Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 208 - 209

 HENRY E. CORN, attorney-at-law, residing at Wichita, is numbered among the early settlers of Sedgwick County.  He was born in Jessamine County, Ky., Jan. 11, 1849, and his parents, Ellis and Emily (Thompson) Corn, were likewise natives of that State, born of old Kentucky and Virginia families.  His father was an honorable and well-to-do merchant, and a life-long resident of Kentucky, dying in 1856.  His mother died there in 1863, leaving seven children, of whom our subject was the fifth in order of birth.  He was fourteen years of age when he went to live in Macoupin County, Ill., at which time the surviving members of the family migrated to that State to reside.  He was educated at Blackburn University.  In 1872 he came to Kansas and took up a claim in Sherman Township, continuing a resident of that place until 1877.  He then returned to Illinois, where he married Miss Mary Fishback, daughter of Henry and Rhoda (Edwards) Fishback, natives of Kentucky.  She was born in Macoupin County, Ill.  Subsequent to his marriage Mr. Corn commenced to read law with his brother-in-law, Judge W. R. Welch, and was admitted to the bar in 1879, serving six years as Master of Chancery.

      In 1885 our subject returned to Kansas, bringing with him his family, and established himself in his profession in Wichita.  He has a sound knowledge of law, is honorable in his methods, and stands well with his brother lawyers and his clients.  He has a decided talent for business, and by his professional work and his extensive real-estate transactions, having been engaged in that business since 1885, has already acquired quite a fortune; he owns considerable realty in the city, and is largely interested in 800 acres of farm land, lying within a radius of nine miles of Wichita.  He is a stockholder in the Texas Lumber Manufacturing Company, is one of the Directors of the Wichita Suburban Street Railway Motor Line, and is always willing to contribute to the extent of his means to the various enterprises that in any way advance the business interests of the city.  Mr. Corn is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and in political affairs is a Democrat.

      The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Corn has been blessed by the birth of one son, Ellis.  They have a beautiful home in one of the finest residence quarters of Wichita.

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