Peter Cornell, was born April 1, 1756 on Long Island, married Maria Meserole, who was born October 22, 1758. Peter and his wife were members of the Reformed Dutch Church. Mr. Cornell was in the grocery business at Flat Bush, L.I., where they were kept prisoners at the time of the Revolutionary war. After the war was over he moved with his family to Lagrange, and was one of the earliest settlers of the town of Lagrange. He bought a farm of 400 acres, on which he lived the rest of his life. He owned a number of slaves, which he freed after going to Lagrange. He was an elder in the old Dutch Church, and was much respected in the community. Their family comprised nine children as follows:

1. Cornelius, was born on Long Island in 1781. He was a farmer in Lagrange;, and his parents moved to Lagrange when he ws seven years old. He maried Miss Deborah Van Kleeck, a native of Lagrange, and a daughter of Peter Van Kleeck. Her father died forty years ago, and her mother twenty-five years ago. Mr. Cornell spent his life in farming, and was said to have been the best farmer and to have had the best farm in the town of Lagrange. One known child.
a). Adrian Martense CORNELL, born in the town of LaGrange, Dutchess county, 1 Apr 1818. His early life was spent there on the home farm and in attending school. At the age of twenty-five years he left home and bought a farm in the town of Clinton, and engaged in farming. In the fall of 1841 he ws married to Miss Melissa Diamond, who was born in Lagrange, the daughter of Henry Diamond. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Cornell gave up farming, after an experience of twenty-three years, as his health began to fail, and came to Poughkeepsie, where, in 1873, he engaged in the dry-grocery business, carrying a stock of tea, coffee, spices, etc., in which he has continued for twenty-two years. For twenty-one of these he has been located at 227 1/2 Main street. He is an enterprising citizen, a conscientious business man, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Cornell departed this life in 1871. Of this marriage two children were born:
(1) Margaret Jane, who married George K. Brand,
(2) Henry, an insurance agent in New York City.

2. Isaac (1) died in infancy;

3. Isaac (2) Cornell was born at Bushwick, Long Island, and at the age of three years was brought by his parents to Lagrange. Here he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the district schools. He was married to Miss Hoffman, who was a native of the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, and they settled on a farm in Lagrange, where they reared their seven children and the following children were born. Mr. Cornell died in Lagrange in 1875, and his wife in 1878.

a). Peter M. CORNELL, a farmer in the town of Lagrange, was born on his present homestead in the town of Lagrange, Dutchess county, 20 Nov 1815, and is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Cornell. Mr. Cornell died on his farm in Lagrange. He remained on the old homestead in Lagrange with his father, and in his youth went to the district schools. He has devoted all his time to farming. At one time he was justice of the peace of Lagrange. He was never married.

b). William A. CORNELL, grew to manhood on his father's farm, and after completing a common-school education entered Rutgers College, at New Brunswick, N.J., where he prepared himself for the ministry. During the better part of his life he was a preacher in the Reformed Church, but his health becoming impaired he returned to the farm at Lagrange, where he died August 18, 1876. During his ministry he was pastor of the churches at Athens and Blooming Grove, N.Y., or Defreestville, as it is now called. About 1853 he gave up regular work, but preached occasionally until the time of his death. On April 12, 1843, he married Miss Helen M., daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Wyckoff, the former of whom was a native of New Brunswick, N.J.; the family was of old Holland stock. Of this union six children were born:

(1) Elizabeth W., who married Thomas B. Burnett, of Orange, N.J.;

(2) Helen, who died in infancy;

(3) Sarah L., who married James Y. Luyster, of New Hackensack, N.Y.;

(4) Isaac M. CORNELL, M.D., a prominent physician of Wappingers Falls, Dutchess county, was born in Defreestville, Rensselear Co., N.Y. April 26, 1851, the son of Rev. William A. and Helen M. (Wyckoff) Cornell. The subject of this sketch ws brought up on his father's farm in Lagrange, and attended the district school until he was fifteen years of age. Subsequently he became a student in the Carey and Pelham Institute, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and then began the study of medicine with Dr. S.S. Greene, of Lagrangeville. In 1873 he entered the Medical Department of the University of New York, and graduated therefrom in the class of `77. After his graduation Dr. Cornell went to Buffalo, N.Y., and for some time practiced with his old preceptor; then resided at New Hamburg, N.Y., and in the spring of 1878 settled at Wappingers Falls, where he has since made his home. The Doctor stands high with his professional brethren, and has been very successful in his calling. He has secured the confidence of the public, and has made many friends by his genial manners and kindly disposition. His practice is one of the largest in the vicinity. On October 30, 1878, Dr. Cornell was married to Miss Kate E. Dorland, a sister of C.P. Dorland, the county surrogate. She died July 29, 1880, and June 6, 1883, the Doctor was married to Elizabeth W., a daughter of Joseph D. Harcourt. In his political views, the Doctor is a Republican. From 1883 to 1886 he ws health officer of the town of Wappinger, and in 1878 ws appointed to the same office for the town of Poughkeepsie. He has been a member of the Dutchess County Medical Society since 1878; is a trustee of the Wappingers Savings Bank; belongs to Wappingers Lodge No. 671, F.&A.M., at Wappingers Falls, to Poughkeepsie Chapter No. 172, R.A.M., and Poughkeepsie Commandery No. 43, K/T. In all respects he is one of the leading citizens of Wappingers Falls.

(a). Martense H., born December 26, 1884, is his only child and is of the second marriage.

(5) William A., who married Bertha Schultz, and lives at Sioux Falls, S. Dak.;

(6) Jacob W., assistant treasurer of the Wappingers Savings Bank, who married Emma Stockholm, and resides in Wappingers Falls.

c). Frederick, a farmer in Kansas; married Miss Alice Barnes, and three children were born to them:

(1) Edward,
(2) Ann,
(3) Peter M.


d). Margaret married to Darious Howland; and
e). Mary,
f ). Elizabeth and
g). Isabella.


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