African-American abolitionist,
journalist and Presbyterian minister,
started the first black newspaper in 1827, calling it Freedom's Journal.
In Memoriam.
Cornish, Samuel E.--(Coloured) was born in New York in 1793. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1819, and was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 1822, in 1823 he was called to the First African Church, Philadelphia, where he preached for some years. In 1845, he joined the Presbytery of New York, and preached as a missionary to the coloured people of New York city, and organized Emmanuel Church, here he laboured faithfully until 1847, when he resigned his charge. In 1855 he removed to Brooklyn, L. I., and became a member of Nassau Presbytery; here he lived, preaching occasionally until the autumn of 1858, when after a lingering illness he died.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 69.
Name Samuel E. Cornish
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 Nov 1858
Event Place Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Address 290 Smith St.
Gender Male
Age 65
Marital Status Unknown
Birth Year (Estimated) 1793
Birthplace U.S.
journalist and Presbyterian minister,
started the first black newspaper in 1827, calling it Freedom's Journal.
In Memoriam.
Cornish, Samuel E.--(Coloured) was born in New York in 1793. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1819, and was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 1822, in 1823 he was called to the First African Church, Philadelphia, where he preached for some years. In 1845, he joined the Presbytery of New York, and preached as a missionary to the coloured people of New York city, and organized Emmanuel Church, here he laboured faithfully until 1847, when he resigned his charge. In 1855 he removed to Brooklyn, L. I., and became a member of Nassau Presbytery; here he lived, preaching occasionally until the autumn of 1858, when after a lingering illness he died.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 69.
Name Samuel E. Cornish
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 Nov 1858
Event Place Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Address 290 Smith St.
Gender Male
Age 65
Marital Status Unknown
Birth Year (Estimated) 1793
Birthplace U.S.
African-American abolitionist,
journalist and Presbyterian minister,
started the first black newspaper in 1827, calling it Freedom's Journal.
In Memoriam.
Cornish, Samuel E.--(Coloured) was born in New York in 1793. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1819, and was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 1822, in 1823 he was called to the First African Church, Philadelphia, where he preached for some years. In 1845, he joined the Presbytery of New York, and preached as a missionary to the coloured people of New York city, and organized Emmanuel Church, here he laboured faithfully until 1847, when he resigned his charge. In 1855 he removed to Brooklyn, L. I., and became a member of Nassau Presbytery; here he lived, preaching occasionally until the autumn of 1858, when after a lingering illness he died.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 69.
Name Samuel E. Cornish
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 Nov 1858
Event Place Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Address 290 Smith St.
Gender Male
Age 65
Marital Status Unknown
Birth Year (Estimated) 1793
Birthplace U.S.
journalist and Presbyterian minister,
started the first black newspaper in 1827, calling it Freedom's Journal.
In Memoriam.
Cornish, Samuel E.--(Coloured) was born in New York in 1793. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1819, and was ordained by the Presbytery of New York in 1822, in 1823 he was called to the First African Church, Philadelphia, where he preached for some years. In 1845, he joined the Presbytery of New York, and preached as a missionary to the coloured people of New York city, and organized Emmanuel Church, here he laboured faithfully until 1847, when he resigned his charge. In 1855 he removed to Brooklyn, L. I., and became a member of Nassau Presbytery; here he lived, preaching occasionally until the autumn of 1858, when after a lingering illness he died.
—Published in Joseph M. Wilson, The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrances of the Church, for 1860, Philadelphia: Joseph M. Wilson, 1860, p. 69.
Name Samuel E. Cornish
Event Type Death
Event Date 06 Nov 1858
Event Place Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Address 290 Smith St.
Gender Male
Age 65
Marital Status Unknown
Birth Year (Estimated) 1793
Birthplace U.S.
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