Re: Cornette family fromTN & GA
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Cornette family fromTN & GA
Rebecca Greene 4/24/00
My Grandmother Nellie Gray, b. in Arkansas abt 1870.Her mother's maiden name was Cornett.According to the census record of 1910,Nellie was widowed about 1904 according to family tradition.She married Frank Emerson who was from Southern MO.They were probably married in Arkansas where her family was about 1890.Children were Bertha, Wesley, Lillie, Augusta, Herman, Homer, Earl and Earnest, twins.An Uncle, Monroe Cornett helped her raise the children in Oklahoma after her spouse died.The Cornetts and the Grays were well settled in Arkansas.Nellie's mother and uncle were born in Tennessee.Also, according to family tradition, one of the Cornetts was a Texas Ranger.
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Re: Cornette family fromTN & GA
Carolyn Canida 10/09/04