WTC 2023 Work Space 4 Interesting Finds

Date: 16 Feb 2023 to 23 Feb 2023

Contents 1 Interesting Finds 1.1 Ellen (Barrett) Cornett 1.2 Miles C. Haney 1.3 Dolly (Epps) Burn 1.4 Alice (Moorman) Wells 1.5 Ned Mason 1.6 Turner Robert Malone 1.7 Louis McGill 2 Not Yet Sorted 3 Connections to each other 4 More Notable Connections 5 Military

Interesting Finds

This is for Challenge 4 (Challenge 4 Space Page)

Ellen (Barrett) Cornett

1. ✅ The Freedmen's Bureau documented a contract of employment between Ellen (Barrett) Cornett (1842-1915) and John H Cornett (abt.1810-1887) in 1866 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. The terms were $40/year and board for Ellen's four year old son Jeff Barrett. The contract was renewed in 1867; but the names were crossed out as if the contract was not finalized. Ellen, at least, had apparently moved about 125 miles to Faulkner County in 1867, because she had a child (Robert) born to a resident there in 1868. Another child was born in 1869, father unknown. Meanwhile, John Cornett also moved to Faulkner County between 1867-1868. He married the widow of a neighbor there in 1869 (Mary). In the 1870 census, John, his new wife Mary, Ellen, and her three children were living under one roof in Faulkner County, Arkansas. Ellen later had at least two children with John before 1880. She does not appear in the 1880 Census in John and Mary's home, nor are she and her children found anywhere else in that census.
2. ✅Duplicate starting people Dolly (Epps) Burns (abt.1830-) was one of 74 people that Richard Lynch enslaved in 1860. She is only 15 degrees from Marian Elina Anderson (1897-1993), who was the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, and a respected Civil Rights activist. In the 1950s Marian was a goodwill ambassador for the US and a presidentially-appointed delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Coincidentally, Ellen (Barrett) Cornett (1842-1915) is only 12 degrees from Marian.

Miles C. Haney

1. ✅ Miles C. Haney was born into slavery in 1830 in Tennessee. Neither he, nor his wife, who was born into slavery in Mississippi, knew where their parents were from. Miles is only 23 degrees from Abraham Lincoln, the United States President that led the Union during the Civil War.

Dolly (Epps) Burn

1. ✅Duplicate starting people Dolly (Epps) Burns (abt.1830-) was one of 74 people that Richard Lynch enslaved in 1860. She is only 15 degrees from Marian Elina Anderson (1897-1993), who was the first African-American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, and a respected Civil Rights activist. In the 1950s Marian was a goodwill ambassador for the US and a presidentially-appointed delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Coincidentally, Ellen (Barrett) Cornett (1842-1915) is only 12 degrees from Marian.
2. ✅ Duplicate starting people Julia Mattie Hooks Hampton and her husband had 22 children. Eight preceded her in death. Julia is 5 degrees from starting ancestor Louis McGill and 33 degrees from Dolly (Epps) Burns.

Alice (Moorman) Wells

1. ✅ Henry Moorman (abt.1840-1871), the father of Alice (Moorman) Wells was identified from his will. It also mentions several of Alice's siblings. Henry left Alice her mother's chest, a spinning wheel, a kitchen table, a slab, a bedstead and bed, and the household furniture.
2. Sidney Wells, son of Alice (Moorman) Wells (abt.1865-aft.1910), served in the US Army during World War I
3. ✅ Alice (Moorman) Wells is only 7 degrees from Founder Charles Richard Patterson, the only African American Automaker. Charles was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2021, 111 years after his death. He was born into slavery in Virginia in 1833. Family legend has it that C.R., his parents, and his 3 brothers swam across the Ohio River in 1840.

Ned Mason

1. ✅ Rebecca Delbridge, who is 5 degrees from Ned Mason, died in 1936 from pellagra. Pellagra was so pervasive in the Southern United States that the U.S. Congress asked the Surgeon General to investigate the disease. In 1914 Joseph Goldberger discovered pellagra was caused by malnutrition rather than infection, and that it was prevalent among poor people subsisting on cornbread and molasses. Indigenous American peoples traditionally process corn with limewater when making tortillas, hominy or posole, and other foods. This essential step was omitted by European- and African-Americans. While many grains contain niacin (Vitamin B3), the niacin in corn is "bound" in a form that is hard to absorb. This missing nutrient was discovered by Conrad Elvehjem in 1937, the year after Rebecca's death. By the mid-century, bread and cereals were routinely fortified with niacin.
2. ✅ Above info changed - combined Rebecca Delbridge, who is 5 degrees from Ned Mason, died in 1936 from pellagra. Rebecca is 22 degrees from Joseph Goldberger, who discovered the disease was caused by malnutrition and 39 degrees from Conrad Arnold Elvehjem, who discovered it was caused by a niacin deficiency.
3. ✅ Ned Mason (1903-1967) is a member of The Great Migration,https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Great_Migration_%28African-American%29. His journey took him from Henrico, North Carolina to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Proctor-1924.
4. 5 degrees from Ned Mason (1903-1967) is Ernest Anderson (1917-1928) a 10 year old school boy who died following a hit from an auto mobile in 1928

Turner Robert Malone

1. ✅ Turner "Buck" Malone's pension file had this awesome family story that was written by one of his daughters: Image 174: "Mary Jones was an Indian baby found in the woods of Alexandria City VA by a white man by the name of Mr. Tom Lynch. She grew up in Mr. Lynch's home. She had one daughter Eliza who also was given to his sister (Mrs. Rowell) she grew up and married a free Negro John Wiliams. They had three sons, namely John, Augmon and Turner. Grandmother Eliza was sold with her three sons for debt to Bill Malone in Fayette County Georgia. My father Turner was six weeks old. They grew up as slaves of Bill Malone ran away and joined Sherman in his march to the sea....Augmon got killed. John stopped in Scriven County and did not try to find his mother and brothers until just before he died in 1899."
2. ✅ Duplicate starting people Turner "Buck" Malone's was born into slavery around 1840. He ran away in 1864 to join Company G of the 136th U.S. Colored Infantry. Turner is 16 degrees from Charles Henry Alston, who created a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. for the White House, and 25 degrees from Prince E. Edwards who deserted after being forced into the Confederate Army and also joined the 136th U.S. Colored Infantry. Louis McGill, another starting ancestor, is 29 degrees from Charles!
3. ✅ William Buggs was killed in an elevator accident in 1944, suffering a fractured skull. (2 generations from Turner Malone. William is Turner's grandson)
4. Military Sergeant John Henry Malone (1868-1942), son of Turner Robert Malone I (abt.1844-1910) (1 degree), was a life-long member of the famed Buffalo Soldiers. He began his service prior to the Spanish-American War and served until after the close of World War I, at least.
5. Military Samuel Malone (1895-1918) (2 degrees) was a private in the US Army during World War I. He was killed in France 1 October 1918. He was the grandson of Turner Robert Malone I. He was also the nephew of SGT John Henry Malone.

Louis McGill

1. ✅ Bertha Scott Hooks, great-granddaughter of Louis McGill died suddenly in 1961 of cerebral hemorrhage during labor. She was in the Georgetown County, South Carolina Memorial Hospital.
2. ❌ A grandson of Louis McGill, Samuel McGill (abt.1912-1944), was shot and killed by a policeman in 1944. On the following day, a Coroner's Jury reported "That we the jury decided the said Sam McGill came to his death by pistol shot fired from policeman Daniel Coutu in self defense while in line of duty." No newspaper articles or other supporting records relating to this incident have yet been located. It would be interesting to find more information about what led to this tragic death.
3. ✅ John Turner Tisdale, a relative of Louis McGill, was born Bubber Turner Tisdale (1917-1953).
4. The 1880 Census of Agriculture shows that Louis McGill (abt.1832-abt.1913) was farming 17 acres of rented land and had one mule, a good bit less than the "40 acres and a mule" promised to freedmen by Union General Sherman during the final months of the Civil War.
5. ✅ Duplicate starting people Julia Mattie Hooks Hampton and her husband had 22 children. Eight preceded her in death. Julia is 5 degrees from starting ancestor Louis McGill and 33 degrees from Dolly (Epps) Burns.
6. Military Wesley Hooks, (1914-1988), 4 degrees from Louis McGill, served in the US Army during WWII.
7. Military Steve Hooks (1918-1988) served in the US Army (1942-1946), during WWII.
8. Military Norman McGill (1942-2018) served in the US army in the Vietnam war.
9. Military 6 degrees from Louis McGill: Jackson Monroe (1896-1956) - WWI
10. ✅ Duplicate starting people Turner "Buck" Malone's was born into slavery around 1840. He ran away in 1864 to join Company G of the 136th U.S. Colored Infantry. Turner is 16 degrees from Charles Henry Alston, who created a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. for the White House, and 25 degrees from Prince E. Edwards who deserted after being forced into the Confederate Army and also joined the 136th U.S. Colored Infantry. Louis McGill, another starting ancestor, is 29 degrees from Charles!

Not Yet Sorted

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Connections to each other

1. Ellen (Barrett) Cornett (1842-1915)
   • No cousins, 10 degrees from Sam Vicks, 15 degrees from Dolly Epps
2. Miles C. Haney (abt.1830-aft.1880)
   • No cousins, 24 degrees from Dolly Epps
3. Dolly (Epps) Burns (abt.1830-)
   • No cousins, 15 degrees from Ellen Barrett, 18 degrees from Turner Malone
4. Alice (Moorman) Wells (abt.1865-aft.1910)
   • No cousins, 27 degrees from Ellen Barrett
5. Ned Mason (1903-1967)
   • No cousins, 20 degrees from Dolly Epps
6. Turner Robert Malone I (abt.1844-1910)
   • No cousins, 18 degrees from Dolly Epps & 18 degrees from Ellen Barrett
7. Louis McGill (abt.1832-abt.1913)
   • No cousins, 29 degrees from Dolly Epps

More Notable Connections

1. ✅ Oya and Eddie Murphy are 25 degrees apart
2. ✅ Ellen Barrett and Thomas Ruffin (interviewee) are 4 degrees apart
3. ✅ Martin Luther King, Jr.'s connections

Military

1. ✅ Military Sergeant John Henry Malone (1868-1942), son of Turner Robert Malone I (abt.1844-1910) (1 degree), was a life-long member of the famed Buffalo Soldiers. He began his service prior to the Spanish-American War and served until after the close of World War I, at least.
2. ✅ Military Samuel Malone (1895-1918) (2 degrees) was a private in the US Army during World War I. He was killed in France 1 October 1918. He was the grandson of Turner Robert Malone I. He was also the nephew of SGT John Henry Malone.
3. ✅ Military Wesley Hooks, (1914-1988), 4 degrees from Louis McGill, served in the US Army during WWII.
4. ✅ Military Steve Hooks (1918-1988) served in the US Army (1942-1946), during WWII.
5. Military Norman McGill (1942-2018) served in the US army in the Vietnam war.
6. ✅ Military 6 degrees from Louis McGill: Jackson Monroe (1896-1956) - WWI