The Carbondale Leader, Thursday 29 June 1899
(Pennsylvania)

FORMER RESIDENT DEAD.

William Cornish Succumbs at his Home in Scranton.

William Cornish of Scranton, formerly of this city a well-known resident died yesterday aged 59 years. He was born in Stratton, Cornwall, England on June 2, 1840 and came to Carbondale in 1845. He was married to Miss Fannie Higgins on April 30, 1859, and in the same year removed to Scranton, where he was employed as a blacksmith by the Delaware, Lackawanna, & Western company until 1862, when he enlisted in company C, forty-first regiment, Pennsylvania militia and served under colonel Frank K. Hain. At the close of the war he engaged in the butchering business in which he became very successful. He was a prominent Odd Fellow and was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. He is survived by the widow, one daughter, Elizabeth, and three sons, William N, of Austen, Ill. Henry and Frank of this city.

Contributed by Bill Curnow