Born in Viola, Fulton, Arkansas, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Benton Watson
and Mary Jenatte (Foster) Watson
Wife of
Oscar Curtis Billings
— married
3 Mar 1909 in Viola, Fulton, Arkansas
Descendants 
Mother of
Offie Billings, [private daughter (1900s - 1980s)], Ruby Silvia Billings and Hazel Doris Billings
Died
at age 91
in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Feb 2015
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Biography
She was a member of the Viola Methodist Church in Viola, Fulton, Arkansas.
Cora is buried in the Byron Cemetery, Viola, Fulton, Arkansas, next to her husband, Oscar Billings.
- Fact: Residence (1900) ED 25 Fulton Township Viola town, Fulton, Arkansas, United States
- Fact: Residence (1910) Cleveland, Fulton, Arkansas, United States
- Fact: Residence (1920) Fulton, Arkansas, United States
- Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
- Fact: Residence (1940) Mitchell, Fulton, Arkansas, United States
- Fact: Burial Byron, Fulton County, Arkansas, United States of America
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 January 2022, 15:07), entry for Cora May Watson (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LK6H-5RX ); contributed by various users.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLS-RB7 : accessed 10 April 2018), Cora? Billings in household of Oscar Billings, Cleveland, Fulton, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 4B, line 94, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 74; FHL microfilm 2,339,809.
- a copy of the Marriage certificate owned by Gail Baker Williams.
- a copy of Cora Billings death certificate is owned by Gail Baker Williams.
- census records
- Watson Family Bible.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cora 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 Cora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cora 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 Cora:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Gail (Baker) Williams 
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