MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: CORNWELL, Edward/Edmund ****************************************************************** Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by: SSpradling@aol.com September 20, 1999 ****************************************************************** A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 330 EDWARD CORNWELL Edward (or Edmund) was a large landholder on Second Creek after the Revolution. His wife, Frances, is said to have been a niece to General Wolfe, of Quebec fame. John (Margaret), who sold land to John Gray in 1803, seems to have been a son.