He was designed for a physician; but the losses sustained by his father by becoming surety for two traders [in Litchfield?] defeated the plan, and our Cornelius, at the age of fourteen, was bound apprentice to a blacksmith, with whom he continued till the age of twenty-one. He afterwards learned the trade of stone-cutting. He was a man of decided talent, which his neighbors were not slow to perceive. Soon after arriving at the age of twenty-one he was chosen a captain of a military company, and was called into active service in the war of 1812-1815. He removed from Litchfield to Livermore in 1817, and thence to Turner in 1819. He was appointed administrator of his father's estate, in preference to his older brothers, Aug. 26, 1822. He was

postmaster at North Turner twelve years; was a justice of the peace many years; and performed for his neighbors, without any charge, all the lesser services of a surgeon and dentist. He was a very capable and energetic man. He is now living, 1874, at the age of eight-four, though

very infirm.