CORNETT, Nathaniel

CORNETT, ROGERS, HENDERSON, TURPIN, DUNLAVY, BARRETT

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 21:55:45

Biography ~ Nathaniel Cornett

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 524-25:

NATHANIEL CORNETT, of Hamilton Township, living on section 9, is one of the old pioneers of Decatur County, with whose interest he has been identified for twenty-eight years. He was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, a son of ISSAC and MARGARET (ROGERS) CORNETT, natives of Virginia, the father a son of NATHANIEL and MILLIE CORNETT, who were also natives of Virginia. Our subject’s parents were untied in marriage in Kentucky, and to them were born twelve children – ANNA, JESSIE, MILLIE, MARGARET, ADENSTON, HENRY, SEELY, MARY, WILLIAM, NATHANIEL, SARAH and ROBERT, our subject being the tenth child. His parents removed to Lawrence County, Indiana, a few years after their marriage, and there NATHANIEL passed his youth in assisting his father on the farm, and in attending the log-cabin subscription schools, where he received a limited education. In 1858, in company with his brother, ADENSTON, he came by team to Iowa, and after a journey of twenty-one days arrived in Decatur County, April 15. He was married December 4 of the same year, to Miss GINCY HENDERSON, who was also a native of Lawrence County, Indiana, coming to Decatur County, Iowa, with her parents, JOHN and DELILA (TURPIN) HENDERSON, in 1854. They have seven children living – SARAH ELIZABETH, POLLY ANN, ROBERT LAFAYETTE, JAMES MOSES, JOHN ALEXANDER, MILLIE JANE, DELLA MAY. DELILA M., and AARON THOMAS are deceased. After his marriage Mr. CORNETT lived two years on a farm in Decatur County, when he returned to Indiana. A year later he returned to Decatur County, Iowa, and after spending the winter in Decatur Township he removed to JAMES DUNLAVY’s farm, where he resided one year. He then lived one year on the HENDERSON homestead, when he bought 100 acres of land on Little River, which he lived on a year, after which he lived one year in Eden Township, on Mr. BARRETT’S farm. He then entered forty acres of swamp land, where he resided one year. In 1867 he located on the farm where he has since made his home, where he has eighty acres of highly-cultivated land, a fine orchard, containing 200 trees of various kinds of fruit, a comfortable dwelling and barn, and out-buildings for his stock. Both Mr. and Mrs. CORNETT are worthy members of the Missionary Baptist church. Mr. CORNETT has always voted the Democratic ticket.

Transcribed by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historial Society Musuem, January of 2014