Almon Cornwell
{{short description|19th century American politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name = Almon D. Cornwell
|image = Almon D. Cornwell.png
|caption = From Portrait and Biographical Album of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin (1892)
|state = Wisconsin
|state_assembly = Wisconsin
|district = Kenosha 2nd
| term_start = January 4, 1858
| term_end = January 3, 1859
| predecessor = Lathrop Burgess
| successor = James C. McKisson
|party = {{unbulleted list
| Whig (before 1854)
}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1802|3|30}}
|birth_place = Greenfield, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1893|11|8|1820|3|30}}
|death_place = Salem, Wisconsin, U.S.
|restingplace = Salem Mound Cemetery, {{nowrap|Salem Lakes, Wisconsin}}
|spouse = {{marriage|Cordelia Tichnor|1841|1893}}
|children = {{unbulleted list
| Unnamed baby
| {{sup|(died in infancy)}}
| Julia (Johnson)
| {{sup|(b. 1843; died 1921)}}
| Charles F. Cornwell
| {{sup|(b. 1846; died 1864)}}
| Edwin A. Cornwell
| {{sup|(b. 1849; died 1921)}}
| Frank E. Cornwell
| {{sup|(b. 1851; died 1910)}}
| Adelbert R. Cornwell
| {{sup|(b. 1854; died 1928)}}
| Ellen (Wicks)
| {{sup|(died after 1892)}}
| Flora A. (Turner)
| {{sup|(b. 1856; died 1929)}}
| Dora A. (Struck) (Acker)
| {{sup|(b. 1859; died 1907)}}
}}
|occupation = Farmer
}}
Almon D. Cornwell (March 30, 1820{{spaced ndash}}November 8, 1893) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Kenosha County in the 1858 session.
Biography
Almon D. Cornwell was born March 30, 1820, in Greenfield, New York.{{cite book|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89059465062 |title= Portrait and Biographical Album of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin |year= 1892 |publisher= Lake City Publishing Co. |location=Chicago |pages= 317–318 |accessdate= March 16, 2022 }} He was educated in the common schools in New York, and then taught school for two terms.
He moved west in 1844, accompanied by his father-in-law, William Tichnor, and bought land in the town of Salem, in what is now Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He gradually expanded his estate from 80 acres to 600 acres. He served as chairman of the town of Salem and, in 1857, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing western Kenosha County. He served in the 11th Wisconsin Legislature.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1859 |title= A manual of customs, precedents, and forms, in use in the Assembly of the state of Wisconsin |year= 1859 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Crane |editor-first= L. H. D. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1859/reference/wi.wibluebk1859.i0023.pdf |chapter= List of Assembly districts, with names of members since the last apportionment |page= 60 |accessdate= March 16, 2022 }}
Cornwell died of a stroke at his home in Salem, on November 8, 1893.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23296077/the-journal-times/ |title= Death of a Pioneer |newspaper= Racine Journal Times |date= November 9, 1893 |page= 4 |accessdate= March 16, 2022 |via= Newspapers.com }}
Personal life and family
Almon Cornwell married Cordelia Tichnor in Cayuga County, New York, on June 13, 1841. They had at least nine children, though one died in infancy. Their eldest son Charles was drafted into the Union Army at age 18 and died of dysentery at Nashville, Tennessee, just a few months before the end of the war.{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/ |title= Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 |volume= 1 |year= 1886 |publisher= Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin |chapter= First Regiment Cavalry |page=[https://archive.org/details/rosterofwisconsi01wisc/page/26/ 26] |accessdate= March 16, 2022 }}
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|51529789|Almon D. Cornwell}}
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{{s-bef|before = Lathrop Burgess }}
{{s-ttl|title = {{nowrap|Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly}} {{nowrap|from the Kenosha 2nd district}} |years= January 4, 1858{{spaced ndash}}January 3, 1859 }}
{{s-aft|after = James C. McKisson }}
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Category:People from Greenfield, New York
Category:People from Salem Lakes, Wisconsin
Category:Farmers from Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly