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Hope W. Wordell Cornell

Lot Title

Parris
Location in Cemetery
Section: a     Lot: 32     Grave: 7

Date of death

Dec-26-1836

Date of birth

0-0-1801

Age

35 yrs   0 mths   0 dys

Verse (Legibility: G - GOOD)

Unspecified

Veteran Information

No War Periods Served
Veteran: No

Relatives

1st Wife of Captain Peleg Cornell. Mother of Thomas Wordell Cornell, Nancy Cornell and Thomas Winslow Cornell

Stone Shape

R - ROUNDED TOP

Stone Decoration

Unspecified

Stone Condition

G - GOOD

Stone Material

M - MARBLE

State of Stone

U - OK - STANDING UPRIGHT

Other Information

Captain Peleg Anthony Cornell, one of Westport’s most experienced master mariners of the 19th century whaling industry. From 1831 to 1870, he served as a Captain on no less than 20 whaling voyages before finally retiring at the age of 65. He outlived two sons and three wives. In 1831 that he married Hope Wordell who delivered the couple’s third child on December 19, 1836 and also named him Thomas Winslow Cornell. Sadly, Hope developed a post-partum infection and died the day after Christmas at age 35, leaving her week-old son in the care of relatives. Stone cleaned in 2021

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Cemetery


LINDEN GROVE


Address

0 Reed Road
Westport
Massachusetts
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Supplementary Information

1,257   Marked Stones in this Cemetery
0   Unmarked Stones (Fieldstones) in this Cemetery

G.R. 2. - Gravestone record, Linden Grove Cemetery, Head of Westport, Vital Records to 1850. The cemetery was originally supervised by the private group, Linden Grove Association, but is now part of Town of Westport property and supervised by the Town Cemetery Director. This cemetery is next to Maple Grove Cemetery. There are three additions to the data for Linden Grove not available for the private cemeteries: photo(s) of each stone, a map of the cemetery showing relative locations of lots and the name of the owner(s) of the lot. There is only one "section" in Linden Grove. The Westport Gravestone Cleaning and Restoration Group has cleaned all the stones in Linden Grove using D/2 Biological Solution for cleaning. Most broken and leaning stones have been restored as of June 2023. Funding has been provided for training of the persons doing the work using CPA funding. CPA funding has also paid for supplies. Information on many of the interred has also been provided by Laura Oliviera, Todd Baptista and Troy Rebello.

Map Details

GPS North: 41.62386
GPS West: 71.05688
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