Category:William B. Cornwell
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American lawyer, businessperson, newspaper editor and publisher, and railroad and timber executive (1864-1926) | |||||
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Date of birth | 25 November 1864 Hampshire County | ||||
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Date of death | 8 April 1926 Romney | ||||
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English: William Benjamin Cornwell (November 25, 1864 – April 8, 1926) was a prominent American lawyer, businessperson, newspaper editor and publisher, and railroad and timber executive in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Cornwell served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Hampshire County (1892–1900) and served as the president of the Hampshire Southern Railroad Company, the Winchester and Western Railroad Company, and the Winchester Lumber Corporation. Cornwell was the eldest brother of West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1867–1953) and newspaper publisher and writer, Marshall S. Cornwell (1871–1898).
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- Cornwell (surname)
- William (given name)
- 1864 births
- 1926 deaths
- Births in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Deaths in Romney, West Virginia
- 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
- 19th-century men of the United States
- 20th-century men of the United States
- Alumni of the West Virginia University College of Law
- Burials at Indian Mound Cemetery
- Businesspeople from Virginia
- Businesspeople from West Virginia
- Businesspeople in wood products
- Cardiovascular disease deaths in West Virginia
- Cornwell family
- County prosecuting attorneys in West Virginia
- Democrats from West Virginia
- Editors of West Virginia newspapers
- Lawyers from West Virginia
- People associated with rail transport in the United States
- People of Fairmont, West Virginia
- People of Ritchie County, West Virginia
- People of Winchester, Virginia
- American people of Welsh descent