Hi, this is the family of William Cornish Sr. born about 1763 in Halifax Co., VA.
I owe a special thanks to Suzanne Shaffner who has gathered most of the Cornish information I have on this site. Suzanne, I would say is our Cornish family genealogy expert. If you would like to contact her you can do so by e-mail:
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Descendants of William Cornish Sr. 1 William Cornish Sr. b: Abt. 1763 in Halifax Co., VA d: 1852 in El Dorado, Union Co., AR . +Lydia Harden b: in VA d: 1802 in GA ...... 2 William Cornish Jr. b: 1793 in Halifax, VA d: April 8, 1887 in Arkadelphia, Clark Co., AR .......... +Sarah Middelton Hogg aka: Sally b: 1804 in GA d: December 14, 1891 in AR m: April 16, 1823 in Sparta, Conecuh Co., AL .............. 3 John Hogue Cornish b: July 14, 1824 in Jackson Co., FL .................. +Helen Reed b: Abt. 1828 in Hempstead Co., AR m: September 27, 1847 in Union Co., AR ...................... 4 John Cornish b: Bef. 1849 ...................... 4 William Lucas Cornish b: 1849 .......................... +Mary Elizabeth Oswalt ...................... 4 Penelope Rebecca Cornish b: 1852 .......................... +Thomas J. Overstreet b: 1841 in MS .............................. 5 Watson Overstreet b: 1871 in TX .............................. 5 John Overstreet b: 1873 in TX .............................. 5 Emma Overstreet b: 1876 in TX .............................. 5 Belle Overstreet b: 1878 in TX ...................... 4 Watson Reed Cornish b: 1856 in AR d: January 30, 1924 in Oklahoma City, OK .......................... +Josephine Foreman b: February 2, 1871 in Cooke Co., TX d: October 25, 1970 in Oklahoma City, OK m: March 27, 1887 in Cooke Co., TX .............................. 5 Ulla Cornish b: December 19, 1888 d: 1979 .................................. +Otis Bean .............................. 5 Stella Cornish b: October 24, 1892 in Indian Territory, OK d: October 14, 1981 .................................. +Thomas French .............................. 5 Clella Cleo Cornish b: November 16, 1894 d: September 17, 1990 in Oklahoma City, OK .................................. +Blake Hook Smith .............................. 5 Mattie Martha Cornish b: January 5, 1897 in Healdton, OK d: April 15, 1985 in Kingston, OK .................................. +George Shaffner b: June 6, 1891 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX d: April 6, 1969 in CA .............................. 5 May Cornish b: November 26, 1898 in Indian Territory, OK d: January 10, 1988 in Oklahoma City, OK .............................. 5 Myrtle Cornish b: November 26, 1898 d: June 26, 1956 .................................. +Haines Duke .............................. 5 Overton Cornish b: August 30, 1900 in St. Jo, Montague, TX d: July 13, 1986 in Oklahoma City, OK .................................. +Vaneta .............................. 5 Leeva Lee Cornish b: March 2, 1902 in Norman, Indian Territory, OK d: March 12, 1995 in Oklahoma City, OK .................................. +Clifford Earl Stout .............................. 5 Josephine Zunk Cornish b: 1905 in OK d: in WA .................................. +Worrel ...................... 4 Sarah Middelton Cornish b: 1860 .......................... +Samuel Thompson m: Abt. 1877 .............................. 5 Clarissa Pierce Thompson b: February 14, 1879 .............................. 5 Stephen Edmund Thompson b: 1882 ...................... 4 Helen Cornish b: 1862 ...................... 4 Ida Cornish b: 1867 .......................... +John Lemule Shipman m: January 8, 1884 .............................. 5 Clyde Shipman b: December 19, 1885 ...................... 4 David Cornish b: Aft. 1869 .............. 3 William Foster Cornish b: December 31, 1825 in FL .................. +Narcissa Dunlap Cowser b: April 25, 1830 in KY d: February 7, 1867 m: November 6, 1848 ...................... 4 Absalom Fostenberg Cornish b: October 3, 1849 d: November 10, 1860 ...................... 4 Arabella Johnson Cornish b: January 21, 1851 d: January 25, 1852 ...................... 4 James Richard Cornish b: July 18, 1852 .......................... +Nancy Wallace m: December 19, 1877 .............................. 5 Arthur Cornish b: October 20, 1878 .............................. 5 Olin Cornish b: November 28, 1880 ...................... 4 William Franklin Cornish b: October 29, 1853 d: August 30, 1864 ...................... 4 Thomas Jefferson Cornish b: March 20, 1855 .......................... +Nancy Wallace m: December 19, 1877 .............................. 5 Ninia Cornish b: January 4, 1879 .............................. 5 ? Cornish b: February 28, 1881 .............................. 5 ? Cornish b: May 8, 1883 ...................... 4 Sarah Louisa Cornish b: June 17, 1856 ...................... 4 Mary Elizabeth Cornish b: January 6, 1858 .......................... +Joseph Girard Asch b: in Gainsville, Cooke Co., TX m: January 8, 1879 .............................. 5 Lillian Zuma Asch b: January 8, 1881 d: May 20, 1884 ...................... 4 Anna Elizabeth Cornish b: December 24, 1859 d: August 1862 ...................... 4 Lydia Ophelia Cornish b: November 20, 1861 .......................... +Allen Y. Smith b: in Lake Valley, NM m: September 12, 1880 .............................. 5 Orian Smith b: July 9, 1881 .............................. 5 Maud Smith b: May 12, 1886 ...................... 4 Eudora Isabella Cornish b: December 24, 1864 d: October 21, 1867 ...................... 4 Narcissa Nancy Cornish b: December 2, 1866 d: April 1869 .............. *2nd Wife of William Foster Cornish: .................. +Gertrude Thompson b: 1841 in Carroll Parish, LA m: September 8, 1869 in Freestone, TX ...................... 4 Edward Cornish b: October 22, 1870 d: May 17, 1876 ...................... 4 William Jackson Cornish b: February 25, 1872 ...................... 4 John Morgan Cornish b: July 12, 1876 ...................... 4 Paul Andrew Cornish b: February 7, 1879 .............. 3 Thomas Jefferson Cornish b: August 15, 1827 .................. +Angeline Reed ...................... 4 Tennessee Cornish .............. 3 Mary Jane Cornish b: July 17, 1830 .................. +Leander Davis m: December 10, 1845 in Eldorado, Union Co., AR .............. 3 Nancy Lucas Cornish b: September 24, 1832 d: September 25, 1873 .................. +Thomas Gatlin ...................... 4 William Gatlin ...................... 4 Thomas Gatlin ...................... 4 Prentiss Gatlin ...................... 4 Pike Gatlin ...................... 4 Sallie Gatlin ...................... 4 Linton Joy Gatlin ...................... 4 Erastus Stanley Gatlin ...................... 4 Gertrude Gatlin .............. 3 Ann Elizabeth Cornish b: September 30, 1834 .............. 3 James Harden Cornish aka: Jim b: June 19, 1836 in AR .................. +Martha Cordelia Lester b: December 22, 1845 in GA m: June 11, 1867 ...................... 4 Myrtis Eudora Cornish aka: Dora b: July 31, 1868 d: August 25, 1947 in Crowell, Foard Co., Burial: Crowell, Foard Co., .......................... +Aaron A. Brian b: January 22, 1856 in Bellview, Rossier Parish, LA d: January 20, 1937 in Crowell, Foard Co., m: January 28, 1889 Burial: Crowell, Foard Co., .............................. 5 Jack Brian b: August 13, 1896 d: November 7, 1971 .................................. +Willa .............................. *2nd Wife of Jack Brian: .................................. +Geneva Day .............................. 5 Jo De Brian b: March 5, 1898 in Bonham, Fannin Co., TX d: August 1985 in Tyler, TX .................................. +William Isaac Stephens b: January 13, 1885 in Ferns, TX d: January 13, 1953 in Vernon, TX m: July 1927 .............................. 5 Gladys Brian b: February 24, 1903 Burial: Copeville, Lake Lavon, TX .................................. +B. T. O'Connell .............................. 5 Gleynn Vivieve Brian b: February 24, 1903 in Trent, TX (near Abilene) d: July 14, 1978 in Herford, Deaf Smith Co., TX .................................. +Earl Monroe Norman b: September 13, 1906 in North Nevada, Collin Co., TX d: June 5, 1984 in Herford, Deaf Smith Co., TX m: August 23, 1925 in Crowell, Foard Co., TX Burial: June 9, 1984 Rev. Cecil Osborn, Crowell Cemetery ...................... 4 Dan Lewis Cornish b: May 26, 1871 ...................... 4 Jo De Cornish b: August 7, 1873 ...................... 4 Etta Searcy Cornish b: March 28, 1882 .......................... +Boomer .............. 3 Lydia Cornish b: August 8, 1840 .................. +James W. Watson b: 1839 m: March 8, 1860 in Columbia Co., AR .............. 3 George Washington Cornish b: September 12, 1842 .............. 3 Sarah Elizabeth Cornish b: December 28, 1844 in AR d: June 28, 1881 .................. +William T. Smith b: 1839 m: March 31, 1867 in Columbia Co., AR ...... 2 Thomas Cornish d: in Bradley Co., AR .......... +Mary Davis b: in TN .............. 3 Thomas Jeferson Cornish .............. 3 Adeline Cornish .............. 3 Calvin Cornish .............. 3 Mary Jane Cornish .............. 3 Lydia Cornish ...... 2 Nancy Cornish d: in El Dorado, Union Co., AR .......... +John Lucas b: in TN .............. 3 William Lucas .............. 3 Elizabeth Lucas b: 1815 in AL .................. +George Pickering b: 1808 in TN ...................... 4 John H. Pickering b: 1838 ...................... 4 Nancy Pickering b: 1840 ...................... 4 Charles H. Pickering b: 1844 ...................... 4 Thomas Pickering b: 1845 ...................... 4 Eliza F. Pickering b: 1847 ...................... 4 Mary Pickering b: January 1850 ...... 2 John Harden Cornish b: 1799 d: December 1868 .......... +Jane Dunlap Howe b: in Lancaster Dist., NC .............. 3 William Howe Cornish b: August 13, 1825 in Lauderdale Co., AL d: December 1850 .............. 3 John Lucas Cornish b: December 7, 1828 in Lauderdale Co., AL d: October 14, 1884 in Waco, TX .................. +Eliza Beksley Bonner b: October 4, 1839 m: October 24, 1861 ...................... 4 Mattie Bell Cornish b: September 22, 1862 d: August 6, 1865 .............. 3 Amanda Cornish b: June 9, 1831 .................. +John Collingsworth Hightower m: January 23, 1849 in Eldorado, Union Co., AR ...................... 4 Leonard Aylmer Hightower .......................... +Carrie Alford .............................. 5 Jennie Hightower .............................. 5 Ruby Hightower .............. 3 Rufus King Cornish b: March 8, 1834 .............. 3 Isabella Jane Cornish d: June 1, 1871 in Bremond, TX .................. +Joseph Henery Hightower m: November 18, 1857 ...................... 4 Katie Tucker Hightower ...................... 4 Emma Dunlap Hightower .............. 3 Wesley Washington Cornish b: June 16, 1840 .............. 3 Andrew Jackson Cornish b: June 8, 1844