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Cornelius Alexander “Neely, Nick and Nelius” Fomby

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Cornelius Alexander “Neely, Nick and Nelius” Fomby

Birth
Troup County, Georgia, USA
Death
5 May 1922 (aged 76)
Hamlin, Jones County, Texas, USA
Burial
Tuxedo, Jones County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Block M Row M03 Sp 18
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Portrait PHOTO furnished by Sara Fomby Bowen
Headstone PHOTO by Frank Reiley

Cornelius Fomby son of Matthew Bates Formby and Mary Meadows married Mary Josephine Hairston in 1868 in Texas. According to the Federal Census Cornelius was a farmer both before and after the Civil War. On 1 Apr 1862 Cornelius enlisted as a private in the 14th Battalion, Companies C & G, Georgia Light Artillery (Montgomery's) CSA. On 4 May 1865 surrendered and held as a prisoner of war. 14 May 1865 Cornelius was pardened and released at Gainsville, Alabama. After the war he married Mary and together they had 3 known children:
Caroline Jane - b. 1869 d. 1953
Sarah Frances - b. 1870 d. 1913
James William - b. 1873 d. 1956
Portrait PHOTO furnished by Sara Fomby Bowen
Headstone PHOTO by Frank Reiley

Cornelius Fomby son of Matthew Bates Formby and Mary Meadows married Mary Josephine Hairston in 1868 in Texas. According to the Federal Census Cornelius was a farmer both before and after the Civil War. On 1 Apr 1862 Cornelius enlisted as a private in the 14th Battalion, Companies C & G, Georgia Light Artillery (Montgomery's) CSA. On 4 May 1865 surrendered and held as a prisoner of war. 14 May 1865 Cornelius was pardened and released at Gainsville, Alabama. After the war he married Mary and together they had 3 known children:
Caroline Jane - b. 1869 d. 1953
Sarah Frances - b. 1870 d. 1913
James William - b. 1873 d. 1956

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