Cornelius Hatfield ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Petersburg, IL on 16 June 1870. ²

1870 US Census
Page 14, Dwelling 110, Family 109
Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois
Cornelius Hatfield..24..IL..Dry Goods Merchant
(Living with wife and daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Petersburg, IL on 8 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 211B, District 138, Dwelling 261, Family 279, Roll 236
Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois
Cornelious Hatfield..Son..34..IL..School Teacher
Edgar Hatfield..Grandchild..7.. IL
Lula Hatfield..Grandchild..1..IL

(Cornelius was listed as married but living with his parents along with his two children. It is unknown where his wife was at this time.)
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Cornelius married Martha Elizabeth Edgar, daughter of George Washington Edgar and Mary Matilda Chowning, on 30 August 1868 in , Logan County, IL.¹ (Martha Elizabeth Edgar was born on 22 May 1851 in Lincoln, IL ^{2 4 5} and died after 16 June 1870.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Petersburg, IL on 16 June 1870. ²

1870 US Census
Page 14, Dwelling 110, Family 109
Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois
Cornelius Hatfield..24..IL..Dry Goods Merchant
Martha Hatfield..19..IL..Keeping House
Lydia M. Hatfield..10m..IL..At Home..Born in Aug
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  Marriage Notes:

There were multiple Hatfield families living in Logan County, Illinois around 1870 when Cornelius and Martha "Mattie" were first married. Apparently Cornelius was from Menard County, Illinois and soon after his marriage, they moved to Menard county where they appear in the 1870 census.

I do not know what happened to Martha but by the census of 1880, Cornelius was living with his two children back in the home of his parents. His marital status was not indicated as divorced or widowed but still as married. I have no idea where Martha was at the time.

By June of 1900, the census shows their son, Edgar, living back with Martha's parents in Logan County, Illinois but without either of his parents being present. The daughter, Lula, is found living with her paternal grandmother who was widowed by this time. Neither parent of Lula is found in the household. With the evidence that one son was sent to his mother's parents and the other daughter was sent to her father's widowed mother, I would think it might be easy to assume that both Cornelius and Martha had died by 1900.
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