Lang, H. O., ed. "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers." Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and Job Printer, 1885. p. 634. T. R. CORNELIUS Born in Missouri in 1827; is the son of Benjamin Cornelius. He came with his parents to Oregon, and three years later entered the Cayuse war as a volunteer and was in all the actions with the Indians during that war. In 1855 he enlisted in the Yakima war and served as captain of a company three months when Col. Nesmith resigned and he was elected to fill the vacancy, and held that position during the remainder of the war. In 1856 was elected to the Territorial Council, and served until the State was admitted; was then sent into the State Senate and elected to every session of the Legislature until 1876, but was out one term during the war, when himself and two others were authorized by President Lincoln to raise a cavalry regiment. The regular troops being ordered east, Col. Cornelius was placed in command of the post at Walla Walla in 1862; during the summer he resigned and returned to his home. He has twice served as President of the Senate. In 1876 he resigned public duties and returned to private life. In 1872 he had removed from his farm to the town of Cornelius, in Washington County, it having been laid out the preceding year and named for the colonel. A large warehouse had been built in 1871 and the railroad was built through the town in 1872. The colonel opened a store there in 1872, which is now conducted by his son, Thomas S., and his son-in-law, G. H. Shaw. The colonel was married in 1850 to Miss Florentine Wilkes, by whom he had six children; she died in 1864; he married again in 1866 to Miss Missouri A. Smith. The colonel is now a resident of Cornelius; owns three farms aggregating eleven hundred and forty-eight acres, and two unimproved farms of three hundred and sixty acres, a saw mill, warehouse, and store. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.