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Death Of Harvey Cornwell

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
February
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Harvey Cornwell died Saturday evening at 9 :30 o'clock of heart failure. He was taken sick very suddenly and passed away before a physician could be called. The deceased leaves a wife and three children, Wirt Cornwell, of this city, Mrs. Ed. Darrow, and Mrs. Alfred Graber, of Finlay, O., who was here at the time of his death. Mr. Cornwell was bom in East Haddam, Conn , Nov. 4, 1820. In 1836 he carne to Michigan and with his parents located in Monroo county, where he followed the life of an agriculturalist until 1850, when he started a woolen mili with his jrothers, and continued in that business until the milis were consumed by fire in 1880. He also spent two years of his life in California during the gold fever. In 1852 he located in Washtenaw and together with his two brothers, Cornelius, who died only about six weeks ago in Ypsilanti, and Henry, of this city, started a paper mili. Cornwell Bros. cwned and opera ted 8averal paper and pulp milis on the Huron and also a paper mili in Jackson. Although the deceased was never an aspiring poltician he was always a strong Republican. For three years he held the position of vice president of the Farmers & Mechanica bank and was a heavy stockholder. Thus is Ann Arbor again called upon to mourn the death of an old pioneer and prominent business man. The funeral was held Tuesday at 0 a. m. from the house. The following were the pall bearers : A. Kearney, Moses Seabolt, Patrick O'Hearn' David iinsej, Edward Duffy and H. W. Hayes.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register