The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-19
DIED.

her residence 1889
Alexander Street, Honolulu, Hawaii,
November II, 1903, of paralysis agi-
tans after an illness of ten years,
Mrs. Minerva Clarissa Bingham, born
Brewster, wife of Rev. Hiram Bing-
ham. She was born in Northampton,
Mass, October 10, 1884, and was mar
ried to Rev. Hiram Bingham, the
second of that name in connection
with the evangelization of the Paci-
fic Islands, November IS, 1856. They
soon after sailed for Honolulu on
the first missionary bark, Morning
Star and a little later went to Po-
nape and soon afterwards to Apiang,
where they arrived in November 1851
and continued in missionary work
among and for the Gilbertese for
many years. Mrs. Bingham assisted
her husband to translate the entire
body of the scriptures into the Gill
bertese tongue. Besides that she pre-
pared school text books in the Gill
bertese language and wrote and
translated other books of entertain
ment and information for the same
peo pie. Her health utterly failing in
the Gilbert Islands, Mrs. Bingham
has resided in Honolulu with her hus-
band for many years. She had two
children, one of whom died in the
Gilbert Islands in infancy. The 9TH
err is Hiram Bingham, the third of
that name in these islands, who is
now an instructor in Harvard Uni
Versity. He was here on a visit to
his parents last August. The funeral
of Mrs. Bingham took place from the
late residence yesterday afternoon.
hA rnyan h. I.A
Rev. William Morris Kincaid. A
quartette consisting of Mrs. Damon,
Mrs. Hare, w. w. Hall and Theodore
Richards sang Dawn" I'VE Would
See Jesus" and at the grave Asleep
i'm Jesus. The interment was i'm the
Bingham plot in Kawaiahao church,
yard, The pallbearers were: Rev. II.
II. Parker, F. Parker, A. F. Cooke,
DR.. j. NJ. Whitney, Rev. o. p. Emer-
son and DIR. w. ID. Alexander.
CORNWELL-At his residence, Wal
kapu. Maui, November IS, 1903, of
heart disease, Col. William II. Corn
well. He was born in Brooklyn, N.
Y, in 1874 and came to Hawaii with
his parents when about twelve years
of age. His home had been in the
Hawaiian Islands ever since. His
life here had been continuously de-
voted to sugar planting earlier and
cattle ranching later. He was a
colonel on the staff of King Kalakaua
and later nthe staff of Queen Lii
uokalani. He was chosen mem-
Der of the House of Mobiles In 1880,
and in 1892 and 1898 was twice min
lister of Finance of the Hawaiian
Kingdom, but for a short time only
each time. He was the member of
the National Democratic Committee
for Hawaii, at the time of his death.
In 1870 he married Miss Blanche Mac
farlane who died about fifteen years
ago. Three children of this marriage
survive: w. II. Cornwell, Jr, Mrs
John S. Walker, and Mrs. A. A.
Braymer. About a year ago Col.
Cornwell married Mrs. Josephine Col
win, who survives him. Two sisters,
Mrs. Widdifield and Mrs. Vida sur.
vive him, The body will be brought
to Honolulu and the funeral will
probably be held either on Saturday
or Sunday.
San Francisco, Cal, Mo-
vember Q, 1908, Lydia Schalike- Pettus,
formerly of Honolulu, wife of II. A.
Pettus and dearly beloved and only
daughter of Mrs. f. w. Schalike, a
native of San Francisco, aged q
years months and 29 days.