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George James Cornell

BIRTH: 24 Jan 1821, New York, New York
DEATH: 1 Nov 1857, New York, New York
BURIAL: Marble Cemetery, New York, New York
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Father: Robert Comfort Cornell (ABT 1785 - 20 May 1845)
Mother: Amey or Amy or Almy Lovett (16 Oct 1782 - 12 Oct 1849)

Family 1: Caroline Cornelia Elliott (____ - ____)

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 _Robert Comfort Cornell _____|
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|--George James Cornell 
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|_Amey or Amy or Almy Lovett _|
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                              |                                                     _Benjamin Whipple ___|_Sarah ______________
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                              |_Ruth Whipple _______|
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Notes

!SOURCE: Email from David Lovett Jordan to the Whipple Website, 8 Dec 2002. Cites information mailed from Donald A. Keefer, former historian of West Glenville, New York. Reference: "Genealogy of the Cornell Family Being an Account of the Descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I.," by the Reverend John Cornell, M.A., New York, 1902, p. 308, 309, 332, 346, 347. Gives death 1859.

!NOTE: "George James Cornell was a Republican, a member of the Assembly in 1849 and a candidate for Lt Governor in 1858. his will dated in 1857 names six executors, and contains stringent provisions against his daughters marrying without the consent of the executors." --D.L. Jordan

!SOURCE: Email from Anne W. Brown (Trustee, New York Marble Cemetery) to the Whipple Website, 25 Aug 2005. Gives death 1 Nov 1857, age 37 yrs. Writes the following: "Cornell, George James, Son of Robert Comfort Cornell & Amy Lovett. Born 24 Jan 1821 NYC; married Caroline Cornelia Elliott; died 1 Nov 1857 NYC, age 37.[12] Died 143 Hudson St. Phthisis pulmonalis." Cites Cornell; LDS; NY Daily Times death notice, 2 Nov 1857.

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