Maxwell Cornell (a variety of different name spellings)
Census
Maxwell was counted in the following censuses:
1850 in New York, Yates County, Town of Milo
Ancestry.com; 25 Aug 1850
Line 24 - 27; Dwelling #825; Family visited #882
James A. Colentine - age 22, male, Farmer
Hannah Colentine - age 22, female
Edgar Colentine - age 1, male
Maxwell Cornell - age 21, male, laborer
From Bunny: "ENROLLMENT OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO MILITARY DUTY-July 1, 1863, Yates Co, NY"
Here's what it says:
-Cornell Maxfield (274) 28 White Laborer Married Yates Co
1865 in New York, Yates County, Starkey
Information obtained from Yates County Clerk's Office THANKS TO 'BUNNY'
Dwelling # 85; built of logs; Value $20; Family visited # 87
Cornall,Marcville (Maxwell) - age 38, male, laborer, born in Yates County, # of marriages - 1, married now, not taxed
Cornall, Huldah A. - age 17, female, wife, born in Steuben Co., # children - 1, # of marriages - 1, married now
Cornall, Delos - age 1 2/12, male, child, born in Yates Co.
Death Information
Taken from Old Fulton NY Post Cards
Watkins
Thursday Jan 25, 1872
Source:Yates County Web site
Vital Records Extracted from the Yates County Chronicle
Editor: Stafford C. Cleveland
February 1, 1872
The statements heretofore made concerning the accident at Himrods,
on the 22d ult., we learn have not been correct. The man driving
the team belonging to Mr. Evan S. Potter, was Maxwell Cornwell.
He was returning from the sawmill. A gentleman on the wagon
with him, Rev. W.W. Holt, Baptist clergyman at Himrods, jumped
off barely in time to save his life, while the train killed the
horses and driver instantly. The train was at the crossing
north of the village and was going south entirely unobserved by
the driver or by Mr. Holt. Cornwell was 44 years old and left
a wife and four children residing near Himrods. He was a man of
industrious steady habits and had been two or three years in the
employ of Mr. Potter.
(I have a copy of the article, though not a very good one. 3/2005)
NOTE: In the 1980's before Great Aunt Myrts death she gave Bunny genealogy information. That information is what we used as a starting point in our reseach. The following is some of what Bunny was told. We have only been able to verify some of it:
JOHN ?(or FRANK) CURTIS
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HULDA MEAD
---2nd Husband DYKEMAN
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DELOS CORNELL
FRANK DECKER
HENRY WATSON
TOM CURTIS
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EARL
The boys took the last name of the farmer they were farmed out to.(common in those days). Hulda Mead lived until the early 1900's. Tom Curtis was slim and good looking and Great Aunt Myrte had met him. She said he was in the Spanish-American War and stationed in Key West. Also, Maria disowned her son George (we don't know why). (7/5/2003)
