Cornelius Sprague WHITCOMB

Birth:
3 May 1813
Stanstead Plains, Providence, Quebec, Canada
Death:
17 Jul 1893
Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California
Burial:
Lafayette Cemetery, Lafayette, Contra Costa, California
Marriage:
Aug 1836
Illinois
Sources:
Ancestry.com
1850 US Federal Census Township 7 Range 11,Jersey,Illinois
1870 US Federal Census - Agricultural survey, Martinez, Contra Costa, CA
1880 US Federal Census Sycamore,Contra Costa,California
1860 US Federal Census Township 2,Contra Costa,California
California Voter Registration (Ancestry.com), Jun 7 1866, Lafayette, CA
FindAGrave.com
California County Marriages, 1850-1952 (FamilySearch.org)
1840 US Federal Census Jersey County, Illinois, Enumerated as Kernuls Whitcome
Elizabeth PATTEN
Birth:
14 Jan 1820
Tennessee
Death:
23 Jan 1850
Jersey, Illinois
Burial:
Salem Cemetery, Otterville, Jersey, Illinois
Sources:
1850 US Federal Census Mortality Scheudles
Notes:
                   NOTE:  
    Died during childbirth.
Children
Marriage
1
Nathan Timothy WHITCOMB, DR
Birth:
23 Aug 1838
Illinois
Death:
28 Sep 1900
San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Catherine MCCABE 
Marr:
24 Aug 1854
San Francisco, San Francisco,  
2
Mary Jane WHITCOMB
Birth:
11 Aug 1841
Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois
Death:
27 Feb 1923
Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
3
Sylvester Julius WHITCOMB
Birth:
12 Feb 1844
Salem, Jersey, Illinois
Death:
26 Jan 1920
Montana Soldier's Home, Columbia, Flathead, Montana
Mary Jane SLATEN 
Marr:
22 Dec 1870
Jersey, Illinois 
Notes:
                   NOTES:  
    Residing in California from at least 1875, occupation was Painter, living in Oakland.  Per Voter Registration.
    Family notes say he died in 1900 in CA.
    In 1880, a house painter in Nez Perce, Idaho
    In 1883 he was in the Idaho Territory, according to James R. Slaten's biography.
    Located on the 1910 Census in Columbia, Flathead, Montana, in the "Montana Soldier's Home". Single.
4
Maria WHITCOMB
Birth:
16 Jan 1850
of Salem, Jersey, Illinois
Death:
FCID:38300:2593
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Cornelius Sprague Whitcomb - Elizabeth Patten

Cornelius Sprague Whitcomb was born at Stanstead Plains, Providence, Quebec, Canada 3 May 1813. His parents were Joshua Whitcomb and Clarissa Bailey.

He married Elizabeth Patten Aug 1836 at Illinois . Elizabeth Patten was born at Tennessee 14 Jan 1820 daughter of (poss) Robert Patten and (poss) Martha .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Nathan Timothy Whitcomb, Dr born 23 Aug 1838.
Mary Jane Whitcomb born 11 Aug 1841.
Sylvester Julius Whitcomb born 12 Feb 1844.
Maria Whitcomb born 16 Jan 1850.

Cornelius Sprague Whitcomb died 17 Jul 1893 at Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California .

Elizabeth Patten died 23 Jan 1850 at Jersey, Illinois .