Cornelius Dumond

(August 15, 1787 – October 15, 1869)

Cornelius Dumond was born in Shandaken, came with his father Egnos to Delaware County, and settled in New Kingston, where he bought a new farm of three hundred acres. His first wife was born in New Kingston. Her name was Mary Yaple, and she bore eight children: Harriet, Jane, John Yaple, Catherine, Mary, Phebe, Prudence, and Minerva Dumond. After her death, in middle life, he was again married to Sylvia Wood, daughter of Christian Wood, by whom he had one child, Frances A. Dumond, who became, as mentioned above, the second wife of Dr. Reed. Mr. Dumond continued nearly all his life on the farm now owned by John T. Archibald. He built first a log cabin, and then a frame house in place of the old building. He lived to be eighty-two, but his wife died ten years younger. In politics he was a Democrat, and both husband and wife were Presbyterians. Among their children still living are Jane, Mary, Catherine, and Prudence. Harriett Dumond married W. Sanford, and, dying, left five children. Jane Dumond married William Reynolds, and had ten children. John Yaple Dumond married Priscilla Hilton, and had six children. Catherine Dumond married Cornelius Vansiclen, and had nine children. Mary Dumond married William Palmateer, and had ten children. Phebe Dumond married Caleb Travis, and had three children. Prudence Dumond married Charles Macomber, and had ten children. Minerva Dumond married Peter F. Swart, and had six children. Both Doctor and Mrs. Reed have reason to be proud of their progenitors. The great English physician, Sir Benjamin Brodie, has well said, and it is a sentiment embodied in such lives as are commemorated in this sketch

Cornelius and Mary are buried in the Van Benschoten Cemetery located in New Kingston,  Delaware Co, NY. A picture of his head stone taken in the year 2001 can be found here.