Monday, July 28, 2008

Found Dead in Bed

New York, 1895

Charles B. Cornell was found dead in bed at Baldwins on Tuesday morning. Monday evening he was about the village talking with friends. He was about 60 years of age. He was an extensive oyster planter and accumulated a competency. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage. He leaves a widow, one son and a daughter.


Miss McMullen's Body Found

The body of the girl found Friday on the shore of Peconic bay near Southold, has been identified as Lillian McMullen, who was drowned between Shelter Island and North Haven as she was crossing the ice on February 17.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 24, 1895, p. 1.

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