The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-03
ERUDlTE RECTOR DIES ON EVE OF
 HIS RESIGNATION
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 At an early age he evinced an apti- ' Jude for pedagogy. He was graduat- ed from Columbia in 1862, and at once } took up teaching as a profession. He instituted school for boys in New |, York city, the young students in which progressed so favorably that the school attracted the attention of many eminent educators. Notwith- work, MT. Cornwall was deeply con cerned in religious affairs, and eight years after his graduation from Co., 1unbia, he was able to carry out his ambition to follow his devout parent s footsteps in the path of ecclesiastical endeavor.
 Bishop Potter ordained him to the Episcopal ministry in 1870: His first work was an assistant to the rector of the Church of the Holy Communion curacies in New York city until in 1886 in recognition of his ability, the Episcopal church of Medina, O., call ed him to the rectorate.
 Two years later he went to All Saints church. Cleveland, where he remain ed as rector until he received the call to Stratford, in 1892, assuming charge of the parish April 16.
 The Strafford church proved greatly to the liking of the ConnecticutJborn clergyman. It was rich in the lore of | the colonies, and distinguished for it's antiquity. The church society was or ganized in 17O7 by pr. Samuel John son, the first president of Kings Col Iege. He was the first rector of the church, and the parish was the first Episcopal society in the Connecticut diocese. While not the oldest Episco- pal society in the country, Christ church has the distinction of being the oldest in the Connecticut diocese which is the first diocesan organiza- ton of the Episcopal church in Amer 1 ica. | When MT. Cornwall assumed the
 rectorate he was vigorous and en- thusiasic. Deeply versed in the his l tory of the church, he found the Strat- ford parish 6. fertile field for research
 His papers read at the bi-centennia. l of the church in 1907, form priceless pages in the history of the Episcopai 1 church in this country. He obtained
 copies of many cornmuni cations, ol
 sermons, or church records and the
 like which are of great value in trae ing the progress of the Episcopa
 church. It was due chiefly to his eff forts that the two hundre1th anniver l sary of the church, in 1907, was mem orably successful. Distinguished
 chureh1nen and laymen, noted educa. tors and historians. gathered at tn, l exercises which covered a period O several days.
 l Mir. Cornwall,s erudition and hi 1 technical Knowledge of ecclesiastical I procedure and doctrine made him al encyclopedia reference for his fellow toiders in the Episcopal church. B. nature retiring, he had lived so loni in Stratford that he formed many last ing friendships Highly educated I conservative. dignified, and deeply de
 voted to his home, he caused sheer parted to his intinaseS that he hat
 decided to relinquish his rectorate. 2
 Several years ago, MT. Cornwall suf
 fered a breakdown in health. But witt
 persistence he continued his duties He failed steadily. suffering principal I Iy from an affection of the heart. H realized some weeks ago that it wa Il ieS, and wrote to his bishop that h. planned to resign after Easter, whel his 22 years of service in Stratfor, I would have been rounded out
 Yesterday he ventured from hi
 home when he was not well, in orde
 to officiate at the funeral of Davis I Coe. He went no further than tn
 church, and, exhausted by the s1igh
 exertion he returned home, lay dowl
 in his room, and, at 6 o'clock, awok
 with a realization that he was sinking 1 Physicians arrived too late to be o assistance. He died within an hour.
 Surviving him are his widow, win l was Emily Meeker of New York city
 There are no children. A brother Henry Cornwall, a retired professo l of Princeton University residing a
 Princeton, was expected late this af
 ternoon when funeral arrangement were to have been completed.
 It is expected that the funeral vii
 be on Thursday afternoon at 3:30. In terment will be in the Cornwall fanail I plot in Stamford, Conn.
 Besides MT. Cornwalis church af ffl1aAions, he had few fraternal ties He was a member of the Connecticu 1 society, Sons of the American RevoIu I ton, and for several years held tn presidency of the Columbia AluInn l Association of Connecticut. He was
 Mason, a member of New York cit | lodge