Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-13
HEIR TO MILLIONS.
This Unexpected Fortune of Man
Old and Poor.
A SUIT PENDING FOR SEVENTY YEARS.
How a Miserable Miser Who BrutaIly
Treated His Aged Mother, Be-
queathed His Wealth-A
Novel Meeting.

EIMIRA, n. Y, October -. Isaac Cor
nell is man l03 years of age, who lives on
Sullivan street, in this city, with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. w. Evans, a lady also far ad.
vanced in years. Mary Mosher, his mother,
came to this country in 100, from Eng.
land, landing at HOTsensCk, near Boston.
Her father, William MosheT, owned several
vessels that piled in the colsting trade be.
tween Liverpool, London and Southamp.
ton. He died in lSO0, leaving 900 ster
ling in the Bank OF Englsnd. Mary Mosher,
his only child, formed at scheol an attach
ment with which her father was
Very Much DispIeased.
arc his opposition to her marriage resulted
in her running away from home when she
was only fourteen.
In l772 she married Jededish Cornell,
and in l119 went with her husband to live
at Schenectady, where Isaac Cornell was
born in l7S0. She died in the early part Of
this century. After her fathers death the
executors OF his will made every effort TO
find her whereabouts, but failed, and il
was not until after her death that her chill.
dren found out that their mother had been
entitled 10
The Large Fortune of Her Father.
Nearly seventy years ago they began
has been decided in their favor. Only
Isaac of all the children of Mary Mosher is
still living. The property now amounts to
millions OF dollars One day last week
messenger appeared in this city and carried
the good news to MIR. Cornell. The old
gentleman expects TO get his large fortune
soon. He is carpenter by trade, and his
life has been constant struggle wi,h pOv-
erty. He is very active and lively for his
sge. He appreciates thoroughly
The GeOd Fortune
that has befallen him, but occasionally ex-
presses regret that it did not come 10 him
earlier in life. 1t might have spared me
many a hard knock" lie said, but il had
been rich maybe wouldn't have lived so
long" According 10 his statement lie was
born in Schenectady on September ], l1SU
In lsCS he came TO this part Of the State
md built many saw mills in this county
and the ad dIoining counties. the first one
lie put up was at Addison, in Steuben
county, seventy five years ago.
He is
AGreat Smoker,
but has never been addicted TO strong
drink. He says that in his prime, on sew.
eral occasions, he walked 100 miles in "a
hours, only eating during that time lew
crackers and taking a swallow or two OF
rum. lie has never been sick, and does
not know from personal experience what
disease is. He is very slight physically,
his weight being a little more than ninety
pounds, but he Is strong, and walks with
an elastic step. He enjoys fishing, and
almost every day goes down to the Che.
muDg river, and catches las many as any
Of the boys" His memory is some
times
A Little Treacherous.
except as to matters fifty or seventy five
years ago, but he preserves his other facul
| ties impaired He served honorably in
TIE war::of 1912, and will talk by the hour
of scenes and incidents which he saw or
took part in. He is not troubled with any
apprehensons regarding death, brt ex'
poets 10 live many years yet TO enjoy his
good fortune. He has family OF eight
children-Mrs. J. w. Evans. Mrs. George
T. Lee, Binghampton, and six sons, al Of
whom reside in Schenectady ar Duanes
bUrg. Most of these were in E.mira last
week, with their children, paying their re.
sueCts To- their father.