Cornelius Lynde b. 19 June, 1797, at Williamstown, Vt.; m. 18 Feb. 1822, at Putney, Vt., Gracia Crawford, of Putney; sett, at Johnson, Vt. He d. 17 May, 1873, at River Falls, Wis. She d. 7 Oct. 1849, at Johnson, VT. Children: James and Cornelius, Mary Grace, Laura A and Lucy S.
CORNELIUS LYNDE had a good common school education; worked on his father's farm in the summer and taught school in the winter until he was about twenty-five years of age. Being unable to endure the labors of a farm he entered the store of his brother-in-law, Calvin Ainsworth, at Williamstown, and after a time removed to Johnson, Vermont, where he began mercantile business, which he continued about fifteen years; removed to the west and went into a land office at Des Moines, Iowa, where he remained a number of years. He afterward lived with his son Cornelius at Rock Island, Illinois, and removed thence to River Falls, Wisconsin, to reside with a daughter (Lucy S Wilcox wife of Dr. Robert J Wilcox); died there. (from Samuel Davis of Oxford , Mass and Joseph Davis of Dudley Mass., and descendants. By George Lucien Davis)
CORNELIUS LYNDE had a good common school education; worked on his father's farm in the summer and taught school in the winter until he was about twenty-five years of age. Being unable to endure the labors of a farm he entered the store of his brother-in-law, Calvin Ainsworth, at Williamstown, and after a time removed to Johnson, Vermont, where he began mercantile business, which he continued about fifteen years; removed to the west and went into a land office at Des Moines, Iowa, where he remained a number of years. He afterward lived with his son Cornelius at Rock Island, Illinois, and removed thence to River Falls, Wisconsin, to reside with a daughter (Lucy S Wilcox wife of Dr. Robert J Wilcox); died there. (from Samuel Davis of Oxford , Mass and Joseph Davis of Dudley Mass., and descendants. By George Lucien Davis)
Cornelius Lynde b. 19 June, 1797, at Williamstown, Vt.; m. 18 Feb. 1822, at Putney, Vt., Gracia Crawford, of Putney; sett, at Johnson, Vt. He d. 17 May, 1873, at River Falls, Wis. She d. 7 Oct. 1849, at Johnson, VT. Children: James and Cornelius, Mary Grace, Laura A and Lucy S.
CORNELIUS LYNDE had a good common school education; worked on his father's farm in the summer and taught school in the winter until he was about twenty-five years of age. Being unable to endure the labors of a farm he entered the store of his brother-in-law, Calvin Ainsworth, at Williamstown, and after a time removed to Johnson, Vermont, where he began mercantile business, which he continued about fifteen years; removed to the west and went into a land office at Des Moines, Iowa, where he remained a number of years. He afterward lived with his son Cornelius at Rock Island, Illinois, and removed thence to River Falls, Wisconsin, to reside with a daughter (Lucy S Wilcox wife of Dr. Robert J Wilcox); died there. (from Samuel Davis of Oxford , Mass and Joseph Davis of Dudley Mass., and descendants. By George Lucien Davis)
CORNELIUS LYNDE had a good common school education; worked on his father's farm in the summer and taught school in the winter until he was about twenty-five years of age. Being unable to endure the labors of a farm he entered the store of his brother-in-law, Calvin Ainsworth, at Williamstown, and after a time removed to Johnson, Vermont, where he began mercantile business, which he continued about fifteen years; removed to the west and went into a land office at Des Moines, Iowa, where he remained a number of years. He afterward lived with his son Cornelius at Rock Island, Illinois, and removed thence to River Falls, Wisconsin, to reside with a daughter (Lucy S Wilcox wife of Dr. Robert J Wilcox); died there. (from Samuel Davis of Oxford , Mass and Joseph Davis of Dudley Mass., and descendants. By George Lucien Davis)
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