Individual Details
Ono Ottalee Cornelius
(February 9, 1876 - July 24, 1959)
1900 Erath County, Texas census. Ona is living in the household of her mother and step-father, James M. Wadlington.
1910 Eastland County, Texas census. Ona is shown as a boarder in the household of J. R. Skinner. She was a milliner
"Ono Ottolee married Carl Witt, a pharmacist in Eastland. At times she worked as a milliner at Knight and Blackshears Dept Store in Eastland. Her mother, (my grandmother), Mrs. J. M. Wadlington lived with Tom Cornelius Family in Pleasant Grove and later lived with Carl and Ono in Three Rivers, Texas and died there. When the time came for them to retire, they entered the Masonic home near Fort Worth. Ono died at age 83. Carl continued to live there until his death. All three are buried in Three Rivers." ("The James Taylor (Jim) Cornelius Family of Pleasant Grove, written by Oretha Jaen Cornelius Whitworth for Eastland County, Texas History book.)
(Judia Terry 1997) All information on "Ona Lee" came from Hester Cornelius Perkins Fox's notes. Carl and Ono Ottalee Witt had no children.
1910 Eastland County, Texas census. Ona is shown as a boarder in the household of J. R. Skinner. She was a milliner
"Ono Ottolee married Carl Witt, a pharmacist in Eastland. At times she worked as a milliner at Knight and Blackshears Dept Store in Eastland. Her mother, (my grandmother), Mrs. J. M. Wadlington lived with Tom Cornelius Family in Pleasant Grove and later lived with Carl and Ono in Three Rivers, Texas and died there. When the time came for them to retire, they entered the Masonic home near Fort Worth. Ono died at age 83. Carl continued to live there until his death. All three are buried in Three Rivers." ("The James Taylor (Jim) Cornelius Family of Pleasant Grove, written by Oretha Jaen Cornelius Whitworth for Eastland County, Texas History book.)
(Judia Terry 1997) All information on "Ona Lee" came from Hester Cornelius Perkins Fox's notes. Carl and Ono Ottalee Witt had no children.
Events
| Birth | February 9, 1876 | Texas | |||
| Marriage | Aft 1910 | Carl Witt | |||
| Death | July 24, 1959 | Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas | |||
| Burial | July 25, 1959 | Three Rivers Cemetery, Live Oak County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Carl Witt (1875 - 1961) |
| Father | Theodore Jennings Cornelius (1839 - 1879) |
| Mother | Martha Jane Grissom (1840 - 1926) |
| Sibling | Thomas Jennings "Tom" Cornelius (1861 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Edward Theodore "Eddie" Cornelius (1863 - ) |
| Sibling | Major Martin Cornelius (1867 - 1939) |
| Sibling | James Taylor Cornelius (1870 - 1945) |
| Sibling | William Dee "Will" Cornelius (1873 - ) |
| Sibling | Theodore Clinton Cornelius (1879 - 1884) |