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Fred W. Cornell was born in Michigan on the 27th of September, 1858, son of Robert B. and Margaret (DeLaney) Cornell, who were born in York State. The father removed to Michigan about 1840, and there farmed until 1851, when he went to California via Chicago, Mississippi River and the Isthmus of Darien, and engaged in mining and gardening for two years at Placerville. He then returned home, and in 1856 purchased a farm in Kent County, Mich., where he resided until 1878, then came to Lawrence County, Term., and purchased 1,000 acres of land, on which he lived for three years. In 1882 he returned to Michigan and there now resides on a farm. His wife died September 6, 1866. Their son, Fred W. Cornell, resided with his parents on a farm until twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in the mercantile business in Michigan, but came to Tennessee in 1881, and here has since made his home. In April, 1885, he established his present hotel and controls the leading trade in this line in the town. June 18, 1884, he and Alice Ribble were united in marriage. She was born in Indiana. Mr. Cornell and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Republican in politics. He is a prominent business man of Lawrence County and is recognized as a moral, upright citizen.