Cornelius Whitbeck was born in Columbia County, N.Y., December 19, 1821. Moved to Wayne County in 1831, and to Monroe County in 1834; thence to Allegan County, Mich., in 1865, and to Shelby, Oceana County, in 1878, on Section 3. Married March 6, 1844, to Harriet Madnerville, who was born in Columbia County, N.Y., May 6, 1819. One child - George H. |