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Isaac C. Cornell
(1792-1874)
Priscilla Morgan
(1799-1859)
John Lightfoot
(1800-1878)
Mary Shreve
(1802-1843)
Alvin Cornell
(1819-1878)
Lydia Lightfoot
(1822-1903)
Delos Cornell
(1853-1933)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Arabelle Merriman

Delos Cornell 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 1853, Indiana 1 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Arabelle Merriman about 1880 1
  • Died: 1933, Valparaiso, IN at age 80 5
  • Buried: 1933, Valparaiso, IN 5
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 13 September 1860. 3

1860 US Census
Page 150, Roll 289, Dwelling 1131, Family 1098
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Delos Cornell..6..IN
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 28 June 1870. 4

1870 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 127, Family 122, Roll 351
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Deloss Cornell..15..IN..Working on Farm
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1853, then his age should have been 16 or 17 instead of 15.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 10 June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 552B, District 145, Dwelling 136, Family 136, Roll 305
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Delos Cornell..Head..26..IN..Farmer
(Living with wife.)
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• His obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper in 1933 in , Porter County, IN.

Funeral services for Delos Cornell were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Frank A. LePell & Son funeral home on Monroe street, conducted by Rev. C. M. Small, of the Christian church. There was a large attendance of relatives and friends. Mrs. Jennie Schneider sang with Miss Mae Brown at the organ. The pallbearers were Nathan H. Sheppard, Dr. N. Clark, C. E. McCormick, John Shreve, Owen Price and Robert Wheeler. Burial was in Maplewood cemetery.

(Source: Unknown newspaper)
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Delos married Arabelle Merriman, daughter of Elias Merriman and Eliza Dye, about 1880.1 (Arabelle Merriman was born on 8 November 1858 in , Porter County, IN,6 died on 27 July 1953 in Valparaiso, IN 6 and was buried after 27 July 1953 in Valparaiso, IN 6.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boone Township, Porter, IN on 10 June 1880. 1

1880 US Census
Page 552B, District 145, Dwelling 136, Family 136, Roll 305
Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana
Delos Cornell..Head..26..IN..Farmer
Arabelle Cornell..Wife..20..IN..Keeps House
Carroll Jewell..Laborer..23..IN..Farm Laborer
Francis Rief..Servant..20..IN..Domestic Servant
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Sources


1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 145, p. 552B, dwelling 136, family 136, Delos Cornell and Arabelle Merriman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Aug 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 305.

2 Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society, Porter County Indiana Death Index 1884-1927 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~innwigs/Archives/DeathIndex-PorterCounty.htm).

3 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, p. 150, dwelling 1131, family 1098, Alvin Cornell and Lydia Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 25 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 289.

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana, p. 15, dwelling 127, family 122, Alvin Cornell and Lydia Lightfoot; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 4 Sep 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 351.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Aug 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74752444.

6 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Aug 2016), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74752374.


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