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From: Bill Blevins <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L]Cornelius--Bernie
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 03:58:13 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <20031202043839.53025.qmail@web14526.mail.yahoo.com>


Bernie,

Just happened to remember that this Sarah was married to
one of John Franklin Cornelius'es Sons that got killed in
the Civil War.

Bill


--- Bill Blevins <> wrote:
> Bernie,
>
> This is my direct line. The Sarah you show here is the
> daughter-in-law. Yes, My great grandmother was Sarah
> Cornelius...John Franklin Cornelius daughter. But she
> was
> married and had began a family of her own by this time.
>
> John Franklin Cornelius was born Ca 1798-1800. My
> grandfather said he was 103/104 when he died and he died
> ca
> 1903. He was listed in the 1900 census in Lunenburg TWP
> and is shown to be 100 years of age, and was living with
> his son.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> --- Bernie Moore-Knowles <> wrote:
> > Hi there Vera
> >
> > I'm not sure.
> >
> > Believe it or not, last night I started to go browsing
> > through and see if I
> > could find Sarah; living near McCormack anywhere - but,
> > got too sleepy.
> >
> > That Sarah Cornelius, I don't think would be the one.
> > She married Helms and
> > was having children with him through the years of 1867
> > and 1887 - so, it
> > couldn't be her.
> >
> > This Cornelius family is actually Bill Blevins' direct
> > ancestor - or at
> > least I think so. I show that John Cornelius was born
> in
> > 1812 - and the
> > 1870 and 1880 census is consistent with that age. I
> have
> > not looked up his
> > 1860 census, yet. Thought I might do that tonight -
> > because I was sure
> > curious about that 100 age enumeration in 1900.
> >
> > Bill would know for sure, I suppose. Right?
> >
> > 1870 Izard County, Arkansas census, Conway Township:
> > CORNELIUS, John 58 farmer TN
> > #60/61 Louisa 54 keeping house TN
> > Martha 19 at home KY
> > Ice D. 16 at home KY
> > John J. 10 at home AR
> > Sarah 25 AR
> > Martha 9 AR
> >
> > 1880 Census Place: Melbourne, Izard, Arkansas
> > Source: FHL Film 1254047 National Archives Film
> T9-0047
> > Page 408A
> > Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
> > John F. CORNELIUS Self M M W 78 TN
> > Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA
> > Jane J CORNELIUS Wife F M W 66 TN
> > Occ: Keeping House Fa: IN Mo: IN
> >
> > Okay, here is the 1860 census for him:
> >
> > 18 June 1860 Izard Co., Arkansas census, Conway
> Township,
> > Wild Haws Post
> > Office:
> > CORNELIUS, John F. 46 M farmer 2000/1000 TN
> > #224/225 Louisa 40 F TN
> > James 21 M farmer 800/195 TN
> > George 19 M serving TN
> > Elizabeth 15 F TN
> > Martha 8 F KY
> > Icey D. 6 F KY
> > John 1 M AR
> >
> > I did have kind of an odd note to this family:
> >
> > "Note to the 1860 census: this family has two sons who
> > would have been
> > married to a Sarah, James 21 and George, 19."
> >
> > Maybe this is what you're meaning, Vera?
> >
> > I checked what I had on James Cornelius and it appears
> > that he married Sarah
> > Jane Gray in 1861 or so and then died in the War in
> 1862.
> > They had one
> > child; named Martha - born in February 1862. So, it
> > looks like it is
> > James' widow and young child, living with John
> Cornelius
> > in the 1870 census.
> >
> > George Cornelius?
> >
> > Roger Harvell and I were just last night discussing
> this
> > man. He evidently
> > had a daughter named Lucy that was married to a Smith
> and
> > Roger was telling
> > me about these Smiths. I didn't know a thing about
> them;
> > and they were
> > living near all the culprits and the victim in the
> > "situation" that landed
> > my Everett Smith in prison.
> >
> > Anyway, I know that this George was married to a Rachel
> > Landers and secondly
> > to a Margaret A. I had at first thought that he was
> > married to a Sarah,
> > also - but, I think that was derived from that 1870
> > census - Maybe?
> >
> > Couldn't find George Cornelius in 1870 - anyone have
> > that?
> >
> > 1930 Izard Co., Arkansas census, Mill Creek Township:
> > SMITH, Eldredge head M W 38 AR KY TN
> > #20/20 Lucy M. wife F W 38 AR KY TN
> > Hazel G. daughter F W 17 AR AR AR
> > Lenora M. daughter F W 14 AR AR AR
> > Laverne daughter FW 10 AR AR AR
> > Fayna daughter FW 8 AR AR AR
> > CORNELIUS, George father M W 88 KY KY KY
> > GAITHER, Minnie servant F W 27 AR TN AR
> >
> > Note: George died in 1931.
> >
> > So, I rattled on forever and didn't help you one bit,
> did
> > I?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bernie Moore-Knowles
> > Phoenix, Arizona - Papa'aloa, Hawai'i
> >
> >
> > "I have Indian blood in me. I have just enough White
> > blood for you to
> > question my honesty." ........Will Rogers
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vera Reeves" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:11 AM
> > Subject: [ARIZARD-L] James, Lamb, Walker, HIghtower,
> > McCormack and Campbell
> >
> >
> > > Bernie, could the John McCormack's wife Sarah have
> been
> > a Cornelius ???
> > >
> > > 1880 shows John Cornelius living next door to John
> > McCormick and Sarah.
> > > 1870 shows a 25 year old Sarah Cornelius living in
> the
> > house of John
> > > Cornelius.
> > >
> > > Only thing is John Cornelius aged 20 years from 1870
> to
> > 1880. If it should
> > > turn out to be the same Sarah, she also aged 20 years
> > in that time. ??????
> > >
> > > Dwright Lane shows Sarah Elizabeth b. abt 1844 d/o
> John
> > F. Cornelius
> > married
> > > John Oliver Helms about 1865. If so who was the Sarah
> > Cornelius in the
> > 1880
> > > census.
> > >
> > > 1880 census shows James O. Helms and Sarah E. living
> in
> > La Crosse Twp
> > >
> > > 1900 census shows John F. Cornelius age 100 living
> with
> > his daughter and
> > her
> > > husband Jordon Aylor.in Lunenburg Twp.
> > >
> > > Where there 2 John F. Cornelius ???
> > >
> > > Hope someone can straighten this out.
> > >
> > > Vera
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ====
> > > 1880 Izard County Census On-line at:
> > http://geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9271/census.html
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ====
> > 1880 Izard County Census On-line at:
> > http://geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9271/census.html
> >
>
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