Tipton-Union-Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Cornelius, James D. 1829 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   JAMES D. CORNELIUS, a native of Ireland, was born August 18, 1829, and is the
son of James and Sarah (Mooring) Cornelius. Our subject spent his youth in his
native country, and in 1847 came alone to America, landing in New Orleans
December 3, 1847. He first located at Somerville, Ohio, where he worked upon a
farm and on the railroad. In 1849, he removed to Liberty, Union Co., Ind., where
he engaged in working in a saw mill and grist mill. In 1851, he removed to Wayne
County and worked seven years in a distillery in Cambridge City. He located in
Hancock County in 1861, and the following autumn removed to Madison County; one
year later, he came to Tipton County, and leased the Knott's farm for seven
years, and remained upon it the full time. In the meantime, he purchased eighty
acres of forest land, upon which he moved in 1860. He has since cleared sixty
acres; has erected good buildings, and has put in about 400 rods of underground
ditching. Mr. Cornelius was married, October 5,1856, to Miss Mary Conner, of
Wayne County. She was born in Ireland in 1828, and emigrated to America in 1853.
By this marriage they have three children-Mary, Thomas and Catherine. Mr.
Cornelius and family are active members of the Roman Catholic Church.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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