Cora Della Ellis1,2

F, #7753, b. 29 July 1871, d. 30 March 1961
Cora Della Ellis|b. 29 Jul 1871\nd. 30 Mar 1961|p7753.htm|William Morrison Ellis|b. 13 Jan 1830\nd. 22 Mar 1902|p3651.htm|Margaret A. Ellis|b. 4 Apr 1830|p3652.htm|Elias Ellis|b. s 1803\nd. 18 Sep 1881|p3452.htm|Nancy Gritton|b. 14 Dec 1806\nd. 6 Mar 1850|p3453.htm|Daniel Ellis|b. 1805?\nd. c 1863|p3642.htm|Mary Lansford|b. 20 Jul 1807\nd. 22 May 1850|p7771.htm|

Relationship=1st cousin 2 times removed of Robert Lynn Adams.
Relationship=1st cousin 1 time removed of Robert George Adams.
Last Edited=23 Jul 2006
Cora Della (Ellis) Benefiel Hays
taken on her 75th birthday, July 29, 1948
Photo courtesy of Scott Wolf
     Cora Della Ellis was born on 29 July 1871 at Appanoose Co., Iowa; She was shown as age 13 on the 1885 Census.1,3,4 She was the daughter of William Morrison Ellis and Margaret A. Ellis.1

Cora Della Ellis was enumerated with William Morrison Ellis as Cora D. Ellis on the Census of 1885 at Caldwell Township, Appanoose Co., Iowa. She was listed as age 13.1

Cora Della Ellis married Harry Benefiel on 27 November 1889 at Appanoose Co., Iowa, when she was 18.5,6,7,8

Cora Della Ellis married Harrison Columbus Benefiel.3,5

Cora Della Ellis and Harrison Columbus Benefiel lived at Oklahoma.5

Cora Della Ellis was shown as the daughter of William Morrison Ellis in William Morrison's obituary on 25 March 1902 at Centerville, Appanoose Co., Iowa.9

Della Hayes lived at Siloam Springs, Benton Co., Arkansas, on 13 February 1935.10

Cora Della Ellis died on 30 March 1961 at Moreland, Oklahoma, at age 89 years, 8 months and 1 day.11

Children of Cora Della Ellis and Harrison Columbus Benefiel

Citations

  1. [S142] 1885 Iowa State Census of Appanoose County, Page 71 Sheet 30, entry 167.
  2. [S205] The History of Appanoose County.
  3. [S145] Unknown author, Ellis Cousins Newsletter, Winter 1982, page 12..
  4. [S170] RootsWeb, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/, Wolf Family Tree
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    Birth: July 29, 1871 in Centerville, Iowa.
  5. [S168] Centerville Iowegian, 25 Mar 1902, The obituary referred to her as Della Bennefield of Oklahoma..
  6. [S370] S. Thompson Lewis, History of Appanoose/Monroe IA.
  7. [S283] Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com, Name: HARRY BENEFIEL
    Spouse: DELL ELLIS
    Marriage Date: 27 Nov 1889
    County: Appanoose
    State: IA
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  8. [S170] RootsWeb, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/, Wolf Family Tree
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    Harrison Columbus BENEFIEL was born 8 Sept, 1869 in Iowa, and died 19 July, 1957 in Los Angeles, California. He married Cora Della ELLIS 27 Nov, 1889 in Appanoose Co. Iowa, daughter of William Morrison ELLIS and Margaret Ann ELLIS. She was born July 1871 in Iowa.
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  9. [S168] Centerville Iowegian, 25 Mar 1902.
  10. [S428] Centerville Iowegian, 13 Feb 1935.
  11. [S170] RootsWeb, online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/, Wolf Family Tree
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    Death: 30 March 1961 in Mooreland, Oklahoma.
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    Otis H. BENEFIEL b: Sept. 1890 in Iowa.
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    Blanche Nellie BENEFIEL b: 5 Mar. 1896 in Iowa.
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    Margaret Elsie BENEFIEL b: 3 Jan. 1904 in Quinlin, OK.
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    William C. BENEFIEL b: 17 July, 1907 in Oklahoma.