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Elijah Shumate Cornwell 1803–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1803

Birth Location: Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 2 Oct 1879

Death Location: Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA

Father: Silas Callison

Mother: Sarah Cornwell

Spouse(s): Clarissa Meadows

Children(s): Jiles McDaniel

Elijah Shumate Cornwell was born in 1803 in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA, the child of Silas Shumate Callison And Sarah Cornwell. Elijah Shumate Cornwell married Clarissa Massie Meadows, and had children including Jiles Samuel Shumate Mcdaniel. Elijah Shumate Cornwell passed away in 1879 in Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Shumate Cornwell was born in 1803 in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA, the child of Silas Shumate Callison And Sarah Cornwell.
  • Elijah Shumate Cornwell married Clarissa Massie Meadows, and had children including Jiles Samuel Shumate Mcdaniel.
  • Elijah Shumate Cornwell passed away in 1879 in Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Silas Callison
1778–1863
Birth Location: Bedford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
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Sarah Cornwell
1788–1860
Birth Location: Rich Creek, Giles, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Clarissa Meadows
1816–
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Jiles McDaniel
1850–1935
Birth Location: Coalton, Jackson, Ohio, USA
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Elijah Cornwell's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Cornwell
1803–1879
Birth Place: Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA
Parents
Silas Shumate Callison
1778–1863
Bedford, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Sarah Cornwell
1788–1860
Rich Creek, Giles, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Cornwell's Descendants

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Elijah (Shumate) Cornwell (1803–2 Oct 1879) m. Clarissa (Massie) Meadows (1816–)
  1. 1. Jiles (Samuel Shumate) McDaniel 1850–1935 m. Cinderella (Vanmeter) Clarkson 1854–1916
    1. 1. Joseph (Sylvester) Shumate 1877–1973 m. Cecelia Perry 1885–1944
      1. 1. Myrtle (Della) Shumate 1901–1960 m. Dewey (D) Gilloghly 1898–1990
        1. 1. Granville (Dewey) Gillogly 1924–1989 m. Avonell (Lenora Huston) Orr 1935–1992
        2. 2. Nellie (Myrtle) Gillogly 1922–2014 m. Charlie Ashmen 1923–2014
        3. 3. Mildred (Ascella) Gillogly 1920–2007 m. Jack (Childers) Goodall 1922–2013
        4. 4. George (Dewitt) Gillogly 1928–1961
        5. 5. Joseph (Henry) Gillogly 1925– m. Phyllis Gillogly 1928–2012

Elijah Cornwell's Timeline

2 Records

1803
1803
Birth of Elijah Shumate Cornwell in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA
Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA
1879
2 Oct 1879
Age 76
Death of Elijah Shumate Cornwell in Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1803
    Event Place: Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Oct 1879
    Event Place: Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, USA
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