Twelfth Generation

1112. Lawrence Burman CORNELIUS was born on 20 January 1906 in Garrard County, Kentucky. He died on 6 December 1976 at the age of 70 in Garrard County, Kentucky.

1930 Census. Kirksville, Madison Co, KY, Hh 153
Kentucky River Pike
Burman Cornelius, 24, married at 19, farmer
Cora, wife, 22, married at 17
Jessie F., dau, 2
Willie P., son, 11 months

1940 Census. Garrard Co, KY, Hh 331
Sugar Creek - lived in same place in 1935
Burnam Cornelius, 33, laborer, WPA
Cora, wife, 31
Jesse F., dau, 12
Willie P. son, 10
Donald, son, 8
Anna, dau, 7
Cecil, son, 6
Bobby James, son, 4
J. T., son, 2
Mildred, dau, 9 months

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
Burnam Cornelius of RFD 1, Lancaster, Garrard Co KY was age 33, b. Jackson Co, KY. Mrs. Cora Cornelius, wife, would always known his address. Employed by the WPA, Garrard. 5'9", 150 lb. brown hair.

Lawrence Burman CORNELIUS and Cora Ella GILLIAM were married in 1925. Cora Ella GILLIAM was born in 1908 in Garrard County, Kentucky. She died on 9 August 1967 at the age of 59 in Garrard County, Kentucky.

Lawrence Burman CORNELIUS and Cora Ella GILLIAM had the following children:

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Jessie Frances CORNELIUS was born on 7 January 1928 in Garrard County, Kentucky. She died on 24 January 2009 at the age of 81 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana.

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Lois P. CORNELIUS was born on 15 June 1948 in Garrard County, Kentucky. She died on 21 June 1969 at the age of 21 in Garrard County, Kentucky.

3 in Family Die in Wreck on US 27
Three members of a Danville family were killed in an automobile accident early yesterday morning in Garrard County.
State police identified them as Everett Sebastian, Jr., 23; his wife Lois, 21, and their 2-year-old son, Wayne.
Two other Sebastian children in the car, Jeffrey, 5, and Danny Joe, 3, were injured. They were admitted to Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington.
Officers said the car, driven by Sebastian, went out of control and ran off U.S. 27, striking a cliff near Camp Nelson.
The bodies of Mr. & Mrs. Sebastian and the child were taken to Ramsey Funeral Home, Lancaster.

Rites Are Held For 3 Victims of Car Wreck
Lancaster. Funeral services for Everett O'Neal Sebastian, Jr., 23, his wife, Lois Cornelius Sebastian, 21, and their younges son, Charles Wayne Sebastian, two and a half ears old, all of whom were killed when they were thrown from their car when it went out of control at 2:45 am Saturday on U.S. 27 near Camp Nelson, 12 miles north of Lancaster, were conducted at 2 pm today at Ramsey Funeral Hom here. Burial was in the Lancaster Cemetery.
Two other Sebastian children, Jeffrey O'Neal, five, and Danny Joe, three and a half years old, who were also injured in the accident and taken to Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, were released later on Saturday.
...Sebastian was the son of Everott O'Neal Sebastian Sr., of Garrard County.

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[Daughter] CORNELIUS (private).