Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cornell, Alanson R. 1872
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Ionia Sentinel, 30 Aug 1872

A Sad Accident. – A. R. Cornell, eldest son of Thomas Cornell, who has been
residing at Stanton during the summer, returned home last week for a brief
visit.  On Saturday he was attacked with ague, having a severe chill during the
day.  On Sunday morning, he suggested taking some quinine.  Some time ago, Mrs.
Cornell had taken a powder from a vest she was repairing, which she supposed to
be quinine.  This she procured for him, and proposed dividing it into two
powders; but he thought he had better take the whole, and thus break up the
ague.  He accordingly swallowed it, and in a short time was thrown into spasms.
 All the symptoms indicated that a terrible mistake had been made, and that he
had taken strychnine instead of quinine.  Nothing that was done seemed to afford
any relief, and he died in about an hour and a half after taking the poison. 
Mr. Cornell met with an accident several years ago, by which he lost an arm, and
now by accident he has lost his life.  His funeral services were held on Monday
afternoon, which were largely attended.


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