B. CORNELISEN, proprietor of Empire House, Hazel Green; born in Prussia in 1825; came to America in 1848, and his first settlement was in Galena, where he was engaged in mining until 1853, when he married Mary Kirchberg, and removed to Jamestown, and was engaged in distilling for two years, when he sold out to William Clise, and was engaged in hotel keeping and dealing in hardware until 1867, when he removed to this village; he has nine children - Augusta, Dora, Mary, Francis, Henry, Josephine, Martha, Frank, Phillip.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.