Cornelia Smith Sterrett

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CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Camd J Sterrett [Cornelia S Sterrett]
Age: 12
Birth Date: Apr 1888
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son [daughter]
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Mack M Sterrett
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Laura Sterrett
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Mack M Sterrett 32
Laura Sterrett 23 [33]
Cornelia S Sterrett 12
Reed Sterrett 10
Isabel Sterrett 9
Allie Sterrett 8
Frank Sterrett 6
Edward Sterrett 3
Mack M Sterrett 1
Margarett Jarvis 24 [servant]
Margarett Jarvis 11 months
Frank Jarvis 3

1920 Census
Name: Cornelia Bailey
Age: 33
Birth Year: abt 1887
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: Emporia, Greensville, Virginia
Street: Peach Tree St and Jefferson St
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Joseph Bailey
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Joseph Bailey 49
Cornelia Bailey 33
Nina Penn 28 [roomer]
Cornelia W Penn 1
Ben Harris 27

OBITUARY

Richmond Times-Dispatch; 28 April 1933

EMPORIA, Virginia April 27, Mrs. Cornelia Sterrett Bailey, 47 widow of James B. Bailey, died at her home here today, following a long illness. She is survived by her mother; Mrs. Laura Sterrett, two sisters, Mrs. A. S. Anderson of Vaden, North Carolina and Mrs. J. K. Davidson of Lexington, four brothers, Frank Sterrett of Emporia, F. H. Sterrett of Montgomery, W. Virginia, M. M. Sterrett of Brownsburg and T. W. Sterrett of Atlanta, Ga.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church here, with the Rev. R. E. Watts officiating. Burial will be in the Emporia Cemetery.


Buried:
Grave location, obituary and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=65380962

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
Name: Cornelia S Bailey
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 47
Birth Date: abt 1886
Death Date: 27 Apr 1933
Death Place: Greensville, Virginia
Registration Date: 2 May 1933
Father: Mack M Sterrett
Mother: Annie L Smith

Cornelia married Joseph Benjamin Bailey. Joseph was born 02 Nov 1870, Emporia, VA; died 20 Feb 1927, Emporia, Greensville Co. VA; was buried , Emporia Cemetery, Emporia, VA. [Group Sheet]