"Several days ago there assembled at the grave of Benjamin Cornelius, a Buchanan County pioneer, four of his direct descendants of the same name. They were his son, eighty years old; his grandson, fifty-nine, his great-grandson, thirty, and his great-great-grandson, two years old.
The first Benjamin Cornelius was born in 1793, and he settled in Buchanan County in 1836. He died in 1860 and was buried in what is now the Blakely Cemetery, eight miles east of St Joseph on the Easton road. He was one of the very first white settlers of the county and the four descendants bearing his name here." St Joseph News-Press (St Joseph, Missouri), May 14, 1914
Father of
James Bradford Cornelius 1822–1848
Susan Cornelius 1825–1866
William Cornelius 1829–1897
Margaret Cornelius 1832–
Benjamin Franklin Cornelius 1834–1914
Columbus G. Cornelius 1838–
Lucinda Cornelius 1844–
Eliza Cornelius 1849 –
"Several days ago there assembled at the grave of Benjamin Cornelius, a Buchanan County pioneer, four of his direct descendants of the same name. They were his son, eighty years old; his grandson, fifty-nine, his great-grandson, thirty, and his great-great-grandson, two years old.
The first Benjamin Cornelius was born in 1793, and he settled in Buchanan County in 1836. He died in 1860 and was buried in what is now the Blakely Cemetery, eight miles east of St Joseph on the Easton road. He was one of the very first white settlers of the county and the four descendants bearing his name here." St Joseph News-Press (St Joseph, Missouri), May 14, 1914
Father of
James Bradford Cornelius 1822–1848
Susan Cornelius 1825–1866
William Cornelius 1829–1897
Margaret Cornelius 1832–
Benjamin Franklin Cornelius 1834–1914
Columbus G. Cornelius 1838–
Lucinda Cornelius 1844–
Eliza Cornelius 1849 –
