Thank you so very much for the information. I believe his wife is buried beside him in Concord. I have and elderly aunt that said she was going to put a marker on her grave. My grandparents are buried beside him as well. They are John and Ida Cornelius. Thank you again. -----Original Message----- From: alblount-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alblount-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bobwonda@hiwaay.net Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:49 PM To: alblount@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALBLOUNT] Eli Cornelius/Margaret Lowery At the risk of stealing my Bro's thunder, I have some information at hand regarding Eli Cornelius, and his wife. Eli Cornelius was recorded on the 1907 Marshall County Confederate Census where he reported he was born in Apr 1843 at Blountsville. He served in Company C of the 6th Alabama. On her Confederate widow's pension application, his widow, Martha Cornelius reported her husband died 3 Oct 1910; she claimed she was born 23 Sep 1847 at Nixon's Chapel or McLarty in Blount County, daughter of Samuel Lowery who she reported died 23 Jan 1892 at McClarty. Martha variously reported her birthyear (1847, 1848, 1851) which caused a problem with the pension board when she neared her 80th birthday and became eligible for reclassification. She also reported various marriage years (1867, 1871, 1873); Blount County marriage records reported the year 1872, to be exact, the date of marriage was 5 Dec 1872. Martha reported Eli enlisted in the army at John Gilbreath's farm in Blount County and was discharged at Corinth, Mississippi because of bad health; application witnesses included J.I. Morton, John A. Gilbreath, and C.C. Cornelius, all of Marshall County; pension was originally approved, but disallowed when the rolls were reexamined in 1913 and the name Eli Cornelius was not found. Martha later secured the affidavit of Mrs. Jane Gilbreath in support of her application for reinstatment: State of Alabama, Marshall County: In re charge #4178, Mrs. Margaret Cornelius, widow of Eli Cornelius. Before me J.H. Owley, Judge of Probate in and for said state and county personally appeared Mrs. Jane Gilbreath who upon being duly sworn deposes and says she knew Eli Cornelius before and during the war that he was a member of Co. C, 6th Reg. that her husband Mr. John Gilbreath deceased was in the same Co. & Reg. The said Eli Cornelius was a poor orphan boy in the community when the war broke out and he enlisted in above Co. & Reg. and served some time but just how long I have forgotten. He was always a little weakly pale fellow & was never able for duty & he was discharged & he came back hom & came to my house & stayed with me until after the surrender & after my husband came home & I know the said Eli Cornelius did service & never deserted, but received a discharge at Corinth, Miss the latter part of 1864. (signed x her mark) Mrs. Jane Gilbreath. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of Nov 1914, J.H. Owley (?) Judge of Probate General Ferguson ruled for the Pension Bureau on 11 Nov 1914: Mrs. Cornelius offers the affidavit of Mrs. Jane Gilbreath and corroborating circumstances which how that her husband Eli Cornelius served well and faithfully in Company C, 6th Alabama Cavalry and I report that she is eligible to a pension. Jane Gilbreath was wife of John A. Gilbreath, who was first a cavalryman in Lewis' Battalion Alabama Cavalry before he transferred to Eli's Company. The 6th Alabama was part of General Roddy's command. John died in 21 Feb 1914 before Martha had a chance to get an eyewitness affidavit from him, so she had no choice but to get one from Jane. As a veteran, John Gilbreath's affidavit would have carried more weight, but ultimately Ferguson ruled in favor of the widow Cornelius based on Jane's testimony. Jane Gilbreath died in 1917. John and Jane Gilbreath are buried in the Gilbreath Cemetery just inside the Blount County line from Marshall. As Mr. Haney pointed out, Eli Cornelius is buried in the Concord Cemetery just over the Blount County line near Douglas. Apparently, Martha survived him many years. Maybe as late as 1930. I could not locate a monument for Martha. Did I overlook it? >Have some info on this couple provided to me by Robin Sterling. I think >it's a CW widower's pension. Will try to locate it > David H. Lowery > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALBLOUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message