Almon D. Cornwell (March 30, 1820 – November 8, 1893) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.

[1] He moved west in 1844, accompanied by his father-in-law, William Tichnor, and bought land in the town of Salem, in what is now Kenosha County, Wisconsin.

He served as chairman of the town of Salem and, in 1857, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing western Kenosha County.

[3] Almon Cornwell married Cordelia Tichnor in Cayuga County, New York, on June 13, 1841.

Their eldest son Charles was drafted into the Union Army at age 18 and died of dysentery at Nashville, Tennessee, just a few months before the end of the war.