Laura Charlotte Cornett

Brief Life History of Laura Charlotte

When Laura Charlotte Cornett was born on 24 March 1879, in Oldtown, Grayson, Virginia, United States, her father, James Jesse Cornett, was 32 and her mother, Rosamond Melinda Stone, was 31. She married Lewis David Morgan on 5 February 1892, in Grayson, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1879 and Union Township, Payne, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 30 August 1969, in Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis David Morgan
1872–1923
Laura Charlotte Cornett
1879–1969
Marriage: 5 February 1892
Charles Morgan
1897–1923
Sylvia Pearl Morgan
1899–1987
Alice Laura Morgan
1901–1975
John Pierpont Morgan
1903–1977
Robert Taylor Morgan
1905–1980
Mona Eleeta Morgan
1910–1944
Laveta M Morgan
1912–2006
Hallie Laverne Morgan
1914–2004
James Lewis Morgan
1916–1991
Boyd Morgan
1917–1978
Kenneth Hudson Morgan
1920–1969
Rosa Katherine Morgan
1922–1922
Jessie Marion Morgan
1923–1923

Sources (14)

  • Lollie Morgan, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Laura Charlott Cornett, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Lottie Cornett, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): nickname for a cornet player, from Old French cornet ‘wind instrument made of horn or resembling a horn’, a diminutive of corn. Compare Corner .

Altered form of French Cornet , reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.

Americanized form of German Cornet , Kornet or Kornett, cognates of 2 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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