Cornelia Battle Lewis (1893 - 1956)

Born 28 May 1893 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 26 Nov 1956 at age 63 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Research Notes

Her mother was Mary Gordon Lewis, who died when Nell was three years old. She was named for her father's first wife, Cornelia Battle, and raised in the home of her father's third wife, Annie Blackwell Lewis.

Sources

• Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press.
• The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.), 07 Oct. 1932. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025812/1932-10-07/ed-1/seq-3/>
• The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.), 24 May 1929. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025812/1929-05-24/ed-1/seq-8/>
• The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 20 Sept. 1935. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92073229/1935-09-20/ed-1/seq-2/>
• The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 30 Nov. 1956. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92073229/1956-11-30/ed-1/seq-2/>
• Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.), 19 May 1938. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91068401/1938-05-19/ed-1/seq-5/>

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q26309621
• FamilySearch Person: L2F6-PK2
• https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/lewis-nell-cornelia