Background
Cornelius, Samuel Anderson was born on November 20, 1857 in Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Maxwell and Mary (Anderson) Cornelius.
Cornelius, Samuel Anderson was born on November 20, 1857 in Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Maxwell and Mary (Anderson) Cornelius.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Wooster, O., 1882. Master of Arts, 1885; graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1885. Doctor of Divinity, Wooster, 1897.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1885. Pastor Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, 1885-1889, Santa Cruz, California, 1889-1891, Oil City, Pennsylvania, 1891-1915. Moderator of Synod of Pennsylvania, 1912-1913, and member executive commission of Synod.
Representative General Assembly of Presbyterian Church at Princeton Centennial, 1912.
Member executive
Married Harriet Canfield, May 25, 1886.