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Margaret Christena Cornwell 1917–1984 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Feb 1917

Birth Location: Ohio, United States of America

Death Date: 24 Dec 1984

Death Location: South Salem, Ross County, Ohio, United States of America

Father: John Cornwell

Mother: Edith Gibson

Spouse(s): Robert Sowers, Wallace Burris

Children(s): Roger Burris, Richard Sowers

The story of Margaret Christena Cornwell began in 1917 in Ohio, United States of America. Margaret Christena Cornwell married Don Hafer, Robert Fay Sowers, Wallace Burris, and had children including Donald Eugene Sowers, Linda Sue Sowers, Richard Carroll Sowers, Roger Lee Burris. Margaret Christena Cornwell passed away in 1984 in South Salem, Ross County, Ohio, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Christena Cornwell began in 1917 in Ohio, United States of America.
  • Margaret Christena Cornwell married Don Hafer, Robert Fay Sowers, Wallace Burris, and had children including Donald Eugene Sowers, Linda Sue Sowers, Richard Carroll Sowers, Roger Lee Burris.
  • Margaret Christena Cornwell passed away in 1984 in South Salem, Ross County, Ohio, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

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Margaret Cornwell's Ancestors

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Margaret Cornwell
1917–1984
Birth Place: Ohio, United States of America
Parents
John J Cornwell
1876–1959
Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States of America
Edith Gibson
1880–1969
Pike County, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Charles (William "Charley") Cornwell
1841–1889
Kentucky, USA
Clarinda (Nichols) Gibson
1851–1912
Wolfe County, Kentucky
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cornwell
1816–1880
Margaret McClain
1820–1871
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Archibald Jr
1795–1871
Comfort Sexton
1798–1851

Margaret Cornwell's Descendants

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Margaret (Christena) Cornwell (21 Feb 1917–24 Dec 1984) m. Robert (Fay) Sowers (2 Aug 1909–29 Jul 1972) m. Wallace Burris (21 Jan 1912–9 Dec 1933)
  1. 1. Roger (Lee) Burris 1934–1995 m. Patricia (Mae) Frazier 1939–2004
  2. 2. Richard (Carroll) Sowers 1942–1986

Margaret Cornwell's Timeline

3 Records

1917
21 Feb 1917
Birth of Margaret Christena Cornwell in Ohio, United States of America
Ohio, United States of America
1982
21 Jul 1982
Age 65
Margaret Christena Cornwell was married
None
1984
24 Dec 1984
Age 67
Death of Margaret Christena Cornwell in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, United States of America
Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Feb 1917
    Event Place: Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1982
    Record Source: Ohio, U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Ohio Obituary Index, 1830s to 2011

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Dec 1984
    Event Place: Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: South Salem, Ross County, Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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