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Cornelius, Elias

educator, missionary, author, was born July 31, 1794, in Somers, N. Y. He was a missionary to the Cherokee Indians who wrote The Little Osage Captive, an Authentic Narrative. He died Feb. 12, 1832, in Hartford, Conn.

Cornell, Ezekiel

soldier, congressman, was born in Scituate, R. I.

He was a member of the continental congress in 1780-83, and chairman of the military committee. He was a mechanic before the war, but was self-educated, and established a valuable library in his native town.

Cornell, John Black

manufacturer, inventor, was born Feb. 7, 1821, in Long Island, N. Y. In 1847, with his brother, W. W. Cornell, he opened a factory in New York, which subsequently grew to large proportions. At these works the proprietors made an immense amount of architectural iron, including the iron for the elevated railroads in New York city. He died Oct. 27, 1887, in Lakewood, N. J.

Cornell, John Henry

musician, composer, was born May 8, 1828, in New York city. He was a musician and organist of New York city, and the author of Primer of Modern Musical Tonality; Practice of Sight Singing; Easy Method of Modulation; Theory and Practice of Musical Form; A Manual of Roman Chant; and Congregational Tune Book.

He died in 1894.

Cornell, John M

iron manufacturer, was born Aug. 27, 1846, in New York city. He was taken into partnership with J. B. and J. M. Cornell, and since 1887 has been sole proprietor of the works. Some of the most conspicuous buildings in New York city, erected since the era of gigantic structures began, about twenty years ago, have been supplied with the interior frame work, which supports all the rest, from the Cornell shops.

Cornell, Thomas

banker, congressman, was born Jan. 27, 1814, in White Plains, N. Y. He was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress in 1866; and in 1880 was elected to the forty-seventh congress as a republican.

Cornell, William Mason

physician, author, was born Oct. 16, 1802, in Berkley, Mass. He was a physician of Boston and elsewhere, and the author of Robert Raikes, the Founder of Sunday Schools; Life of Horace Greeley; Grammar of the English Language; Consumption Prevented; Treatise on Epilepsy; and History of Pennsylvania. He died in 1895..

Cornell, William W

manufacturer, was born Jan. 1, 1823, on Long Island. He established an extensive business as an iron-founder in New York city, was a liberal giver to benevolent objects, especially for the erection of churches for the methodist denominations, and founded Cornell college at Mount Vernon, Iowa. He died March 17, 1870, in New York city.

Cornwell, William Caryl

banker, was born Aug. 19, 1851, in Lyons, N. Y.

He organized the City bank of Buffalo in 1893, and was made president of the institution.

Corr, Albert C

physician, was born Feb. 10, 1840, in Carlinville, Ill. In 1868 he graduated in medicine from the Northwestern university of Chicago. For seventeen years he practiced general medicine; and since 1886 has restricted his practice to diseases of the eye, ear and throat. He is a member of the leading medical societies, and president of Illinois State Medical society. He has contributed papers to the deliberations of many medical and scientific bodies.

Corr, Lucinda H

physician, was born March 9, 1844, in Carlinville, Ill.

She graduated in 1874 from the Woman's medical department of the Northwestern university of Chicago. After five years' general practice she restricted her practice to diseases of women and girls. She is the wife of Dr. Albert C. Corr, and a pioneer in the state of Illinois.