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Sidney Johnston Cornwell

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Sidney Johnston Cornwell

Birth
Lesslie, York County, South Carolina, USA
Death
2 Jul 1940 (aged 59)
Landsford, Chester County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section: D3, row D-31
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Sidney is listed in the 1880 Catawba Co, SC, census as being 2 years old. This would indicate that the birth date listed on the tombstone is incorrect and should probably be 1878.

S. J. Cornwell, Roswells, Dies

Mr. Sidney Johnston Cornwell, a prominent farmer and citizen of the Catawba section, died at his home Wednesday night at 11:40 o'clock. Mr. Cornwell had been in failing health for some time, but his death followed an illness of only a few hours, and was unexpected. He was fifty-nine years old.

Funeral services were held at eleven o'clock Thursday morning at Neely's Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian church with the pastor, the Rev. W. R. Echols, officiating. He was assisted by Dr. Oliver Johnson of Winnsboro. Interment was made in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were Messrs. Robert Stevenson, C. C. Cornwell, Davis Cornwell, Tom Boyd Cornwell, Sidney Roddey and John Davis Cornwell. The honorary escort was composed of the elders of Neely's Creek church and members of Fort Lawn Chapter A. F. M. 291.

Mr. Cornwell was a son of John Davis Cornwell, a native of Lancaster county, and Mrs. Hannah Rhoden Cornwell, a native of Chester county.

On September 16, 1908, Mr. Cornwell was married to Miss Eulah Glasscock. He was a member and an elder of Neely's Creek A. R. P. church, a Mason, and a member....
Sidney is listed in the 1880 Catawba Co, SC, census as being 2 years old. This would indicate that the birth date listed on the tombstone is incorrect and should probably be 1878.

S. J. Cornwell, Roswells, Dies

Mr. Sidney Johnston Cornwell, a prominent farmer and citizen of the Catawba section, died at his home Wednesday night at 11:40 o'clock. Mr. Cornwell had been in failing health for some time, but his death followed an illness of only a few hours, and was unexpected. He was fifty-nine years old.

Funeral services were held at eleven o'clock Thursday morning at Neely's Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian church with the pastor, the Rev. W. R. Echols, officiating. He was assisted by Dr. Oliver Johnson of Winnsboro. Interment was made in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were Messrs. Robert Stevenson, C. C. Cornwell, Davis Cornwell, Tom Boyd Cornwell, Sidney Roddey and John Davis Cornwell. The honorary escort was composed of the elders of Neely's Creek church and members of Fort Lawn Chapter A. F. M. 291.

Mr. Cornwell was a son of John Davis Cornwell, a native of Lancaster county, and Mrs. Hannah Rhoden Cornwell, a native of Chester county.

On September 16, 1908, Mr. Cornwell was married to Miss Eulah Glasscock. He was a member and an elder of Neely's Creek A. R. P. church, a Mason, and a member....


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  • Added: Sep 10, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21475321/sidney_johnston-cornwell: accessed ), memorial page for Sidney Johnston Cornwell (23 Apr 1881–2 Jul 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21475321, citing Neely's Creek ARP Church Cemetery, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Hope (contributor 46790939).