Charles Ambrose Cornelison ^{1 2}

   Another name for Charles was Charley Cornelison.

   FamilySearch ID: LDYB-NGQ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. ⁴ The 1900 census recorded Ed Cornelison, farmer, 51, born Nov 1848, living with his wife he married 3 years earlier: Minnie, 32, Sep 1867. (Note: After James Edward Cornelison's first wife, Sarah Beeker, died about 1893-95, James married her brother William Henry Beeker'widow, Minnie Russell.)
In 1900 living with James and Minnie were Sarah's children: Florence, 23, Nov 1876; Gertrude, 21, Mar 1879; John, 19, Mar 1881; Curtis, Jun 1884, 16, Charley Beeker, Nov 1887, 12; Ella Beeker, Mar 1890, 10. Also children born of William and Minnie: Cora L. Beeker, Apr 1892, 8; and Satie (Sarah) Beeker, 6, July 1893. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. The census columns for Minnie show she had given birth to 6 children, all alive in 1900.

2. Obituary: Charlotte Observer: obituary of Charles Ambrose Cornelison on 17 Mar 1976 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC. ³ SALISBURY \emdash Charles Ambrose Cornelison, 86, a retired Southern Railway worker, died Monday. Funeral is 3 p.m. Thursday at Summersett Funeral Home. Survivors are wife, Ollie; stepson Ancil Motsinger of Schwartz Creek, Mich.

3. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News: obituary of Charles A. Cornelison 17 Mar 1976 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹ CHARLES A. CORNELISON
SALISBURY - Charles Ambrose Cornelison, 86, of 728 S. Jackson St. died Monday in Rowan Memorial Hospital. Funeral will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Summersett Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Reece E. Cook officiating. Burial will be at Chestnut Hill Cemetery. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War I and retired in 1954 after 50 years with the Southern Railway Co. He was a member of Coburn Memorial United Methodist Church. Surviving are widow, Mrs. Ollie Wood Motsinger Cornelison; stepson, Ancil Motsinger of Swartz Creek, Mich. The family will be at the funeral home 7-9 p.m. today.

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Charles married Ollie Eliza Wood. (Ollie Eliza Wood was born on 14 Apr 1900 in , , NC,⁵ died on 7 Jun 1976 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC ^{5 6} and was buried on 10 Jun 1976 in Salisbury: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Rowan, NC ⁵.)