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Memorial to the Honorable Wendell William Cornwall of Clay County
MR. SPEAKER: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable resolution commemorating the life, character and public service of the late Honorable W. W. Cornwall, begs leave to submit the following memorial:
Wendell William Cornwall was born February 10, 1857, at Alfred, Allegheny County, New York. He received his education at Albion Academy, Albion, Wisconsin, graduating therefrom in 1877 with a Ph.D. He continued in higher education at the University of Wisconsin and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1881.
Thereafter he began a long and distinguished career in the practice of law and public service. Mr. Cornwall was Judge of McPherson County, South Dakota, from 1884 to 1886. He practiced law at Huron and Leola, South Dakota, until 1891. At that time, he moved to Spencer, Iowa, where with his sons, he continued in the practice of law until his death. He was elected to the House of Representatives in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth General Assemblies where he served Clay County and Iowa with distinction. He was a member of the commission which revised the 1897 Code of Iowa. He was elected Supreme Court Reporter of Iowa for the years 1902 to 1914, and his name appears on many volumes of the Iowa Reports.
Mr. Cornwall married Marian Wilson of Blue Earth, Minnesota, on September 28, 1885. To this marriage, five children were born: Barbara, Wilson, Morgan, Ruth and Dean.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth General Assembly of Iowa: That, in the passing of W. W. Cornwall, the state has lost a valuable and honored citizen and the House expresses its appreciation of his character and public service and tenders, by this resolution, its sincere and heartfelt sympathy to his beloved family in their great sorrow and loss.
Be It Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the Journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk be directed to forward an enrolled copy to the family of the deceased.
PAUL COOKSEY,
ELMER PIEPER,
JOHN BROCKMEYER,
Committee.