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Ira Ellis Cornelius 1786–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Apr 1786

Birth Location: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Death Date: 26 Mar 1862

Death Location: McNairy, Tennessee, United States

Father: Rowland IV

Mother: PHOEBE CorneliusWife

Spouse(s): Nancy McClure, Dorothy Shields, Dorothy Shields

Children(s): Wesley CORNELIUS

Ira Ellis Cornelius was born in 1786 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, the child of Rowland Cornelius Iv And Phoebe Corneliuswife. Ira Ellis Cornelius married Dorothy Shields, Ira P Cornelius, Nancy Ann Mcclure, and had children including Wesley Clement Cornelius. Ira Ellis Cornelius passed away in 1862 in McNairy, Tennessee, United States.

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Biography

  • Ira Ellis Cornelius was born in 1786 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, the child of Rowland Cornelius Iv And Phoebe Corneliuswife.
  • Ira Ellis Cornelius married Dorothy Shields, Ira P Cornelius, Nancy Ann Mcclure, and had children including Wesley Clement Cornelius.
  • Ira Ellis Cornelius passed away in 1862 in McNairy, Tennessee, United States.

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Ira Cornelius's Ancestors

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Ira Cornelius
1786–1862
Birth Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Parents
Rowland Cornelius IV
1750–1822
Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
PHOEBE CorneliusWife
1755–1790
South Carolina, United States
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Ira Cornelius's Descendants

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Ira (Ellis) Cornelius (17 Apr 1786–26 Mar 1862) m. Nancy (Ann) McClure (06 Nov 1786–30 Dec 1866) m. Dorothy Shields (1790–1823) m. Dorothy Shields (1790–1823)
  1. 1. Wesley (Clement) CORNELIUS 1818–1876 m. Elizabeth ((Eliza) Ann) McClure 1820–1877
    1. 1. Nancy (Ellen) Cornelius 1859–1938

Ira Cornelius's Timeline

2 Records

1786
17 Apr 1786
Birth of Ira Ellis Cornelius in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
1862
26 Mar 1862
Age 76
Death of Ira Ellis Cornelius in McNairy, Tennessee, United States
McNairy, Tennessee, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1786
    Event Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1862
    Event Place: McNairy, Tennessee, United States

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