Cornelius Comegys Jadwin was born in
Carbondale, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and taught school for four years. He studied
civil engineering and
pharmacy. He was engaged as a civil and mining engineer from 1857 to 1861. He entered the drug business and located in
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, in 1862. He served on the board of education of his district for nine years and was president for three years. He was a delegate to the
1880 Republican National Convention. Jadwin elected as a Republican to the
Forty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection in
1882. He continued the drug business in Honesdale until his death there in 1913. He was interned in
Glen Dyberry Cemetery. ==Sources==