Cornelius Angel, age 70 past, died last
Saturday at
the home of Mr.and Mrs.S.A.Browning, at Tollesboro,
where he was boarding."Uncle Neal" was a
familiar
figure around Vanceburg, where he lived, with the
exceptions of transitory stays at the Soldiers
Home in
Dayton, Oh, for more than thirty-five years or
probably
longer. He had the distinction of being one of
the first as
well as oldest men in matter of age, to enlist at
the call
of volunteers made by President McKinley at the
out
break of the Spanish-American War, being in
the
company of the late Capt. Brewer of St.Paul,
that
intrepid veteran of both the Civil and the Spanish
Wars.
He was twiced married, and is survived
by several
children.
Interment at
Black Oak Cemetery Monday by Under-
taker Kimble.
