My Genealogy Hound

BURDETTE R. CORNING, a prosperous hardware merchant of the village of Cincinnatus, is a son of John R. and Jane (Chatfield) Corning, and a grandson of Charles Corning of Pitcher, Chenango County. He was born in the town of Pitcher, January 17, 1842, and came to the village of Cincinnatus when still a young man, where he has since been prominently identified with its interests.

Charles Corning was a native of New London, Connecticut, but came with his family to the State of New York, settling in Pitcher, Chenango County, where he passed the remainder of his days. His vocation was agriculture, which in his time was carried on with the most crude and primitive implements. He married a Miss Morgan, and to them were born several children, among whom was John R., the father of our subject.

John R. Corning passed his life in the town of Pitcher in the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, his farm yielding to him pleasure as well as profit. He was a Democrat until a short time before his death, which occurred in 1865; it was when the question of the further continuance of slavery was made an issue that he gave his support to the Republican party. He was captain of a company of state militia. He married Jane Chatfield, daughter of Levi S. Chatfield, also of Connecticut, and their union resulted in the birth of two children: Adelia, who died at the age
of nineteen years; and Burdette R.

Burdette R. Corning attended the Cincinnatus Academy, receiving there his educational training. He then commenced life on his own account on the old homestead, where he made many improvements that met with great success. The work, however, was not suited to his liking, so in the spring of 1878 he came to the village of Cincinnatus, and a few months later decided to go into the hardware business. Beginning in the fall of 1878, he has since continued in that line, and is one of the wide-awake, enterprising merchants of the village. In politics he has been a strong supporter of the Republican party, and has taken a prominent part in the meetings of that organization. He is the present supervisor of the town, and is the object of much praise for the manner in which he has discharged the duties of that office.

Mr. Corning married Miss Anna Wight, February 20, 1865, and they have reared three children: Belle, the wife of George A. Haskins, a partner in the store of Mr. Corning; Mary, the wife of Floyd B. Miner, engaged on the Cortland Standard; and Maud. Mr. and Mrs. Corning are attendants of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which they are both members.