Individual Details

1860 Ellis County, Texas census. T. J. Cornelius and wife, M. J. Cornelius are living in the household of his mother, S. Cornelius.

"Name and rank: Cornelius, T. J., Pvt.
Comm. Off: Sanders, William C., Capt.
Organ: Co., Beat 8, Ellis Ctyl, 19th Brigade, TM.
Enlist: July 1861
Remarks: R&F 68; Elec. certf. with roll; Col comm. Au. 31-61; Navarro, Ellis, Freestone & Limestone Counties comprise 19th Brigade; 1 muster roll." (Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas.)

1870 Tarrant County, Texas census.

Birth	October 9, 1839	Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Marriage	June 14, 1860	Pontotoc County, Mississippi - Martha Jane Grissom
Death	March 11, 1879	Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas
Burial		Buchanan Cemetery, near SH 171, off CR 1217, abt3 miles northwest of Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas

Spouse	Martha Jane Grissom (1840 - 1926)
Child	Thomas Jennings "Tom" Cornelius (1861 - 1936)
Child	Edward Theodore "Eddie" Cornelius (1863 - )
Child	Major Martin Cornelius (1867 - 1939)
Child	James Taylor Cornelius (1870 - 1945)
Child	William Dee "Will" Cornelius (1873 - )
Child	Ono Ottalee Cornelius (1876 - 1959)
Child	Theodore Clinton Cornelius (1879 - 1884)

Father	George Washington Cornelius (1796 - 1847)
Mother	Sarah Duval (1800 - 1870)
Sibling	Charles Benjamin Cornelius (1827 - 1878)
Sibling	James Cornelius (1829 - )
Sibling	Lucinda B. Cornelius (1831 - )
Sibling	John Cornelius (1833 - )
Sibling	Amanda Cornelius (1835 - )
Sibling	George Washington Cornelius (1837 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Cornelius (1841 - )