Introduction
Hi: My Name Is Wayne Cordwell From West Pierrepont NY[Canton NY].My HomeTown Is Ogdensburg NY.My Great Grand Parents Came To This Area From England.Here Is Some Info:
Howdy: My GrandMother, Minnie Cordwell[B22Dec1886:D27Jul1963] Told Me This Story About GreatGrandFather Albert D Cordwell [B7Jul18863:D?].When He Went To School[In London, England] He Had To Wear A Silly Hat, Which He DisLiked.He Was Told To Wear It y Not To
Remove It.Not Being DeceitFull He Wore It, However On The Way To School He Had To Cross A Certain Bridge. When On The Bridge
He Would Stand y Let The Wind Blow The Hat Away; He Did This Several Times.My GrandMother Told This Tale In circa 1950 At
Camp[On The St. Lawrence River] In The Kitchen. GreatGrandFather Albert D. Worked For A Farmer Named Smith Stillwell His Son
Albert H. Had 2 Middle Names One Being Smith, After His Father’s Employer I Assume. GrandFather’s Full Name Is: Albert Henry
Smith Cordwell[B3Sept1884:D2Nov1960].Albert H. Held Many Jobs Some Being: St. Lawrence County Utilities Inc. Employee #140.
Also The Niagrara Mohawk Power Corp Where He “Wheel-‘N-Dealed” Selling Electricity To People. To “Sweet’n The Deal” He Would
Provide Installation Of A Light y Switch If They Would Buy Electricity From Ni-Mo. On The Side He Worked For General Electric Selling
Vacuum Cleaners To Electricity Customers.In The 1950s He Was President Of The Ogdensburg School Board Of Education In Which He
Was InstrumentalFor Local School Renovations.One School Being Sherman School On Franklin St [His Great-Great- Grand Daughter
Janelle Cordwell Now Attends] A Brass Plaque Graces The Hall Of This School As Tribute To Albert H. y His Staff. He Retired As City
Assessor For Ogdensburg NY……More Later