William J. Cornell (Louisville, Kentucky, brick layer and grate setter)
b. 1809? d. 1893-03-07
Louisville, Kentucky, brick layer and grate setter. Virginia native. Married to Mary Ann W. Nicholson Cornell in Jefferson County in 1831. Father of Mary E. Cornell, George Cornell, William Cornell, Hamilton Cornell, Joseph Cornell, and Leora Cornell. Brick layer in Louisville in 1850. Grate Setter in Louisville in 1860.
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- White
Bibliography
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 369A
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 867
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #Film 7007128, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 181
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000817869, p. 118 of 166 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Citation
Cornell, William J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196574 (November 12, 2026).
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