Person:Elizabeth Cornelius (3)

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Elizabeth Cornelius
b.5 Apr 1813 Illinois
d.3 Mar 1886 Cass County, Texas
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Name Elizabeth Cornelius
Gender Female
Birth? 5 Apr 1813 Illinois
Marriage 22 Dec 1831 Jonesborough, Miller County, Arkansas(8 or 9 children) Jonesborough was considered part of the Wavell Colony in 1831, and is so marked on contemporary maps.
to Isaac Hite Fishback
Census[1] 1860 Titus County, Texas
Census[2] 1870 Titus County, Texas
Death? 3 Mar 1886 Cass County, TexasSome sources say she died 1891. Probably buried in the Fishback family cemetery (about .2 mile off County Road 915, near the intersection with FM 71) , which apparently still existed at the time of Lynch Harper's survey of Titus County cemeteries in the 1950s, but no markers remain and its exact location is now lost.

See appears on the "Register of Families" for colonial Texas in the family of her father, Daniel Cornelius, 1822.

References
  1. Titus, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 180, dwelling/family 185/185.

    Fishback, T. D. C. [Charles] 24 yrs Farmer (real estate = $11,466; personal estate = $8,890) b. Texas
    Fishback, Elizabeth 47 yrs b. Illinois
    Fishback, Zarilda 19 yrs b. Texas
    Fishback, William 16 yrs Day Laborer b. Texas
    Fishback, Martha 12 yrs Attended School b. Texas
    Broad, Joseph 27 yrs Day Laborer b. Indiana

  2. Titus, Texas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 116A, dwelling/family 1466/1466.

    Fishback, Elizabeth 56 yrs Keeping House (real estate = $500; personal estate = $350) b. Illinois
    Fishback, William 26 yrs Farmer (real estate = $160; personal estate = $200) b. Texas
    Fishback, Louisa 22 yrs Keeping House b. Switzerland
    Fishback, High [m] 1 yr b. Texas

    Note: Louisa & High are William's wife & son.