SUMMERS, Cornelius

1790 - 1843  (53 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SUMMERS, Cornelius
  Birth	5 Jan 1790	Clark, Kentucky, United States
  Gender	Male
  Burial	May 1843	New Winchester, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
  Death	24 May 1843	Hendricks, Indiana, United States
  WAC	26 Jun 1999	BOISE
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  Person ID	I20845	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	HADDEN, Ailsey Elizabeth ,   b. 18 Feb 1791, Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, USA Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, USAd. 2 Oct 1869, Hendricks County, Indiana (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1812	Montgomery, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
  Family ID	F10863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Created by: Mark Vernon Record added: Apr 22, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36175577 Cornelius married Elizabeth Hadden on August 3rd, 1809 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, in which he served three times. First he was a private in the 3rd Regt. Kentucky Mounted Riflemen under Capt. William Farrow from Sept. 1812 to Oct. 1812. Next he was a private in Detached Kentucky Militia under Lt. Col. William Dudley from Mar. 1813 to sept. 1813. His wife's Claim of 1855 states that Cornelius was taken prisoner at the Battle of Dudley's Defeat(May 5, 1813). His last service was as a private in the Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Infantry under Capt. Micajah McClung and Maj. Peter Dudley. He moved his family from Kentucky to the area of Putnam and Hendricks counties, Indiana in the 1830s. By profession Cornelius was a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher and rode a circuit in Indiana. He was also an excellent singer and in some sources was named, "The Sweet Singer of Israel". It is said that he became ill on one of his circuit rides and made an agonizing trip home, just in time to die at home. The Family Bible of Alfred Summers records his death, "Cornelius Summers departed this life May the 4th in the year of our Lord 1843."