Brooklyn Standard Union 6 September 1928 J. D. CORNELL DEAD AT 87 Was one of Lynbrook's Earliest Settlers Funeral To-morrow Gained Fortune as Oyster Planter and Farmer Funeral services for Joseph D. CORNELL, one of Lynbrook's earliest settlers, will be held to-morrow at 2 P. M. at the late home, 185 Union avenue, where he had lived for the past sixty years. Mr. CORNELL, who was eighty-seven years old, died Tuesday night, at his home. His wife, Isabella M., and daughter, Mrs. Mary Adeline MILLER, of Lynbrook, were at the bedside when he died. Mr. CORNELL, who amassed a sizable fortune as an oyster planter and farmer, retired from active business about twenty years ago. He was born in a house opposite the dwelling in which he died. The Rev. L. A. MARSLAND, pastor and the Rev. George ADAMS, former pastor of St. James M. E. Church, of Lynbrook, will officiate at the funeral. Burial will be in Rockville Centre Cemetery. Mr. CORNELL's widow and daughter are the only survivors. Transcribed for the Brooklyn Information Pages by Barbara McC http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Bklyn.Info.Page.html