Washington State Library's collection of selected manuscripts of Lewis S. Cornell, circa 1966.

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Washington State Library's collection of selected manuscripts of Lewis S. Cornell, circa 1966.

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This is a collection of three autobiographical manuscripts about Lewis S. Cornell's life. They are typewritten. It appears that he had wanted to write novels and short stories throughout his life. In his transmittal letter he lists several stories that he had written.

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Cornell, Lewis S., b. ca. 1875

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Washington State Library

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Maud P. Mitchell was born about 1883 in Oregon. She married Chas. R. Mitchell and by 1920 they were living in Chehalis, WA. Charles was an assistant cashier at the bank. Charles had become a banker by 1930. Between 1957 & 1958 Charles passed away. And Maud passed away on 29 May 1960 in Chehalis, WA. From the description of Washington State Library's collection of Maud Mitchell's history of Chehalis and Lewis counties, 1845-1858. (Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of S...

Cornell, Lewis S.

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Lewis S. Cornell was raised in and around Chicago, Ill. As a young man in May 1885 he took a hobo trip on a boxcar to visit friends in Leavenworth, KS. This trip extended for a few years traveling throughout the Midwest by jumping boxcars and experiencing the hobo lifestyle. By 1904, he was married and working in Chicago for the American Express Co. as a clerk of the Superintendent's office. He was transferred to Texas where he bought 540 acres near San Antonio, TX with the intent to raise goats...