Martha Ella Cornelius

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Personal and Family Information

Martha was born on 5 Oct 1854 in Texas, the daughter of William Cornelius and Arabella White.

She died in 1930 in Woodruff County, Arkansas.

Her husband was Junius N McCurdy, who she married in 1879 in Independence County, Arkansas. Their seven known children were J. Cornelius (1881-1924), Bessie (1883-1965), Ella V (1886-1891), Maude (1889-1972), Charles Postal (1891-1970), Marrs Isaac (1894-1956) and Floy (1897-1956).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Martha Ella Cornelius
(1854-1930)

 

William Cornelius
(1827-1876)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Arabella White
(1836-1868)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth5 OCT 1854
Place: Texas
Death1930
Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Census29 AUG 1860
Place: Shelby County, Tennessee
Address: Memphis, dwellling 979 family 1141 Martha White age 67 f, $10,000 $15,000 born Virginia Anna Blackstone 9 f born Kentucky family 1142 William Cornelius 33 m w farmer, no real estate, Personal $15,000, born Alabama Arabella “ 23 f Tennessee Bellie “ 6 f Texas Ella “ 5 f Texas Eppy 3 m Texas William “ Tennessee William Adams 40 mw ?? Tennessee James Creen 25 mw carpenter, born England
Census2 JUN 1880
Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Age: 24 to 25
Address: Augusta dwelling 32 family 32 McCurdy, Junius wm 24 married 1880, works at flowing mill, born Ark, f Penn, m Ala — Ella wf 23 wife married 1880 keeping house, born Texas f Va, m Tenn Cornelius, Laura wf 15 boarder single, born Ark __ Maud wf 13 boarder single, born Ark, f Va m Tenn __ Willie wm 21 boarder single, born Texas, f Va m Tenn Washington, Sarah BF 32 servant single born Ark
Census1870
Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Age: 13 born Texas
Address: Cornelius, William 43, Elizabeth A 15, Ella 13, William 11, Laura N 5, Joseph P Moreland 23, Fannie Yarbrough 34, Collin A Yarbrough 3, Emma Yarbrough 13
Census2 JUN 1900
Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Age: 44 to 45
Address: Augusta, dwelling 43 family 44 Mccurdy, JN born Apr 1856 44 married 20yrs born Ark father Penn, mother NC, Ella wife wf 44, born ? 1855 age 44 married 20 yrs mother of 7, 6 living born Texas, father Ala, mother tenn, J Cornelius son July 1881 age 18 born Ark, Bessie dau July 1883 age 16 Ark, Maude dau mar 1889 age 11 Ark, Postal son mar? 1891 age 9 Ark, Marrs son Aug 1894 age 5 Ark, Floy daughter Mar 1897 age 3 Ark, Elizabeth, mother wf Nov 1827 age 72 widow born N Carolina father Tenn, mother NC
Census21 APR 1910
Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Age: 54 born Texas
Address: Augusta dwelling 156 family 165 McCurdy, Juniuis N head mw 54 married 1 30 yrs born Ark, father born Penn, mother North Carolina, retail merchant of groceries Ella, wife fw 54 m1 30 yrs mother of 7, 6 living, born Texas father Ala, mother Tenn, ---Maud daughter 19 born Ark operator Telephone, __Postal son 18? born Ark, Marr son 14 born Ark, Floy daughter 12 Ark
Census1920
Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Age: 64 to 65
Address: Augusta, JN McCurdy 63 Ella 63 Floy 20m WE Candell 26 Chestine 23
Burial1930
Place: Woodruff County, Arkansas
Age: 75
Address: Arkansas Memorial Park section B http://arkansasgravestones.org/view.php?id=960806