Ella May (Harris) Cornelius (1860 - 1929)

Born 4 Aug 1860 in Eagle, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Franklin Cornelius — married 23 Aug 1880 in Red River, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1929 at age 68 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma

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Biography

Ella was Choctaw.

Ella May was born in 1860 to Lorenzo G. Harris and Elizabeth (Pitchlynn) Harris in Eagle County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States.

She married Benjamin Franklin Cornelius 23 Aug 1880 in Red River, Texas, United States. Children of Ella and Benjamin:

1. Anna May Cornelius 1882–1970
2. Maud Cornelius 1883–1893
3. Emmet Dewitt Cornelius 1885–1958
4. Lorenzo Franklin Cornelius 1887–1921
5. Willie Marcus Cornelius 1888–1908
6. Bessie Irene Cornelius 1892–1972
7. Jesse Pitchlynn Cornelious 1894–1932
8. Oliver Holmes Cornelius 1897–1950

Dawes Census Card^[1]

Tribe:	Choctaw
Card No:	1692 OHS or Fold3($)
Roll No:	4761
Approved:	Citizen by Blood
Approved Year:	1902
Relationship to Head:	Wife

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She passed away in 1929.

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives/Dawes Rolls NARA M1186. These enrollment cards are a census-like listing for members of five Native American tribes, 1898-1914.

• "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2M4-GY9 : 22 January 2020), E. M. Harris in entry for Frank Cornelius, 1880.

• "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1H2-RZZM : 16 April 2021), Ella May Cornelius, United States; citing Census, NARA microfilm publication M595. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967.

• "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HS-9PW4 : 10 March 2018), Ella M Cornelius, 1899-1907; citing Oklahoma, United States, tribe or clan Choctaws by Blood Roll, file Pacific County Probate Estate Files., National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTS-49X : 11 March 2022), Ella M Cornelious in entry for Benjaman F Cornelious, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7L-L9W : accessed 23 January 2023), Ella M Cornelius in household of Benjamin F Cornelius, Wynnewood Ward 2, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 3A, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1252; FHL microfilm 1,375,265.

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #44445433