Son of Ellis Cornish and
Sally (Holmes). He married
Nancy L. Pratt, 1868.

1850 U.S. Census
Halifax, Plymouth, Mass.
Ellis Cornish - 46y - Farmer
Sally Cornish - 37y
Mary F. Cornish - 12y
ELLIS H. CORNISH - 10y
Horatio W. Cornish - 8y
Sarah W. Cornish - 6y
Lucy E. Cornish - 3y
Jerusha A. Cornish - 1y
Hiram Cornish - 19y - Shoemaker
Sarah Copeland - 77y
Robert Brown - 66y
All born Mass.

1880 U.S. Census
Carver, Plymouth, Mass.
ELLIS H. CORNISH - Self - 39y
Physician
Nancy L. Cornish - Wife - 31y
Ellis G. Cornish - Son - 11y
Virginia H. Cornish - Dau. - 10y
Bernice E. Cornish - Dau. - 8y
Anson F. Cornish - Son - 6y
William E. Cornish - Son - 4y
Gertrude F. Cornish - Dau. - 1y
John C. Sullivan - Other - 23y
Farm Laborer
All born Mass.

Children of Ellis H. Cornish and
his wife Nancy L. (Pratt):
1) Ellis Grant, b. Sept. 27, 1868;
m. Mary A. (dau. Orrin B. and Ella)
Sears, of Hingham, Mass., Aug. 5,
1899. He is a teacher by profession,
being principal of the Carver High
School.
2) Virginia H., b. Jan. 18, 1870;
m. ____Tillson, of Carver, Mass.
3) Bernice Esther, b. January, 1872;
m. Frank Ellis Barrows of Carver,
Mass., Oct. 4, 1893.
4) Anson Freeman, b. Nov. 16, 1873.
5) William E., b. December, 1875.
6) Gertrude Frances, b. Aug. 20, 1878;
m. ____ Loring of Carver, Mass.
7) Nancy Alice, b. April 14, 1881;
m. ____Adams, of Middleboro, Mass.
8) Solon Washington, b. Jan. 31, 1883.
9) Paul D., b. January, 1885.
10) Blanche Elva, b. June 29, 1888.
11) Izette Atwood, b. Sept. 27, 1891;
d. Aug. 15, 1892.
12) Irene Augusta, b. Sept. 27, 1891.
Source of the children:
The history and genealogy of the
Cornish families in America
by Joseph Edward Cornish of Boston, Mass.
1907

History of the Town of Carver, Mass.
by Henry S. Griffith
1913
ELLIS H. CORNISH, M.D.
Born in Halifax, Mass., Aug. 24, 1840.
Educated in the public schools of his
native town, at Pierce Academy, Middle-
boro, and graduated from Harvard Medical
School. Taught school for brief periods
in Middleboro and Bridgewater and began
the practice of his profession at North
Carver in 1868. He was married on Jan.
1st of that year to Miss Nancy Pratt who
had been a pupil in his Bridgewater school.
His life was spent in Carver, where he
enjoyed a large practice extending over
the adjoining towns. He was noted for his
sincerity, his sympathy for people in dis-
tress, and for an unselfish devotion to
his profession. For over forty years he
was a welcomed visitor in the homes of the
afflicted, where his skill and integrity
carried hope, and his chief motive was
in doing good. He died at his home in
South Carver, July 24, 1910.

The Harvard Graduates Magazine
Volume 19 - 1910-1911 - Page 336
Dr. Ellis Holmes Cornish, m '67, son of
Ellis and Sally Holmes Cornish, was born
in Halifax, Mass., Aug. 24, 1840. He was
a descendant of John and
Priscilla Alden on the Holmes side.
He attended the public school in that place
(and graduated from Pierce Academy in
Middleboro as valedictorian), and after-
ward the Medical School, where he graduated
with honors in 1867. He married Nancy
Lavinia Pratt of Bridgewater on Jan. 1,
1868. To this union 13 children were born,
11 of whom are living. Dr. Cornish died at
Carver, after a long illness on July 24,
1910.