Russell
"Rupert"
Cornett
Born in Perry, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Cornett
and Rachel B. (Smith) Cornett
Brother of
John Cornett
Husband of
Millie (Combs) Cornett
— married
about 1872 in Kentucky, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Jason Braxton Cornett, Sarah Elizabeth (Cornett) May, Rebecca (Cornett) Combs, Martha Ellen (Cornett) Combs and William E Cornett
Died
at about age 58
in Perry, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Oct 2015
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Biography
Russell Cornett (John, William Sr., David, James C. Sr., John1) was born about 1840 in Perry, KY. Nickname: Rupert. DEATH 1899 (aged 58–59) BURIAL Cornett Cemetery Carr fork, Perry County, Kentucky
Russell married Allie Amburgey
Russell married Milley Combs. Milley was born about 1838 in Perry, KY.[1]
Children of Russell
Jason Braxton Cornett was born on 14 Sep 1873 in Perry, KY.163
William Cornett was born about 1877 in Perry, KY.
Ambrose Cornett 1861–1917
Sarah ELizabeth Cornett May (1876–1966)
Rebecca Cornett Combs was born about 1880 in Perry, KY. –1959
Martha Ellen Cornett Combswas born about 1884 in Perry, KY. –1938
William L. Cornett 1887–1955 (possibly listed twice)
Russell Cornett was a soldier in the Civil War
Col. Ben E. Caudill Camp No. 1629, SVC, Co. B, "13th Kentucky Calvary, CSA[2],[3],[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1880 Federal Census, 30 Jun 1880, Perry, KY. 337; 1900 Federal Census, 11 Jun 1900, Perry, KY. 338; 1910 Federal Census, 10 Apr 1910, Perry, KY. 339; 1920 Federal Census, 17 Jan 1920, Perry, KY. 340
- ↑ 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry 13th Cavalry Regiment [also called 10th and 11th Regiment Mounted Infantry] was assembled at Abingdon, Virginia. It was assigned to the Department of East Tennessee and later the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee. The unit confronted the Federals in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, and on April 27, 1865, surrendered at Louisa, Kentucky. The field officers were Colonel Benjamin E. Caudill, Lieutenant Colonel D.J. Caudill, and Major John T. Chenoweth.
- ↑ http://yeahpot.com/military/13thcsaroster.html
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/13th_Regiment,_Kentucky_Cavalry_(Confederate)
- Find A Grave: Russell Cornett
- Col. Ben E. Caudill Camp No. 1629, SVC "13th Kentucky Calvary, CSA: Caudill's Army" Self Published, Whitesburg, KY 2013, Page 156
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Russell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Russell:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Russell by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Russell:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Mark Carroll 
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~1.56%
Clyde Baker :
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~1.17%
Polly (Holbrooks) Sizemore :
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jonathan Hillman :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Kerry Langdon :
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~0.78%
Winona Lunsford :
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~0.78%
Glen Terry :
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~0.78%
William Lunsford :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Evelyn (Frye) Resler :
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~0.39%
Daniel Canter :
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~0.39%
Harold Franklin :
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Mark Carroll
Russell is my great grandfather by his first wife Ailey Amburgey and their daughter Sarah Elizabeth Cornett. I look very much like Russell
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