----Source: 1891 History of Clark & Jackson Co., Wis., p. 326-327:

MILAN CORNELL, of section 16, Warner Township, Clark County, was born in Crawford County, Ohio, December 13, 1827, the son of Isaac and Priscilla (Morgan) Cornell, the former a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Virginia. The father was a farmer by occupation, and was also a soldier in the war of 1812. They were the parents of eleven children, four of whom are still living: Ira, Milan, Rebecca and Craig. The father had two children by a former marriage: Elizabeth, now Mrs. Funk and Agnes, now Mrs. Case. In 1833 the parents emigrated to Porter County, Indiana, settling on a farm, where Milan was reared and received his education, in a log cabin with slab seats and a board on pins for desks. In 1849 he went via Panama to California, where he mined for gold two years, and then returned to Porter County, Indiana. His home for the past thirty years has been in Valparaiso.

Mr. Cornell was married February 28, 1854, to Cordellia Freeman, who was born in Onondaga County, New York, March 22, 1834, the daughter of Azariah and Amanda (Crains) Freeman, both natives of Tolland County, Connecticut, and both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Cornell have had two children: Genevieve and Kate L., both now dead. The former was married to Schuyler Williams, of Porter County, Indiana, and the latter, Kate, married Marion Baum (since deceased), and they had one son child, Genevieve, born August 13, 1884. She is a bright little girl, and the only heir to all the possessions of Mr. and Mrs. Cornell, which are very extensive. Mr. and Mrs. Baum had another daughter, Rebah Ethel, who died when thirteen months old. Mrs. Cornell owns 680 acres of land in this county, which she inherited from her father, who died in January 1885. Mr. Cornell is a member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and Mrs. Cornell is a member of a Rebekah lodge and W.R.C.