Jesse Garrett Cornelison (abt. 1826 - 1862)

Jesse was born around 1826 in Illinois to Garrett Cornelison and Elizabeth Watkins. He led a colorful life, marrying at age 21 to Delany Holdaway and having a son with her in 1848. The next year he had second son with another woman, Suzanna Bookout, for whom he apparently left his wife. Jesse and Delany divorced in Feb of 1852, but it doesn't seem he married the other woman, even though they had several children.

Jesse joined the Union Army in 1861, was given leave in Feb of 1862 and didn't return. He was listed as a deserter, yet his first son, William, was able to apply for a survivor's pension in 1890^[1]. While at home, sitting on his porch on Dec 16, 1862, Jesse was shot and killed by Confederate soldiers^[2]. He was 36 years old.

William was 14 at the time. He waited two years and in 1864 lied about being 18 and enlisted with the US Army.

Timeline with Sources

• c 1826 - Birth - Sagamon County, Illinois

• 1847 Mar 9 - Marriage to Delany Adeline Holdaway - Greene, Missouri, USA - Missouri Marriages to 1850[3]

• 1848 Feb 7 - Birth of Son William Garrett Cornelison - Missouri

• c 1848 - Separation from Delany Adeline Holdaway -- With Suzanna Bookout

• 1849 Jan 20 - Birth of Son John Scott Cornelison - Forsyth, Taney, Missouri

• bef 1851 Jul 15 - Birth of Son James M Cornelison - Greene County, Missouri, USA

• 1852 Jun - Divorce from Delany Adeline Holdaway^[3]

• 1853 Jul 15 - Birth of Daughter Sarah E Cornelison - Greene County, Missouri, USA

• 1857 Oct - Birth of Son Jonathan Matthew Cornelison - Missouri

• 1860 Mar 7 - Birth of Son Joseph Marion Cornelison - Christian, Missouri

• 1860 United States Federal Census[4] p 67 family #453 - Benton, Christian, Missouri, USA - Residence Post Office: Ozark - Occupation: Farmer - Personal Estate Value: 192 - Household members: Jesse Cornelison 34; Susanah Cornelison 37; William Cornelison (s/b William Elias Bookout) 16; Jno Cornelison 11; James Cornelison 9; Sarah E Cornelison 7; Johnithan M Cornelison 5; Joseph Cornelison 4

• 1861 Mar 31 - Mustered in - Co F 73rd E Missouri Militia - U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934[5] Cooper, Youle--Cornelius, Gust·, p 4365

• 1862 Feb 15 - Deserted at Springfield Missouri 24th Inf Reg't Vols, Co C
  • 1862 Mar - Absent, sick in Christian Co. Missouri
  • 1862 Apr - Absent without leave
  • 1862 Jun - Absent without leave in Christian Co, Missouri. Got permission to go home for a few days about the last of Feb 1862 and has not returned.^[4]

• 1862 Dec 16 - Death - Little Beaver Creek, Christian Co., Missouri

Sources

1. ↑ Fold3 image[1]
2. ↑ See son William's Find A Grave: Memorial #13916869 profile
3. ↑ Book D. SR p 44; Greene Co. MO
4. ↑ See image on Fold3[2]

• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-YDSN : 5 January 2021), Jesse Cornelison, 1847.

See Also:

• FamilySearch Tree
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186890531/jesse-garrett-cornelison: accessed 07 November 2022), memorial page for Jesse Garrett Cornelison (1826–16 Dec 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186890531, citing Ragsdale Cemetery, Christian County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by rmad (contributor 49010597) .