Person:Cecil Cornell (2)

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Cecil Floyd Cornell City: Darlington, County: Montgomery State: Indiana Birthplace: Battle Ground, Indiana, United States of America Birth Date: 22 Jan 1889 Race: Caucasian (White) Roll: 1653569 On this record Cecil states he is married with two children Signed 5 Jun 1917

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Name: Cecil Floyd Cornell Birth Date: 27 Jan 1889 Age: 53 RESIDENCE: Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., Indiana Birth: Tippecanoe Co., Indiana Race: White Person who will always know your address: Virginia Newnum, Crawfordsville, Indiana (this is his daughter) Roll: WW2_2240570

Note the difference in his day of birth.

Obviously, the informant was not sure of Cecil's birth date and made a stab at it. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 Name: Cecil Floyd Cornell Birth Date: 1 Jan 1900 Death Date: 7 Jul 1963 Death County: Olmsted Mother's Maiden Name: Boots State File Number: 013766 Certificate Number: 013766 Certificate Year: 1963 Record Number: 1539609

1. ↑ United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988).
2. ↑ State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2017.
3.   United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
   Dist 166, Franklin Twp., Montgomery Co., Indiana.
4.   United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
   Darlington, Montgomery, Indiana.