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William Hugh Cornwell

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Hugh Cornwell was born on 07 Sep 1903.

    William married Blannie Ruth Demarcus on 02 Jun 1927 in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee. Blannie (daughter of Goldman Amos Demarcus and Etta Lucinda Evans) was born on 10 Jan 1908 in Westborn, Tennessee; died on 04 Jan 1995 in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee; was buried on 06 Jan 1995 in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Colonel William Eugene (Bill) Cornwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 09 Aug 1928 in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee; died on 07 Aug 1992.
    2. 3. Doris LaVerne Cornwell  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Colonel William Eugene (Bill) Cornwell Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 09 Aug 1928 in Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee; died on 07 Aug 1992.

    Notes:



    Knoxville News Sentinel, August 8, 1992

    Knox native who ran state park after his military career dies.

    William "Bill" Cornwell, native Knoxvillian and superintendent of the Tims Ford State Park at Tullahoma, died Thursday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville of an apparent heart attack. He was 63 and a retired Army lieutenant colonel.
    Mr Cornwell graduated from Knoxville High School in 1947. He was quarterback of the school's football team.
    He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in labor relations in 1952 and entered the Army.
    Mr. Cornwell served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars and was awarded several medals for bravery, including the Legion of Merit for helicopter rescue misions in Vietman.
    He also served as an aide with the Chinese Nationalist Army in Formosa and was in charge of establishing helicopter forces for the Shah of Iran.
    Mr. Cornwell retired from the Army in 1973 and took a job with the Tennessee Department of Conservation as the superintendent of Pickwick State Park. He was later chosen to develop and oversee the state park.
    Mr. Cornwell is survived by his wife, Jane Riddel of Tullahoma; mother, Blana Ruth Cornwell of Knoxville; sister Laverne Rubenstein of Orlando; sons, Gregory Scott Cornwell of Chicago and Lawrence Dean Cornwell of Murfreesboro; daughters, Sarah Gene Cornwell of Winchester, Mass., and Martha Ellen Cornwell of Tullahoma; and four grandchildren.

    William married Jane Riddell Iott [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Gregory Scott Cornwell  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Lawrence Dean Cornwell  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 6. Sarah Jane Cornwell  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 7. Martha Ellen Cornwell  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Doris LaVerne Cornwell Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1)

    Doris married James Joseph Cunnane, Jr. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. James Joseph Cunnane, III  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Brendan Hugh Cunnane  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 May 1964 in Chicago, Cooke Co., Illinois; died on 30 Nov 1971.

    Doris married Allen Altsuler [Group Sheet]

    Doris married Stuart Rubinstein [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Gregory Scott Cornwell Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.William1)

    Gregory married Nancy Lee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Lawrence Dean Cornwell Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.William1)

  3. 6.  Sarah Jane Cornwell Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.William1)

    Sarah married Joseph Tatum Moore. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Martha Ellen Cornwell Descendancy chart to this point (2.William2, 1.William1)

  5. 8.  James Joseph Cunnane, III Descendancy chart to this point (3.Doris2, 1.William1)

  6. 9.  Brendan Hugh Cunnane Descendancy chart to this point (3.Doris2, 1.William1) was born on 29 May 1964 in Chicago, Cooke Co., Illinois; died on 30 Nov 1971.


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