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==Birth==
Cornelius was born in 1836 in New Scotland, a son of Adonijah and Barbara Britton

==Marriage & Children== 
Cornelius married Jane ____ at about 1863 in Westerlo and had the following  known children:
*Hannah L. Britton b. at about 1864
*Adonijah Britton b. about 1866
*Margaret A. Britton b. about 1869
*Emma J. Britton  b. about 1871
*John C. Britton  b about 1874
*Mary E. Britton b. about 1879

==Military Service==
[[Image:9thHA.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<center>9th Heavy Artillery Battle Flag</center>]]
{| class="wikitable"
|Residence:
|Westerlo, Albany Co., N.Y.<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
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|Place of Birth:
|Albany County<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Date of Birth:
|1837<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
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|Enlistment Date:
|16 Mar 1865<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> 
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Albany, NY 
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
|-
|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|10th Heavy Artillery<ref name="Ancestry"/>
|-
|Company:
|Company H
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|Discharged for disability on:
|23 June 1865<ref name="A-G Report">[[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]]</ref>
|-
|Discharged from:
|Ira Harris Hospital, Albany, NY<ref name="A-G Report"/>
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 28.<ref name="Ancestry"/>
|-
|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; [[Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General]] of the State of NY for the year 1898; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War; 1865 census, Westerlo, Albany Co., NY
|}

==Death==
Cornelius died between 1892 and 1900, probably in the Town of New Scotland.

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