Born about in Alabama, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Madison Franklin Cornelius
— married
11 May 1841 in Blount Co., AL
Descendants 
Mother of
John Henry Cornelius and Doctor C Cornelius
Died about
at about age 50
in Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2010
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Biography
America was born about 1830. She passed away about 1880.
Sources
- "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DQ-BS4H : 22 July 2021), Madison Cornelius and America Gately, 11 May 1841; citing Blount, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 835,118.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VS-V86 : 13 January 2022), America Cornelius in household of Madison Cornelius, Election Precinct 13 Rock Spring, Marshall, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 258, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKQQ-PFV : 11 January 2021), America Little in entry for Andy Cornelius, 1938.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with America 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 America:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with America 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 America:
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~6.25%
Ovella (White) Edmonds
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