BIO: Charles L. CORNELY, Clearfield County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/ NOTE: Use this web address to access other bios: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/1picts/swoope/swoope.htm _____________________________________________________________ From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr., Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 591. _____________________________________________________________ CHARLES L. CORNELY, postmaster of Madera from June 21, 1901, to April 1, 1911, and proprietor of a general store at Madera, Pa., was born at Madera in 1875, and is a son of James and Christina (Bowers) Cornely. The father, who died in December, 1898, was of Irish descent. He was a blacksmith by trade and later a merchant. He married Christina Bowers, of German extraction, and she survives. Charles L. Cornely obtained his education in the Madera schools and afterward assisted his father for several years in his store and has continued the business. In politics he is a Republican and for six years served as auditor of Bigler township. In 1900 Mr. Cornely was married to Miss Rose Stitt, a daughter of James Stitt, of Madera, Clearfield county, and they have four children: Vivian, Evelyn, Christian and James. Mr. and Mrs. Cornely attend the Presbyterian church. He is identified fraternally with the Masons at Osceola Mills, and the I. O. R. M. at Madera.