This post may seem light on facts, but the women aren't exactly easy to find. Most of what I know about this family was stated in a previous post about her husband. Note: My DNA shows that I match the other 8 members of her DNA Circle on Ancestry. Pretty impressive but then I should match them. Wish the others were so easy.
Nancy Blackwood was born April 27, 1829 in Blount County, Alabama to Isaac and Mary Jones Blackwood on their farm. She grew up next door to the Cornelius Clan and on June 4, 1845 she married Cargil Cornelius (See earlier blog post). Together they had the following children:
- "Zion" B. Cornelius (1845 -1916); married Lucinda J. Keen
- "Isaac" R. Cornelius (1848-1886); married Margrett Barbara Speegle
- Ellender "Ellen" Cornelius (1851-1900); married Eldridge Berry
- "William" Cargill Cornelius (1852-1908); married Mary Elizabeth Patrick
- Seaborn Cornelius (1855-1915); married Rebecca Adeline McGuire
- Rufus J. Cornelius "R.J." (1857-1926); married Nancy Melcina McGuire
- Mary Malinda "Lyddia" Cornelius (1860-1928); married George "Washington" Brown
- Manerva "Nerva"Eliza Cornelius (1862-1939); married George "Corup" Dailey
- James "Elbert" Cornelius (1863-1920); married Nancy R. Latta
- "John" Sherman Cornelius (1864-1928); married Susan Virginia "Jennie" Copeland
- "Emily" Caroline Cornelius (1867-1948); married David "Lee" Brown
- Margett "Louiza" Cornelius (1869-1961); married Joseph C. Bentley
On March 14, 1887 Nancy began collecting a Widow's Pension for her husband's service.
Her Death Notice appears on Thursday, July 11, 1895 in the "Blount County News and Dispatch" and states as follows:
"Near Cleveland, Ala., July 4th, 1895, suddenly, of heart disease, Mrs. Nancy Cornelius, aged about 70 years. For the past 25 years she had been a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist church."
She was buried alongside her husband in Daily's Chapel Cemetery in Rosa, Blount County, Alabama.
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