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Robert Comfort Cornell

Robert Comfort Cornell

Male Abt 1785 - 1845  (~ 60 years)

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  • Name Robert Comfort Cornell 
    Birth Abt 1785 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 May 1845  New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Marble Cemetery, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I72920  Whipple Descendants
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2009 

    Father Comfort Cornell 
    Mother Elizabeth Embree 
    Family ID F31747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Amey or Amy or Almy Lovett,   b. 16 Oct 1782, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1849 (Age 66 years) 
    Children 
     1. George James Cornell,   b. 24 Jan 1821, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1857, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F25430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 May 1845 - New York, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Marble Cemetery, New York, New York Link to Google Earth
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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.

      !NOTE: "In 1815, Robert Comfort Cornell was assessed in NY on $20,000. He was an Alderman in 1834, a Quaker, an interest in many good works. He was President of the Farmer's Loan and Trust Co and died suddenly of apoplexy in that office. his will is dated Sep 12, 1840 and was proved June 9, 1844. It mentions his wife Amy and his son George James who is underage. Executors: brother-in-law James Lovett, Robert White Jr, Augustus Greele, and George James Cornell." --D.L. Jordan

      !SOURCE: Email from Anne W. Brown (Trustee, New York Marble Cemetery) to the Whipple Website, 25 Aug 2005. Gives death 20 May 1845, age 60 years. Writes the following: "Son of Comfort Cornell & Elizabeth Embree. Married Amy Lovett; died 1844. Born LI; died 143 Hudson St. Apoplexy." Cites Cornell, John. Genealogy of the Cornell Family. NY: T. A. Wright, 1902 (which gives death in 1844 [a year earlier])


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