History of Cornish, New Hampshire with Genealogical Records, 1763-1910. Volume #1 (Sullivan County)

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By: William H. Child, Pub. 1911, reprinted 2025, 444 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-633-8. Cornish is a town located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. The city was formed in 1795, but Sullivan was not created until 1828 from Cheshire County. This history is similar to others of its era, It covers such topics as: the creation of the town; charters and land grants; Pioneer life; Military involvement during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War and Civil War; Religion; Education; various Societies; Commerce and Industry; Census data; Cemeteries; Pauperism; and 100 pages of approximately 50 Biographical sketches of Lawyers, Physicians and Cornish Men. The author has also included an assortment of births, Marriages and Deaths in the town that were not recorded in Genealogies from 1794 to 1863.