| LC control no. | nr 93001733 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Comegys, Cornelius P. (Cornelius Parsons), 1780-1851 |
| Variant(s) | Comegys, Cornelius Parsons, 1780-1851 |
| See also | Delaware. Governor (1837-1841 : Comegys) |
| Other standard no. | 49096645 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Dover (Del.) |
| Birth date | 17800115 |
| Death date | 18510127 |
| Place of birth | Kent County (Md.) |
| Place of death | Dover (Del.) |
| Field of activity | Agriculture Legislation Finance, Public Banks and banking politics legislature government military finance |
| Affiliation | Whig Party (U.S.) Delaware. Militia. Regiment, 5th Kent County (Del.). Tax Office Delaware. General Assembly. House of Representatives Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware Delaware. Office of the State Treasurer Delaware. Division of revenue |
| Profession or occupation | Farmers Legislators Governors Politicians Bank employees Speaker of the House (State governments) Treasurer Presidential elector Delaware. Militia--Officer |
| Found in | Wawa, Inc. Historical collection, 1737-1965 (Cornelius P. Comegys; Cornelius Parsons Comegys; gov. of Delaware, 1836-41; b. Jan. 15, 1780, Kent Co., Md.; d. Jan. 27, 1851, Dover, Del.; farmer and merchant near Dover, Del.; Del. State Rep., 1811-16; Del. state treas., 1818-1834; cashier, Farmers Bank at Dover, 1818-1829) National Governors Association online, March 22, 2016 (Cornelius Parsons Comegys; Whig; born Kent County, Maryland, January 15, 1780; during War of 1812, commanded the 5th Regiment of the Delaware militia as a major, adjutant general, and lieutenant colonel commandant; Kent County's commissioner of tax 1809-1811; member of Delaware House of Representatives, and served as Speaker of the House 1812-1816; Delaware's state treasurer 1818-1834; presidential elector in 1831; retired from public life after his term as governor; died January 27, 1851 and is buried at the Whatcoat Cemetary in Dover, Delaware) |
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