Born in Prince William County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Mantraville Melvin Cornwell
and Anne Elizabeth (Posey) Cornwell
Sister of
George W Cornwell, Mary Frances Cornwell, Edgar Montraville Cornwell, Mattie L Cornwell, Martha Jane Cornwell, Harrison Mosby Cornwell, Hamior M Cornwell, Luther Melton Cornwell, Robert W Cornwell, Mollie Virginia (Cornwell) Barbee, Ida A Cornwell and Ella Cornwell
Wife of
Thomas Posey
— married
8 Jun 1873 in Prince William, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Alice Ann Posey, Ashel Posey, William Edward Posey, Henry Melton Posey, Annie Irene Posey, Arthur Raymond Posey, Emma Agnes Posey, Randolph Elton Posey and Myrtle E Posey
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jan 2015
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Biography
Cordelia was born in 1856. Cordelia Cornwell passed away in 1939.
Sources
- Mentioned in the record of James M Tarr and Saranda Elledge, from Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007. Name: Cordelia Cornwell, Sex: Female, Son: James, Name: James M Tarr, Marriage Registration Date: 18 Jan 1899, Place: Orange, Indiana, United States, Gender: Male, Mother's Name: Cordelia Cornwell, Spouse's Name: Saranda Elledge, Spouse's Residence Place: French Lick, Spouse's Gender: Female, Spouse's Race: White, Page: 10, Record Number: 14, Number of Images: 1
- "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZCZ-6VS : 10 December 2017), Cordelia Cornwell in entry for James M Tarr and Saranda Elledge, 18 Jan 1899; citing Orange, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014454.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cordelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cordelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cordelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cordelia:
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Michael Pearson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A639854 [compare], Ancestry member yminoh
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~3.12%
~25.00%
Jason Scott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A555620 [compare], Ancestry member yminoh
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