Silas M. Cornish (1820-1907) was born in Bangor, New York, and died in Malone, New York. He made his career as a shoemaker and was a Mason. He married Margaret Cornish (b. McDonald), also a shoemaker, in 1842. In 1886 Cornish's acquaintance, Lorain H. Simmonds, wrote to Mary Baker Eddy to order a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures on his behalf.

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