Sardeson Genealogy and Family Forum

This person is one of my Sardeson genealogy projects.  I'm trying to find out what really happened to Cornelious Sardeson.  Did he fight in the Civil War for the South?  Did he join a Circus?  When did he die and where is he buried? 

Cornelious is one of 2 children of William Sardeson and Anne Moody that puzzle us. 

Curt


Summary of Cornelious Sardeson
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Name:   Cornelious Sardeson1,2
Sex:   Male
Father:   William Sardeson (3 Aug 1793 - 25 Apr 1854)
Mother:   Anne Moody (16 Jul 1797 - 5 Apr 1887)

Individual Facts
Birth   20 Mar 1833   Dyke, Lincolnshire, England
Ref #      REFN-45

Notes (Individual)
General: Cornelious Sardeson is a lost relative. Family legend has it that he left home after an argument with his Father when they were living in the United States. It is believed that he may of been involved in the Civil War on the side of the South. Evidently there is some stories about a Col. Cornelious Sardeson in the Civil War that Professor Fredrick W Sardeson (1866-1958) mentioned in a letter. Another theory is that Cornelious joined a circus which was a popular thing for runaways to do in those days.

Sources
    1. Letters written by Professor Fredrick W Sardeson REFN-443.
    2. From the Genealogy Research of John H Sardeson REFN-486.

Here is some more stuff I found on

http://robisonranch.net/genealogy/all/d0001/g0000082.html#27

Lost - apparently refused to help his father, left home in anger (from Napersville) and was never heard from since. There was a rumour in the1890s of a noted Col. Cornelious Sardeson in Virginia. It had beenthought that Cornelious had joined a circus and gone south -- andduring the civil war the circus horses and men were drafted.