CORBIN,   b. CA 1820 
    Married 29 Aug 1880  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Family ID F56988  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 7, Line 25 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252229&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 242, Line 46 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791863&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 41, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5045882&Type=Death.

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage Bond : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=257683&Type=Marriage.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MarriageLicense, p21, 24Sep1856 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=38055&Type=Marriage.

    8. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 7, Line 25 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=252229&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Eli Cornel, widowed, farmer, age 40, b. in Boothsville in Marion Co, res. Boothsville, son of Saml Cornel; and Sarah Criss, widowed, 41, b. Marion Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Ed & Rebecca Vincent. Married Sep 30 1856 in Harrison County, officiated by A. Vincent.

    9. [S1604] Death record of son.

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 242, Line 46 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791863&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Eli Cornell, widowed, 55, farmer, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Samuel & (blank) Cornell; and Mariah Drummond, widowed, 55, b. Rockingham Co Va., res. Doddridge Co, dau of (blank) Corbin. Married Aug 29 1880 in Doddridge County, officiated by Richard Wood.

    11. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).