Cornelius Morton (1786 - 1876)

Born Oct 1786 in Meduncook, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sally Morton — married 15 Nov 1808 in Meduncook, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Died 13 Dec 1876 at age 90 in Friendship, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

Cornelius Morton was born in October 1786 in Meduncook (now Friendship), Lincoln (now Knox) County, District (now State) of Maine. He was the son of Joshua and Mercy (Howard) Morton.

Cornelius married his cousin, Mrs. Sally (Morton) Lawry, daughter of Ebenezer and Rachel (Bradford) Morton, and widow of Samuel Lawry. Cornelius and Sally had the following children: Nancy C., Susan L. Howard, and Josephus.

Cornelius passed away on December 13, 1876. He was 90 years 2 mos. 3 days old at the time of his death. He is buried at the Roadside Cemetery in Friendship.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/93386695/cornelius-morton : accessed 05 May 2021), memorial page for Cornelius Morton (Oct 1786–13 Dec 1876), Find A Grave: Memorial #93386695, citing Roadside Cemetery, Friendship, Knox County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by dlprescott22 (contributor 47621312).

• 1830 United States Federal Census for Cornelius Morton, Maine, Lincoln, Friendship, p. 275. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census (database on-line, Frame #1 of 8). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.]