Cora (Morgan) Balsley (1879 - 1969)

Born 2 Jun 1879 in West Virginia

Ancestors

Daughter of Charles Morgan and Octavia (Lemmons) Morgan

Wife of Oran Balsley — married 10 Apr 1915 in Upshur, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1969 at age 90 in Ellenboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia

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Biography

Cora (Morgan) Balsley was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia.

Cora was born in 1879. ^[1] She is the daughter of Charles Morgan and Octavia Lemmons.

Her first husband was Jesse Milroy Martin.

Cora married Oran Balsley in 1915. ^[2]

She passed away in 1969. ^[3] Cora is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X555-4LN : 7 December 2018), Cora Morgan Balsley, 02 Jun 1879; citing Palace Valley, Randolph, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,459. Delayed Birth Certificate issued in 1941.
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTYN-DBC : 11 February 2018), Onie Balsley and Cora Martin, 1915; citing Upshur, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 816,192.
3. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMWJ-Z3G : 7 December 2018), Cora Balsley, 02 Oct 1969; citing Ritchie, West Virginia, County Records, 15838, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,291.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33007458/cora-balsley : accessed 03 July 2022), memorial page for Cora Morgan Balsley (2 Jun 1879–2 Oct 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33007458, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Karen Stewart (contributor 46908947). Find A Grave: Memorial #1234

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Stewart and D.B., her . Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Morgan and Octavia Lemmons, the great great grandparents of Karen Stewart and grandparents of D.B.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 102 cM (1.367%) across 6 segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Karen Stewart and D.B., her . Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Morgan and Octavia Lemmons, the great great grandparents of Karen Stewart and grandparents of D.B.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 102 cM (1.367%) across 6 segments.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZZ-WZ5 : accessed 25 November 2020), Cora Morgan in household of Charles Morgan, Middle Fork district, Randolph, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 9B, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,771.
• "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia; Roll: 4759; Sheet Number: 27; Enumeration District: 49-13
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #36743599 (accessed 26 June 2022)
  Cora Balsley (70), wife, in household of Oran Balsley (80) in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, USA. Born in West Virginia.