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Corning, Robert N. (1818-1866)

Name:
Corning, Robert N. (1818-1866)
Title:
Brigadier General, New Hampshire State Militia
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives 1854, 1855
Postmaster, City of Concord, 1861-1866
Other Names:
Corning, Robert Nesmith
Born:
10/20/1818
Birthplace:
Londonderry, NH
Died:
06/13/1866
Death Location:
Concord, NH
Residence:
Londonderry, NH
Concord, NH
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Stage Driver
Railroad Conductor
Ticket Agent, Concord Railroad
Postmaster
Father:
Corning, John C. (1794-1840)
Mother:
Nesmith, Elizabeth H. (1795-1893)
Spouse:
Married Mary Lougee Woodman (1817-1898), October 25, 1842, Alton, NH
Children:
Elizabeth, born 1845; died 1878
Charles Robert, born 1855, died 1924
Notes:
Ezra S. Stearns, Editor. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire. A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume II. (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), 539.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire

"Death of Postmaster Corning," New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette, Concord, New Hampshire, June 20, 1866.
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