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Mrs. Clark M. Bronson died of old age at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Day, in Dubuque last Saturday evening.
Abby A. Cornish was born in Oneida county, New York, July 14, 1817. On October 14, 1810 she was united in marriage with Clark M. Bronson. In the fall of 1855 they came to Iowa, first settling in Iowa City, where they remained until 1865 when they became residents of this place. Her husband died here in March 1887, and from that time until her decease she lived with her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Day. For the past eight or nine years she was an invalid, during all of which time she had the constant, tender and unremitting care of her true and loving daughter.
Of her four children one, Irving S. died in infancy. The others are Chas. E., of this city; Clark H., of Chicago, and Mrs. C. H. Day of Dubuque.
The remains of the deceased were brought here Monday evening and the funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the residence of C. E. Bronson, the Rev. C. E. Highfield, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.
The Manchester Democrat, May 2, 1900
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Mrs. Clark M. Bronson died of old age at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Day, in Dubuque last Saturday evening.
Abby A. Cornish was born in Oneida county, New York, July 14, 1817. On October 14, 1810 she was united in marriage with Clark M. Bronson. In the fall of 1855 they came to Iowa, first settling in Iowa City, where they remained until 1865 when they became residents of this place. Her husband died here in March 1887, and from that time until her decease she lived with her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Day. For the past eight or nine years she was an invalid, during all of which time she had the constant, tender and unremitting care of her true and loving daughter.
Of her four children one, Irving S. died in infancy. The others are Chas. E., of this city; Clark H., of Chicago, and Mrs. C. H. Day of Dubuque.
The remains of the deceased were brought here Monday evening and the funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the residence of C. E. Bronson, the Rev. C. E. Highfield, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.
The Manchester Democrat, May 2, 1900
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Terperance Cornish Cooper
1809–1894
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Allen Wendall Cornish
1810–1898
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Clarissa Cornish Hall
1814–1843
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Aaron Cornish
1814–1900
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Hannah Cornish Adams
1816–1873
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Emily Cornish Hall
1819–1910
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Louisa Cornish Crabb
1821–1870
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Josiah Cornish
1823–1867
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George Cornish
1826–1894
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1828–1908
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1829–1852
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Charlotte C. Cornish
1834–1860
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