Cornelius Creighton Corson, ^^{[1, 2, 3]}

1858 - 1936  (78 years)

• Name	Cornelius Creighton Corson
  Suffix	^
  Born	1858	NY   [2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	The date recorded here is as found on his gravestone. [His birthdate was recorded in various censuses as between 1853 and 1860.]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1870	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	He was living with his parents. His name was entered as Cratan Corsen.
  Name	Creighton C. Corson  [7]
  	This was his name as recorded on his gravestone.
  Reference Number	O.C. 3154131  [3]
  Died	1936  [7]
  Buried	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  Person ID	I3522	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Cornelius Corson, ^,   b. 10 Oct 1827, Staten Island, Richmond, NY ,   d. 6 Sep 1900, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Walker, ^,   b. 1832, NY ,   d. 1911  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1855–1857  [1, 2, 3, 9]
  	[The 1900 census records that they had been married 45 years -- 1855. The Ancestry.com consensus is that they were married in 1857.] Elizabeth had had three children, all of whom were still living.
  Headstones		#021.001 Corson.00: Corson Family plot at the Oaklawn Cemetery .. Gravestones are numbered right to left, first row right is #01. The Corson plot is the first plot on the east side of the west road as one enters the cemetery. Plot: 001. Corson
  Family ID	F1211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine E. [Corson], ^,   b. 1865,   d. 1928  (Age 63 years)
  Married	Y  [7]
  	That Katherine E. was the wife of Creighton Corson is inferred from the placement of her gravestone at the Oaklawn Cemetery next to Creighton C. Corson.
  Family ID	F4023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  #021.001 Corson.05: Creighton C. Corson gravestone Plot: 001. Corson

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] 1860 Census, p. 209. [S381] Ancestry Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=12148972. [S645] Three hundred years with the Corson families in America, v. 1, XIV, p. 1-90. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 209. Age 2. [S62] 1870 Census, Age 10. Series: M593 Roll: 1100 Page: 373. [S42] 1880 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll T9_934; Family History Film: 1254934; Page: 133.2000; Enumeration District: 315; Image: 0822. [S236] Cemetery: Oaklawn. [S62] 1870 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll M593_1100; Page: 373; Image: 127. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll T623_1165 Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 748.