Biographical Sketch of the CORNOG Family (1881); Chester County, PA

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from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY (1881);

     The Cornog family early settled in this county, where its descendants are 
quite numerous.  Abner, son of Abraham and Dinah Cornog, married Margaret Davis.  
To them were born 5 sons and 4 daughters, of whom the eldest son and 5th child, 
Mordecai Davis Cornog, was born 2-18-1818, in Easttown twp.  On his mother's 
(Davis ) side, he is likewise of Welsh descent.  He passed his youth on his 
father's farm and was educated in the subscription schools.  He married 2-18-
1837, to Sophia Curll, dau of Thomas and Margaret Curll.
    This union was blessed with 3 children; Naomi, m to Watson Lobb; Ella, m to 
Christian Lapp; and Jennette Davis.  He began farming on his own account in 
Charlestown twp just before his marriage, and some 7 or 8 years subsequently 
came to the place he now owns.  This is  the old Cornog homestead of 167 acres, 
to which his parents moved when he was just 1 year old, and which after his 
father's death he took at the appraisement.
Farming has been his avocation with considerable attention to dairying.  He 
belongs to the Great Valley Baptist church, where he and his family worship.