P. A. White, JD
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Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 2x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH71-FDJ
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William B. Cordell was born in March 1866, probably on the family farm in Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County, North Carolina, to Elmina Spencer Walton, age 29, and David Lewis Cordell, age 33.
William's family had been in the Asheville area since 1821 when his grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, began acquiring land around Haw (Whitson) Creek.
When William was born his father, David, had recently returned from his wartime service in Company K of the 11th (Bethel) Regiment North Carolina Infantry. David was badly wounded in 1863, was taken prisoner by Union forces at the Battle of Burgess Mill in October 1864, and spent the rest of the war in the Point Lookout prison in Maryland where he took the Oath of Allegiance on 13 May 1865. (The author's great-grandfather, Simon Troy White, and great-granduncle, Pharoah White, served with their cousin David in the Bethel Regiment.)
Growing up in rural Buncombe County William had 2 older siblings, and as many as 11 younger brothers and sisters.
The 1880 census entry for the Cordell household listed William as a 15-year-old farmhand, although his 16-year-old sister, Mary, was still attending school.
William was about 22 years old when he married his 2nd cousin, the 16-year-old Hattie Esther Meredith in about 1887. (William's grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, was Esther's great-grandfather.)
William and Esther had at least 9 children together.
The 1900 census for Black Mountain Township showed William doing the skilled work of a stonemason to support the large family. He may have been involved in the building of the famous Biltmore House, George Vanderbilt's 250-room French Renaissance château set in a large private forest near Asheville.
In a 1908 probate court pleading Esther declared that William had died on 7 July 1906 when he was about 40 years old. We do not, however, know the cause of his early death, the place where he died, or the location of his burial. (FG member Ronald Halford created this memorial in 2012, but cited no evidence, and included no headstone photo. Nor is there any known evidence that his middle name was "Brownlow.")
2015-2023 for @NewWorldAncestry – All Rights Reserved
Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 2x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH71-FDJ
◙ ◙ ◙ ◙
William B. Cordell was born in March 1866, probably on the family farm in Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County, North Carolina, to Elmina Spencer Walton, age 29, and David Lewis Cordell, age 33.
William's family had been in the Asheville area since 1821 when his grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, began acquiring land around Haw (Whitson) Creek.
When William was born his father, David, had recently returned from his wartime service in Company K of the 11th (Bethel) Regiment North Carolina Infantry. David was badly wounded in 1863, was taken prisoner by Union forces at the Battle of Burgess Mill in October 1864, and spent the rest of the war in the Point Lookout prison in Maryland where he took the Oath of Allegiance on 13 May 1865. (The author's great-grandfather, Simon Troy White, and great-granduncle, Pharoah White, served with their cousin David in the Bethel Regiment.)
Growing up in rural Buncombe County William had 2 older siblings, and as many as 11 younger brothers and sisters.
The 1880 census entry for the Cordell household listed William as a 15-year-old farmhand, although his 16-year-old sister, Mary, was still attending school.
William was about 22 years old when he married his 2nd cousin, the 16-year-old Hattie Esther Meredith in about 1887. (William's grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, was Esther's great-grandfather.)
William and Esther had at least 9 children together.
The 1900 census for Black Mountain Township showed William doing the skilled work of a stonemason to support the large family. He may have been involved in the building of the famous Biltmore House, George Vanderbilt's 250-room French Renaissance château set in a large private forest near Asheville.
In a 1908 probate court pleading Esther declared that William had died on 7 July 1906 when he was about 40 years old. We do not, however, know the cause of his early death, the place where he died, or the location of his burial. (FG member Ronald Halford created this memorial in 2012, but cited no evidence, and included no headstone photo. Nor is there any known evidence that his middle name was "Brownlow.")
P. A. White, JD
2015-2023 for @NewWorldAncestry – All Rights Reserved
Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 2x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH71-FDJ
◙ ◙ ◙ ◙
William B. Cordell was born in March 1866, probably on the family farm in Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County, North Carolina, to Elmina Spencer Walton, age 29, and David Lewis Cordell, age 33.
William's family had been in the Asheville area since 1821 when his grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, began acquiring land around Haw (Whitson) Creek.
When William was born his father, David, had recently returned from his wartime service in Company K of the 11th (Bethel) Regiment North Carolina Infantry. David was badly wounded in 1863, was taken prisoner by Union forces at the Battle of Burgess Mill in October 1864, and spent the rest of the war in the Point Lookout prison in Maryland where he took the Oath of Allegiance on 13 May 1865. (The author's great-grandfather, Simon Troy White, and great-granduncle, Pharoah White, served with their cousin David in the Bethel Regiment.)
Growing up in rural Buncombe County William had 2 older siblings, and as many as 11 younger brothers and sisters.
The 1880 census entry for the Cordell household listed William as a 15-year-old farmhand, although his 16-year-old sister, Mary, was still attending school.
William was about 22 years old when he married his 2nd cousin, the 16-year-old Hattie Esther Meredith in about 1887. (William's grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, was Esther's great-grandfather.)
William and Esther had at least 9 children together.
The 1900 census for Black Mountain Township showed William doing the skilled work of a stonemason to support the large family. He may have been involved in the building of the famous Biltmore House, George Vanderbilt's 250-room French Renaissance château set in a large private forest near Asheville.
In a 1908 probate court pleading Esther declared that William had died on 7 July 1906 when he was about 40 years old. We do not, however, know the cause of his early death, the place where he died, or the location of his burial. (FG member Ronald Halford created this memorial in 2012, but cited no evidence, and included no headstone photo. Nor is there any known evidence that his middle name was "Brownlow.")
2015-2023 for @NewWorldAncestry – All Rights Reserved
Subject's relation to author: 2nd cousin 2x removed
See also https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH71-FDJ
◙ ◙ ◙ ◙
William B. Cordell was born in March 1866, probably on the family farm in Swannanoa Township, Buncombe County, North Carolina, to Elmina Spencer Walton, age 29, and David Lewis Cordell, age 33.
William's family had been in the Asheville area since 1821 when his grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, began acquiring land around Haw (Whitson) Creek.
When William was born his father, David, had recently returned from his wartime service in Company K of the 11th (Bethel) Regiment North Carolina Infantry. David was badly wounded in 1863, was taken prisoner by Union forces at the Battle of Burgess Mill in October 1864, and spent the rest of the war in the Point Lookout prison in Maryland where he took the Oath of Allegiance on 13 May 1865. (The author's great-grandfather, Simon Troy White, and great-granduncle, Pharoah White, served with their cousin David in the Bethel Regiment.)
Growing up in rural Buncombe County William had 2 older siblings, and as many as 11 younger brothers and sisters.
The 1880 census entry for the Cordell household listed William as a 15-year-old farmhand, although his 16-year-old sister, Mary, was still attending school.
William was about 22 years old when he married his 2nd cousin, the 16-year-old Hattie Esther Meredith in about 1887. (William's grandfather, Allsey Lewis Cordell, was Esther's great-grandfather.)
William and Esther had at least 9 children together.
The 1900 census for Black Mountain Township showed William doing the skilled work of a stonemason to support the large family. He may have been involved in the building of the famous Biltmore House, George Vanderbilt's 250-room French Renaissance château set in a large private forest near Asheville.
In a 1908 probate court pleading Esther declared that William had died on 7 July 1906 when he was about 40 years old. We do not, however, know the cause of his early death, the place where he died, or the location of his burial. (FG member Ronald Halford created this memorial in 2012, but cited no evidence, and included no headstone photo. Nor is there any known evidence that his middle name was "Brownlow.")
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