Cornelia (Becknell) Wilson (1856 - 1914)

Born 13 Oct 1856 in Mariposa County, California

Wife of Nathaniel Hogg Wilson — married 25 Mar 1879 in Merced, California

Died 23 Jan 1914 at age 57 in Merced, Merced County, California

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Biography

1870 United States Census, Township 3, Mariposa, California, Cornelia Barnett, age 13, birth year 1857, birthplace California, white, female, occupation: keeping house, household members: Joseph Barnett age 23, Cornelia Barnett age 13.

1880 United States Census, Merced, Merced, California, Cornelia Wilson, age 24, birth date abt. 1856, birthplace California, white, female, wife, married, spouse's name: Nathanial H. Wilson, Father's birthplace Missouri, Mother's birthplace Ohio, occupation: keeping house, household members: Nathaniel H. Wilson age 33, Cornelia Wilson age 24, Lela Barnett age 6.

1900 United States Census, Township 2, Merced, California, Cornelia Wilson, age 43, birth date 10/1856, birthplace California, white, female, wife, married, spouse's name: Nathaniel Wilson, marriage year 1880, years married 20, Father's birthplace Missouri, Mother's birthplace Ohio, household members: Nathaniel Wilson age 53, Cornelia Wilson age 43, Lela Wilson age 25, Helen Wilson age 10.

1910 United States Census, North West Merced, Merced, California, Cornellia Wilson, age 52, birth year 1858, birthplace California, white, female, wife, married, spouse's name: N.H. Wilson, Father's birthplace Missouri, Mother's birthplace Ohio, household members: N.H. Wilson age 62, Cornellia Wilson age 52.

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, Cornelia Becknell, female, marriage age 23, birth date 1856, birthplace California, married on 03/25/1879 in Merced, California, spouse: Nathaniel H. Wilson.

California, Death Index, 1905-1939, Cornelia Wilson, birth year 1858, death date 01/23/1914, age at death: 56, death place: Merced, California.

From Find A Grave website: - Contributed by Terry Chaffee, December, 2020, Cornelia Becknell was born on 10/13/1856, possibly in the Ben Hur area of Mariposa County, California. Her father John Calhoun Becknell was 39 and her mother Electa Stowell Morris was 33. Cornelia married Flavious Josephus S. Barnett at a very young age and they one daughter together named Lela Barnett. Cornelia later married Nathaniel Hogg Wilson and they had three children together and only one, Helen, lived to maturity. Buried at Merced Cemetery, Merced, Merced County, California.

Sources

Ancestry.com:

1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Census.

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980.

California, Death Index, 1905-1939.

Find A Grave website: Memorial #28058242.