Individual Details

Cora gave her date of birth in a passport application, and in the 1930 census she stated she was first married at age 17. This was surely when she married Mr. Harris, son of James T. Harris below. If so that would have been about the year 1895.

Montague Co, Justice Prec 5, Texas, Hh 90
James T. Harris, b. Jun 1836, age 63, married for 43 years, b. AL, parents b. GA, no occupation given
Olivia L., wife, b. Apr 1838, age 62, 9 children - 5 living, b. AL, father b. MD, mother b. NC
Mahala E. Drake, dau, b. Feb 1858, age 42, Divorced, 2 children-1 is living, b. AL
Joello, granddaughter, b. Oct 1885, age 16, b. TX, father b. TX, mother b. AL
Tom Stephens - grandson, b. Mar 1882, age 18, b. TX, father b. MO, mother b. AL
Cora Harris, dau in law, b. Jul 1875, age 24, Widow, 1 child, b. AR, father b. LA, mother b. AR
Olivia R. Harris, granddau, b. Jan 1895, age 5, b. TX, parents b. TX

By the 1910 census, Cora was living with Azariah G. Walters as his wife.

14 Nov 1918 - Cora B. Walters of Guilford Co, NC applied for a passport [Ancestry.com]
She was born at Texarkana in Arkansas, 10 Jul 1878. Her husband was A. G. Walters, born Danville, VA. Cora was residing in Reidsville, NC She was planning to go to Great Britain and France, in the Hospital Hut Service and would return within 12 months. New York was the port of departure. Signed as: Cora B. Walters on 29 Oct 1918 at the District Court at Greensboro, NC
Her description was age 40 years, She was 5' 4", blue eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion.
A letter from the War Department, dated 7 Nov 1918, stated that the "War Department has no objection". Mrs. Cora Bickham Walters was being sent for duty with the AEF [American Expeditionary Forces] in connection with the Red Cross.

In 1920, Cora was living with her husband, but in 1930, they appeared to have been living apart.

1930 Census. District of Columbia;, Hotel Roosevelt, Hh 15
Cora B. Walters, b. 1878 LA, married - age at first marriage was 17. Father b. LA; mother b. AR. Occupation: Personnel, Life Insurance. She rented.

Greensboro Daily News; 21 Dec 1941
Leaksville, Dec 20. Mrs. Cora Walters, 66, died at Baptist hospital, Winston-Salem, this morning at 10 o'clock after a week's serious illness. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Harris Nelson and one grandson, Harris Nelson, Jr. Funeral service will be at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Nelson home, Spray. Interment will be in Lawson cemetery.

The Bee ;22 DEC 1941 page 8
Final Rites Held For Mrs. Walters
Funeral service for Mrs. Cora Walters were conducted yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Harris Nelson, Spray, N. C.
The Rev. W. J. Gordon officiated at the rites and burial followed in the Morehead
plot at Lawson cemetery.
Pallbearers were C. P. Wall, W. T. Combs, A. G. Irvin, Marion Watt,
Eugene Irvin and Richard Wray.
Mrs. Walters, 68, who was well known in Danville, as a visitor here, died
Saturday at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N. C., where she had
been in critical condition for a week.
She had lived with her daughter and son-in-law for the past 20 years
and served Spray as librarian and leader in community affairs. Before
taking up residence with her daughter, she spent several years in Washington,
D. C.
In addition to her daughter, she is survived by a grandson, William Harris
Nelson, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio.

Her grave stone is pictured on FindAGrave.com: "Cora B. Walters", b. 1876, d. 1941.
Buried Lawson Cemetery, Eden, Rockingham Co, NC. Memorial #28320115


Following are records of Cora's duaghter Lady Olive Harris, b. Jan 1895.

The Morehead Family of North Carolina & Virginia; Gov. John Motley Morehead 1796-1866; privately published 1921. Digital copy Found on Archive.org.
William Harris Nelson was born June 18, 1891, at Danville, Vir-
ginia, and was educated in Woodbury Forrest School, Orange, Vir-
ginia, from which he graduated in 1910, to enter at once the School
of Chemistry and Engineering at the University of Virginia. Grad-
uating in 1913, he entered the service of the St. Paul (Minnesota)
Gas Light Company as cadet engineer, serving until the spring of
1918, when he resigned from the engineering staff to enter the gov-
ernment service. On August 7 of that year he was commissioned
Second Lieutenant, Q.M.C., Construction Division, U.S.A., and was
ordered to Gamp Lee, Virginia. He was soon transferred to Camp
Travis, Texas, serving in the Utilities Detachment until his dis-
charge on February 7, 1919. He was married October 10, 1914, to
Lady Olive Harris of Reidsville, North Carolina, and they have
one son, William Harris Nelson, Jr., born December 29, 1915. Lieu-
tenant Nelson is engaged in brokerage at Houston, Texas.


1920 Census. Houston, Harris Co, TX, Mt. Vernon (St), Hh 105 [the enumerator wrote down specific places of birth, then crossed old the city name which was still quite easy to read]
William H. Nelson, 28, b. Danville, VA, father b. Richmond, VA, mother, b. NC; Chemistry, Gas
Lady Harris, Wife, 24, b. Ringgold, TX [Montague Co], father b. Gainesville, TX, mother b. Cato Parish, LA
William H., Jr., son, 4, b. St. Paul, Minn.
Columbus Welch, Servant, Male, Black, age 27, b. Montgomery Co, TX

1930 Census. Leaksville, Rockingham Co, NC, Chestnut Street, Hh142
W. Harris Nelson, age 34, married at 23, b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. NC, Estate Manager
Lady, wife, 34, married at 19, b. TX, father b. TX, mother b. LA
W. H. Jr., son, age 14, b. Minnesota, father b. VA, mother b. TX
Sarah Hawkins, servant, Neg. age 52, married at age 31, b. NC, parents b. NC

Birth	10 Jul 1878	Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas
Marriage	Ca 1895	Harris
Marriage	31 Dec 1902	Azariah Graves Walters

Spouse

Azariah Graves Walters (1871 - 1961)

Spouse

Harris ( - 1910)