Samuel Cornell

1845 - 1870  (25 years)

• Name	Samuel Cornell
  Born	1845	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34647
  Died	15 Jun 1870	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I34647	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Sylvanus C. Cornell,   b. 24 Nov 1819, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Aug 1868, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Winger,   b. 17 Jun 1820, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 10 Dec 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Family ID	F6246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  S. CORNELL'S HOTEL After getting off the cars at Preston we stepped into the comfortable bus running to the North American Hotel. All our travelling readers are acquainted with the "jolly phiz" of the doctor - "mine host" of the North American, and also with the superior quality of his eatables, drinkables and smokeables, so we need say nothing in regard to them. The doctor informed us that his mineral baths induced such an influx of visitors last summer, that he has found it necessary to make a large addition to his already commodious establishment. He intends erecting a two storey brick building, 30 by 40 feet, as an addition to the hotel, for parlor and bed-rooms, and a promenade balcony 45 feet in length and about 8 feet in width, he also proposes making an addition of several baths - the whole to be completed by the 1st of June. We expect, ere many years, to see the Preston Mineral Baths as popular with us provincials as Saratoga is among our American cousins. Waterlooo Historical Society Vol. 21, 1933 PRESTON IN 1866 By Dr. A. E. Byerly ____________________________________ One who will soon be classed among the old settlers of Preston is Christopher Kress, who by his energy and pluck has accumulated considerable property and who has greatly aided in giving Preston a good name as a desirable place of resort for the cure of rheumatism and kindred diseases, through its mineral baths. The mineral springs were struck by one Peter Erb while boring for salt in 1838, which he never obtained. He placed no value in the sulphur water he had so struck. After abandoning boring, the water of the spring was employed for driving an overshot wheel of a wagon making shop, occupied by one Daniel Hagey, until Mr. Samuel Cornell obtained from Mr. Joseph Erb sufficient land near the spring to erect an hotel. Mr. Cornell with great energy built suitable premises and a bath house with boiler to enable him to furnish hot and cold baths. His undertaking proved successful but death, terminated his career. The property was sold and Christopher Kress became its owner. He greatly enlarged, improved and ornamented it and the invalids who have sought and obtained relief at the Preston mineral baths count by the hundreds. Waterloo Historical Society 1917.

  
  

• Sources

  [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, pg 12. [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 30 Jun 1870. Samuel Cornell died 15 Jun 1870 in Galt, son of late Sylvanus (of Preston), 25 yrs. [S1473] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1861, Div. 3 Page 31. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 22 Jan 1870. Cornel [sic], Samuel died 15 Jun 1870 Of Galt, aged 25 years. At the residence of his mother. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Sylvanus CORNELL/ born Nov. 29, 1819/ died Aug. 21, 1868/ his wife/ Mary WINGER/ born June 26, 1820/ died Dec. 10, 1901/ also their children/ John, Henry &/ Samuel/ CORNELL/ [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852. Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister Of The German Evangelical Church, , At Green Bush, Waterloo Township, 31 Aug. 1841 To 31 Aug. 1842 Sylvanus Cornell, Distiller, To Mary Wingar, Both Of Waterloo. Wit. Levy Clemens, Yeom. , And Sarah Shupe, Both Of Waterloo

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1845 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Jun 1870 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth