Obituary of John Sylvester CORNWELL, Jasper County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 2000 Cindy McCachern Obituary of John Sylvester Cornwell   Tuesday, 29 March 1938, Newton Press Record   John Sylvester Cornwell was born September 8, 1866, and departed this life march 26, 1938, age 71 years, 6 months and 18 days.   He was united in marriage to Miss Laura Wells in 1887.  To this union were born eight children, three of whom preceded him in death.   He leaves five children, namely:  Ross Cornwell of Winterrowd; Hall Cornwell of Decatur; Claude and Ernest Cornwell of Wheeler and Mrs. Nora Myers of Newton.  Fourteen grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one brother, Ezra Cornwell of Newton and other relatives and friends survive.   Mr. Cornwell has been in poor health for five years but bore his suffering and affliction with patience to the end.   He accepted Christ as his savior in 1883, taking his membership with the Latona church under the ministry of Rev. George M. Lollar.   Funeral services were held at the Latona Christian church Monday morning with Rev. George Birch of Dieterich officiating.  Burial was in Kedron cemetery.   Card of Thanks   We wish to express our sincere thanks for the many kind acts and words of sympathy in the illness and death of our dear father, John Cornwelll. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy McCachern