Cornelison, Caroline King, 1852-1935

John King was born in England in 1784 and later lived in Ceres Township, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Hannah Clendening, had two surviving children: Mary (b. 1820) and William Keating (b. 1823). William and his wife, Eleanor B. Young, had several children, including Caroline Eloise ("Carrie"), who was born on September 23, 1852. On November 25, 1890, she married William Goldy Cornelison (1854-1918). Cornelison, an oil well driller, worked in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Eurasia prior to their marriage, and they lived in Australia in the early 1890s. Carrie King Cornelison died on August 9, 1935.

From the guide to the Cornelison papers, 1796-1929, 1887-1895, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)