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NameFirst: ~Cornelius Trenton
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BirthYear: 1848
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OriginalBirthCity: Monmouth
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DeathDay: 19
DeathYear: 1931
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Parents: Calvin S. and Jane Elizabeth (Wise) Dorwin
Children: Otis Joseph Dorwin, Eva Dorwin, Charlotte B. (Dorwin) McKinnis, Frances Willard (Dorwin) Wilson
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OriginalNotes: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 January 2021), memorial page for Cornelius Trenton Dorwin (27 Mar 1848 - 19 Nov 1931), Find a Grave Memorial no. 8094317, citing Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by L. A. C. (contributor 46486104).
Born in Monmouth, Adams County, Indiana to Calvin S. and Jane Elizabeth (Wise) Dorwin; Spouse Margaret Jane McGonagie (1849-1899), married 1876; text states that he died in Ft. Wayne at age 83; includes his portrait.



Lafayette Daily Courier (Lafayette, Indiana), November 20, 1931 [lookup obituary]

PARENTS: Calvin S. and Jane E. (Wise) Dorwin, he had one brother and four sisters
CHILDREN: at least one son, Otis J. Dorwin, who died  at age 88 (1969) in San Francisco, CA

Decatur Democrat, 31 May 1969, "Early Photographer/Publisher histories given" with his portrait

Adams County Indiana Newspaper Clippings, by Peggy Davidson Dick, (Decatur, IN: 1990) pp. 81-85, May 31 1969, "Some details concerning the Dorwin Family in Decatur, prior to 1894, by O. J. Dorwin" Recalls father's experiences with U. S. Regular Army (Feb. 1867 - 4 Feb. 1870) in Virginia and Arizona Territory. Mentions that he was best known as the town's photographer. Describes location of studio with map; details about 1886-1893 venture into ownership of stone quarry north of Decatur, which went bankrupt with the 1893 depression. Dorwin lost the home and the gallery and was left with only $2,000.  He moved the family to Lafayette where he bought a photograph gallery and started over again.

1880 Indiana Census, Decatur, Adams Co., p. 152a
Cornelius Domin, photographer, 32, b. IN 
Maggie, wife, age 31, b. OH

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&Grid=8094317 [viewed January 27, 2015], Cornelius T Dorwin b. Mar. 27, 1848, d. Nov. 19, 1931, age 83, Died in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Undertaker Robert Klach and Sons, buried Spring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, sec. 34, lot 164

Family Search: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFND-2CS [viewed Jan. 27, 2015]
Catherine E. Dorman, b. 1883,  (dau. Of Cornelius T. and Margaret Dorwin) m. Frank W. Stafford, 19 Sept. 1905 in Tippecanoe, Indiana
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OriginalSource: 1879-80 Williams & Co. Indiana State Directory, p. 369

1880 Census, Decatur, Adams Co., p. 152a

1880-81 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 1027

1882-83 Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1086

1890-91 Polk's Indiana State Gazetteer, p. 1206

CDV: "Dorwin, Photographer, Decatur, Ind." printed on verso with "Leo Yager, Jr., Photographer, Decatur, Ind." also stamped on verso. I'm not sure which came first, probably Dorwin.
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OriginalSource: "Some details concerning the Dorwin family in Decatur, prior to 1894, by O. J. Dorwin", pp. 82-85 in Adams Co., IN Newspaper Clippings, p. 82 His studio constructed especially for the purpose, with the north side of the operating room entirely of glass for north lighting, was located on the west side of Second (or Main) St., just a block north of our home, which was located at the fork of the 2 streets at the south end of Main St. A gasoline filling station is located there now.  The house has been moved away. The article mentions that Dorwin was in army until 1870 and went bankrupt in 1893, lost the business, and moved to Lafayette.
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OriginalSource: The Association News (Photographers' Association of America), Sept. 1916, Active Members, p. 336: C. T. Dorwin, 658 Main St., Lafayette, Ind.

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), 29 Apr. 1921, p. 16 - C. T. Dorwin, the photographer who has been in business at 658 Main street for the past 27 years, has moved his studio to a new location on the 2nd floor of the building at the corner of 5th and Main streets. The rooms were formerly occupied by the US army recruiting station.
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OriginalSource: "Some details concerning the Dorwin family in Decatur, prior to 1894, by O. J. Dorwin", pp. 82-85 in Adams Co., IN Newspaper Clippings: Because of the 1893 depression, Dorwin defaulted on a loan and his quarry business went into bankruptcy. He lost his home and gallery and moved the family to Lafayette where he bought a photograph gallery and started over again.

1895-96 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 985

Lafayette CD: 1894-95; 1898-99; 1909-10

Note in TCHA file: C. T. Dorwin, 186 Main and 658 Main

Cabinet cards: Dorwin, Lafayette, Ind.

1916-17 Polk's Ind. State Gazetteer, p. 1667
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OriginalSource: Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN), 29 Apr. 1921, p. 16 - C. T. Dorwin, the photographer who has been in business at 658 Main street for the past 27 years, has moved his studio to a new location on the 2nd floor of the building at the corner of 5th and Main streets. The rooms were formerly occupied by the US army recruiting station.
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