Perry, Sally
Sally Cornelius was born in 1792, the daughter of Dr. Elias Cornelius (1758-1823) and Rachel Stocker of Somers, New York. Her siblings were Elias (1794-1832), Betsey (d. 1852), Mary Amelia, Polly, and Nancy. On September 13, 1824, Sally Cornelius married Talmon Perry (1791-1826) of Bridgeport, Connecticut. They had two sons, Edward Cornelius and Talmon Cornelius. The younger Talmon Perry (1826-1909) graduated from Yale in 1846 and became a Congregational preacher in Connecticut and Massachusetts before moving to La Prairie, Quebec, Canada. Sally Cornelius Perry died in 1876.
From the guide to the Sally Perry letters, Perry, Sally letters, 1826-1862, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)
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