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John Cornwall (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, candlemaker.)

b. 1812 d. 1867-09-24

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, candlemaker. Native of Ireland. Married to Amelia Bucklin Cornwall in Jefferson County, Kentucky on March 5, 1846. Father of Anna Cornwall and John Cornwall. Merchant in Louisville in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Louisville in 1850. Candlemaker in Louisville in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, p. 177B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 68.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 5, p. 276A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707.

"John Cornwall (1812-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 51317739, accessed February 28, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51317739.

Citation

Cornwall, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207888 (November 12, 2026).

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