Cornish, John Hamilton, 1815-1878

Episcopal clergyman, of Aiken, S.C.

From the description of Papers, 1837-1886. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490641

John Hamilton Cornish graduated from Washington College, Hartford, Conn., in 1839. He studied at the General Theological Seminary in New York City but was unable to complete his education. He became a tutor on an Edisto Island, S.C., plantation and later ran an academy there. Cornish was ordained in 1843 and served in many Sea Island and Low Country churches before becoming rector of St. Thaddeus' Church in Aiken, S.C., in 1846.

From the description of Reverend John Hamilton Cornish papers, 1855-1888. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122940115

John Hamilton Cornish (1815-1878) was an Episcopal minister of Aiken, S.C. Cornish left his home in Michigan Territory in 1833 to attend Washington College, Hartford, Conn., from which he graduated in 1839. He then studied at the General Theological Seminary in New York City but did not complete his education. He became a tutor on an Edisto Island, S.C., plantation and later ran an academy there. He was ordained in 1843 and thereafter served in many Sea Island and Low Country churches before becoming rector of Saint Thaddeus Church in Aiken in 1846. He married Martha Jenkins of Edisto Island and had several children, including Rhoda, Mattie, Mary, Sadie, Ernest, and Joseph, who also attended the General Theological Seminary.

From the guide to the John Hamilton Cornish Papers, 1833-1966, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Educator and Episcopal minister of Aiken, S.C.; in 1833, left his native of Michigan Territory to attend school at Washington College (Hartford, Conn.) [now Trinity College], from which he graduated in 1839; Cornish then began studies at the General Theological Seminary in New York City but did not complete his education. He became a tutor on an Edisto Island, S.C., plantation and later ran an academy there. He was ordained in 1843 and thereafter served in many Sea Island and Low Country churches in S.C. before becoming rector of Saint Thaddeus in Aiken, S.C., in 1846. He married Martha Jenkins of Edisto Island and had several children, including Rhoda Cornish, Mattie Cornish, Mary Cornish, Sadie Cornish, Ernest Cornish, and Joseph Cornish, who also attended the General Theological Seminary.

From the description of John Hamilton Cornish papers, 1840-1972, (bulk, 1840-1904). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 35667832

John Hamilton Cornish (1815-1878) was an Episcopal minister of Aiken, S.C. Cornish left his home in Michigan Territory in 1833 to attend Washington College, Hartford, Conn., from which he graduated in 1839. He then studied at the General Theological Seminary in New York City but did not complete his education. He became a tutor on an Edisto Island, S.C., plantation and later ran an academy there. He was ordained in 1843 and thereafter served in many Sea Island and Low Country churches before becoming rector of Saint Thaddeus in Aiken in 1846. He married Martha Jenkins of Edisto Island and had several children, including Rhoda Cornish, Mattie Cornish, Mary Cornish, Sadie Cornish, Ernest Cornish, and Joseph Cornish, who also attended the General Theological Seminary.

From the description of John Hamilton Cornish papers, 1833-1966. WorldCat record id: 24561239

John Hamilton Cornish was born on March 6, 1815 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, to Andrew Hiram and Rhoda Bradley Cornish. When John was still a child the family moved to the Michigan Territory, and it was from there that John left home in 1833 to attend Washington College in Hartford, Connecticut (Washington College changed its name to Trinity College in 1845). It was from there that he graduated in 1839 and later enrolled at the General Theological Seminary, though he never graduated from that institution. He moved to Edisto Island, off the South Carolina coast in January of 1840 and began tutoring the children of E. Mikell Seabrook. By 1843 he became a minister, ordained in the Episcopal Church, serving a number of different churches in the Sea Island and Carolina Low-country. By 1846, he had settled down at the St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church in Aiken, South Carolina. He married Martha Jenkins and with her had six children: Rhoda, Mattie, Mary, Sadie, Ernest, and Joseph Cornish. John Cornish died in 1878.

From the description of Diaries 1833-1877, 1833-1877 / John Hamilton Cornish. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645086988

Educator and minister of St. Thaddaeus Episcopal Church, Aiken, S.C.; native of Michigan Territory; 1839 graduate of Washington College, Hartford, Conn. [later known as Trinity College].

From the description of Letter, 1853 Mar. 10 (Edgefield, S.C.), Rev. C. Bruce Walker to Rev. John Hamilton Cornish (Aiken, S.C.) (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 40967774

Episcopal priest.

From the description of Papers, 1833-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155473919