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S. W. Cornell, dealer in lumber and coal, manager of the Cornell Lime Company, manufacturers of snowflake lime, and president of the Nannanagan Ice Company, of Pleasantville, New York, is entitled to distinction as one of the most progressive and enterprising business men of Westchester county. Upon the commercial activity of a community depends its prosperity, and the men who are now recognized as leading citizens are those who are at the head of extensive business enterprises. He is a man of broad capabilities who carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.

Mr. Cornell was born in Ulster county, New York. November 26, 1854, and is a son of William T. Cornell, now deceased. His mother, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Wood, was a daughter of Stephen Wood, of Mount Kisco, New York. Our subject, one of a family of three children.

was reared in this county, attending the Mount Kisco schools and later boarding schools at Poughkeepsie, New York and Providence, Rhode Island. Mr. Cornell is a most energetic and wide-awake business man, giving strict attention to every detail of the business under his control, and in his undertakings he has met with a well-deserved success. He is now treasurer of the Cornell Lime Company, manufacturers of snowflake lime for building and chemical purposes, their works being established in 1865. He is one of the most popular and influential men of his community and his circle of friends and acquaintances is extensive. Politically he is an enthusiastic Republican.