Aletha was first married to William L. St. Clair on November 30, 1899, in Fairfield, Iowa. William and Aletha had two daughters, Virgie and Gladys. According to the following articles, William and Aletha were divorced in 1905. She married Sylvenus Cornell on October 11, 1905.
From The Fairfield Ledger, Wednesday, July 12, 1905, Page 8:
TOWN AND COUNTY
AN ACTION for divorce has been commenced in the district court by Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair.
From The Fairfield Tribune, Wednesday, September 27, 1905, Page 13:
IN DISTRICT COURT
SECOND DAY.
Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair; decree of divorce, signed.
Sylvenus and Aletha's daughter Mrs. Wilford Garrison, named in her obituary below, died as Esther E. Green on April 15, 2011 in Chariton, Iowa. Her obituary may be read on the IaGenWeb Project for Jefferson County, Iowa. It is unknown at this time where Esther is buried.
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Article From Fairfield Daily Journal, Fairfield, Iowa, Thursday, October 12, 1905, Page 1:
ARE MARRIED AT HIGH NOON.
Sylvenus Cornell and Aletha St. Claire [sic] Wedded, High Noon, Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 11, 1905, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Miller, one and one-half mile west of this city, occurred the marriage of Sylvenus Cornell and Aleteha St. Claire [sic].
Promptly at twelve o'clock, noon, Miss Jessie Black took her place and rendered a beautiful wedding march, to the strains of which the happy couple entered the parlor and standing amid flowers and vines, they were pronounced man and wife by Rev. C.T. McCampbell, of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornell received congratulations of the guests, who were composed of friends and relatives to the number of twenty, after which they led the way to the dining room, where an elegant wedding dinner was served in courses. The parlors and dining room were beautifully decorated with cut flowers and vines.
"With happy heart and smiling face,
With joy in every breast
A foretaste of that Heavenly place,
Where all should be a guest."
Mr. Cornell and his bride are both well known and highly respected in this city. The bride is a lady who counts her friends here by the score. She will make an excellent helpmate for the man of her choice. The room is a well known business man of this city, being a member of the firm of Long & Cornell, cigar manufacturers,"Venie," has many friends, not only in this city, but all over Jefferson county, who will unite with the DAILY JOURNAL in extending the heartiest congratulations to him and his bride.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, November 4, 1950, Page 15:
Mrs. Aletha T. Cornell, 66, of 108½ North Davis street, died Friday at 9:10 p.m. at the University hospitals in Iowa City where she had been a patient for the past 16 days.
The daughter of William and Mary Corr, she was born November 16, 1883 in Jefferson county. Her marriage to Sylvenus Cornell took place October 11, 1904 [sic]. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
Mrs. Cornell is survived by her husband; one son, Harold Cornell of Bell Gardens, Calif.; 10 daughters, Mrs. John Ware, Mrs. Rex McElroy, and Mrs. Walter Hall, all of Ottumwa, Mrs. Clifford Brown, Mrs. Dale Lyons and Mrs. Wilford Garrison, all of Fairfield, Mrs. Charles Christie of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Ted Anderson of Los Angeles, Mrs. Edward Murray of Friend, Kan., and Mrs. Harry Mealey of San Diego, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Roy Black of Ottumwa; and 41 grandchildren.
Her parents, five brothers, one sister, and one son, George, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnson funeral chapel in charge of the Rev. C.A. Albin of the Church of the Brethren. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
From The Fairfield Ledger, Wednesday, July 12, 1905, Page 8:
TOWN AND COUNTY
AN ACTION for divorce has been commenced in the district court by Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair.
From The Fairfield Tribune, Wednesday, September 27, 1905, Page 13:
IN DISTRICT COURT
SECOND DAY.
Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair; decree of divorce, signed.
Sylvenus and Aletha's daughter Mrs. Wilford Garrison, named in her obituary below, died as Esther E. Green on April 15, 2011 in Chariton, Iowa. Her obituary may be read on the IaGenWeb Project for Jefferson County, Iowa. It is unknown at this time where Esther is buried.
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Article From Fairfield Daily Journal, Fairfield, Iowa, Thursday, October 12, 1905, Page 1:
ARE MARRIED AT HIGH NOON.
Sylvenus Cornell and Aletha St. Claire [sic] Wedded, High Noon, Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 11, 1905, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Miller, one and one-half mile west of this city, occurred the marriage of Sylvenus Cornell and Aleteha St. Claire [sic].
Promptly at twelve o'clock, noon, Miss Jessie Black took her place and rendered a beautiful wedding march, to the strains of which the happy couple entered the parlor and standing amid flowers and vines, they were pronounced man and wife by Rev. C.T. McCampbell, of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornell received congratulations of the guests, who were composed of friends and relatives to the number of twenty, after which they led the way to the dining room, where an elegant wedding dinner was served in courses. The parlors and dining room were beautifully decorated with cut flowers and vines.
"With happy heart and smiling face,
With joy in every breast
A foretaste of that Heavenly place,
Where all should be a guest."
Mr. Cornell and his bride are both well known and highly respected in this city. The bride is a lady who counts her friends here by the score. She will make an excellent helpmate for the man of her choice. The room is a well known business man of this city, being a member of the firm of Long & Cornell, cigar manufacturers,"Venie," has many friends, not only in this city, but all over Jefferson county, who will unite with the DAILY JOURNAL in extending the heartiest congratulations to him and his bride.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, November 4, 1950, Page 15:
Mrs. Aletha T. Cornell, 66, of 108½ North Davis street, died Friday at 9:10 p.m. at the University hospitals in Iowa City where she had been a patient for the past 16 days.
The daughter of William and Mary Corr, she was born November 16, 1883 in Jefferson county. Her marriage to Sylvenus Cornell took place October 11, 1904 [sic]. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
Mrs. Cornell is survived by her husband; one son, Harold Cornell of Bell Gardens, Calif.; 10 daughters, Mrs. John Ware, Mrs. Rex McElroy, and Mrs. Walter Hall, all of Ottumwa, Mrs. Clifford Brown, Mrs. Dale Lyons and Mrs. Wilford Garrison, all of Fairfield, Mrs. Charles Christie of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Ted Anderson of Los Angeles, Mrs. Edward Murray of Friend, Kan., and Mrs. Harry Mealey of San Diego, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Roy Black of Ottumwa; and 41 grandchildren.
Her parents, five brothers, one sister, and one son, George, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnson funeral chapel in charge of the Rev. C.A. Albin of the Church of the Brethren. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
Aletha was first married to William L. St. Clair on November 30, 1899, in Fairfield, Iowa. William and Aletha had two daughters, Virgie and Gladys. According to the following articles, William and Aletha were divorced in 1905. She married Sylvenus Cornell on October 11, 1905.
From The Fairfield Ledger, Wednesday, July 12, 1905, Page 8:
TOWN AND COUNTY
AN ACTION for divorce has been commenced in the district court by Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair.
From The Fairfield Tribune, Wednesday, September 27, 1905, Page 13:
IN DISTRICT COURT
SECOND DAY.
Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair; decree of divorce, signed.
Sylvenus and Aletha's daughter Mrs. Wilford Garrison, named in her obituary below, died as Esther E. Green on April 15, 2011 in Chariton, Iowa. Her obituary may be read on the IaGenWeb Project for Jefferson County, Iowa. It is unknown at this time where Esther is buried.
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Article From Fairfield Daily Journal, Fairfield, Iowa, Thursday, October 12, 1905, Page 1:
ARE MARRIED AT HIGH NOON.
Sylvenus Cornell and Aletha St. Claire [sic] Wedded, High Noon, Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 11, 1905, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Miller, one and one-half mile west of this city, occurred the marriage of Sylvenus Cornell and Aleteha St. Claire [sic].
Promptly at twelve o'clock, noon, Miss Jessie Black took her place and rendered a beautiful wedding march, to the strains of which the happy couple entered the parlor and standing amid flowers and vines, they were pronounced man and wife by Rev. C.T. McCampbell, of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornell received congratulations of the guests, who were composed of friends and relatives to the number of twenty, after which they led the way to the dining room, where an elegant wedding dinner was served in courses. The parlors and dining room were beautifully decorated with cut flowers and vines.
"With happy heart and smiling face,
With joy in every breast
A foretaste of that Heavenly place,
Where all should be a guest."
Mr. Cornell and his bride are both well known and highly respected in this city. The bride is a lady who counts her friends here by the score. She will make an excellent helpmate for the man of her choice. The room is a well known business man of this city, being a member of the firm of Long & Cornell, cigar manufacturers,"Venie," has many friends, not only in this city, but all over Jefferson county, who will unite with the DAILY JOURNAL in extending the heartiest congratulations to him and his bride.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, November 4, 1950, Page 15:
Mrs. Aletha T. Cornell, 66, of 108½ North Davis street, died Friday at 9:10 p.m. at the University hospitals in Iowa City where she had been a patient for the past 16 days.
The daughter of William and Mary Corr, she was born November 16, 1883 in Jefferson county. Her marriage to Sylvenus Cornell took place October 11, 1904 [sic]. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
Mrs. Cornell is survived by her husband; one son, Harold Cornell of Bell Gardens, Calif.; 10 daughters, Mrs. John Ware, Mrs. Rex McElroy, and Mrs. Walter Hall, all of Ottumwa, Mrs. Clifford Brown, Mrs. Dale Lyons and Mrs. Wilford Garrison, all of Fairfield, Mrs. Charles Christie of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Ted Anderson of Los Angeles, Mrs. Edward Murray of Friend, Kan., and Mrs. Harry Mealey of San Diego, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Roy Black of Ottumwa; and 41 grandchildren.
Her parents, five brothers, one sister, and one son, George, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnson funeral chapel in charge of the Rev. C.A. Albin of the Church of the Brethren. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
From The Fairfield Ledger, Wednesday, July 12, 1905, Page 8:
TOWN AND COUNTY
AN ACTION for divorce has been commenced in the district court by Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair.
From The Fairfield Tribune, Wednesday, September 27, 1905, Page 13:
IN DISTRICT COURT
SECOND DAY.
Aletha St. Clair vs. William L. St. Clair; decree of divorce, signed.
Sylvenus and Aletha's daughter Mrs. Wilford Garrison, named in her obituary below, died as Esther E. Green on April 15, 2011 in Chariton, Iowa. Her obituary may be read on the IaGenWeb Project for Jefferson County, Iowa. It is unknown at this time where Esther is buried.
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Article From Fairfield Daily Journal, Fairfield, Iowa, Thursday, October 12, 1905, Page 1:
ARE MARRIED AT HIGH NOON.
Sylvenus Cornell and Aletha St. Claire [sic] Wedded, High Noon, Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 11, 1905, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Miller, one and one-half mile west of this city, occurred the marriage of Sylvenus Cornell and Aleteha St. Claire [sic].
Promptly at twelve o'clock, noon, Miss Jessie Black took her place and rendered a beautiful wedding march, to the strains of which the happy couple entered the parlor and standing amid flowers and vines, they were pronounced man and wife by Rev. C.T. McCampbell, of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornell received congratulations of the guests, who were composed of friends and relatives to the number of twenty, after which they led the way to the dining room, where an elegant wedding dinner was served in courses. The parlors and dining room were beautifully decorated with cut flowers and vines.
"With happy heart and smiling face,
With joy in every breast
A foretaste of that Heavenly place,
Where all should be a guest."
Mr. Cornell and his bride are both well known and highly respected in this city. The bride is a lady who counts her friends here by the score. She will make an excellent helpmate for the man of her choice. The room is a well known business man of this city, being a member of the firm of Long & Cornell, cigar manufacturers,"Venie," has many friends, not only in this city, but all over Jefferson county, who will unite with the DAILY JOURNAL in extending the heartiest congratulations to him and his bride.
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Obituary From Ottumwa Daily Courier, Saturday, November 4, 1950, Page 15:
Mrs. Aletha T. Cornell, 66, of 108½ North Davis street, died Friday at 9:10 p.m. at the University hospitals in Iowa City where she had been a patient for the past 16 days.
The daughter of William and Mary Corr, she was born November 16, 1883 in Jefferson county. Her marriage to Sylvenus Cornell took place October 11, 1904 [sic]. She was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
Mrs. Cornell is survived by her husband; one son, Harold Cornell of Bell Gardens, Calif.; 10 daughters, Mrs. John Ware, Mrs. Rex McElroy, and Mrs. Walter Hall, all of Ottumwa, Mrs. Clifford Brown, Mrs. Dale Lyons and Mrs. Wilford Garrison, all of Fairfield, Mrs. Charles Christie of Arcadia, Calif., Mrs. Ted Anderson of Los Angeles, Mrs. Edward Murray of Friend, Kan., and Mrs. Harry Mealey of San Diego, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Roy Black of Ottumwa; and 41 grandchildren.
Her parents, five brothers, one sister, and one son, George, preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnson funeral chapel in charge of the Rev. C.A. Albin of the Church of the Brethren. Burial will be in Shaul cemetery.
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