Cornelius, Thomas R.

Thomas R. Cornelius (1827-1890), emigrated to Oregon from Mississippi with his family in 1845 as a member of the Meek party. He participated in the Cayuse War of 1847-48 and the Yakima War of 1855-56 and served in the Oregon State Legislature for twenty years. In 1861 he was made a colonel by the U.S. War Department and ordered to raise a volunteer regiment, the Oregon First Cavalry, which he commanded at Ft. Walla Walla until his resignation the next year.

From the description of Papers of Thomas R. Cornelius, 1831-1925 (bulk 1864). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122445800

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