Harvey M. Cornell
Harvey M. Cornell, a son of George N. and Chloe (Hanel) Cornell, was born in Warren County, O., in 1830. His father was born in Canada in 1798, came with his parents to the United States, and located in Warren County, Ohio, where he married and raised a family of sixteen children. Of the sixteen children, six of them were boys. It is said of these six boys-and has never been disputed--that not one of them ever tasted liquor, beer, or wine, or used tobacco in any form, or used any profane language in their lives. Such an example is seldom known, and is worthy of record.
Harvey M. was the second son; he lived with his parents till he was twenty-seven years of age. He received a fair common school education. In 1858 he came to Greene Township, Shelby Connty, and bought 160 acres of land. The same year he married Sarah E. Dorsey, but within five months after their marriage she was burned to death by her clothes taking fire while washing some bedding. In 1859 he married Rosanna Christman. By this union they have six children, viz., Chloe A., born 1863; Leana M., born 1865; Ancil E., born 1867; Ulysses G., born 1869; Harvey O., born 1871; and Jesse A., born 1874. When Mr. Cornell first came to the county and bought land he had but $500. He gave a mortgage on this land for $3500. His land was nearly all in the woods. He cleared it and paid off his indebtedness within twelve years, and had saved $3000 beside, which he paid on his present home, for which he agreed to pay $9000. He has since paid off this indebtedness, and has several thousand dollars beside-all made by farming since he came to the county.
History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883