James H. Cornell

Birth Date

c1842

Death Date

c1884

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, clerk and social house owner. Kentucky native. Son of Janette Cornell Roberts. Step-son of William S. Roberts. Married to Evaline D. Powell Cornell in Jefferson County on April 7, 1863. Father of Tilly Cornell and Parker Cornell. Student in Louisville in 1850. River clerk in Louisville in 1860. Owner of Hudson Hall club, a bar and coffee house, in Louisville in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville District 3, p. 244B Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville Ward 5, p. 141. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 9, p. 218A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film # 000819616. Edwards' Annual Directory to the Inhabitants, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business Firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, for 1865-6 (Louisville, KY: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, Publishers, 1865), 256. Daily Courier, February 1, 1859, p. 1, (accessed via ProQuest Historical Newspapers on July 25, 20). Find A Grave, "James H. Cornell (1842-1884)," Memorial #156623595, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156623595(accessed October 22, 2019).

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