Cora Alice Chamberlain

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About Cora Alice Chamberlain

MARRIAGE RECORD:

1. Indiana Works Progress Administration, Greene County Indiana Marriage Record Index 1823/53 - 1920 Vol. 1 A - F, Vol 2 G - M, Vol 3 N - Z , 1939.

  • "Name: William Chamberlain
  • Spouse Name: Cora Whitworth
  • Marriage Date: 25 Jun 1897
  • Book: O Page: 474."

RECORD:

1. Judith Elaine (McKee) Burns, Thomas Hardesty of Greene County, Indiana His Ancestors and Descendants, Transcript 1977- 200?. "

2. John Dean (Jack) Hardesty, William Hardesty descendants, http;//wiebsites.quincy.edu/~hardesty. "."

3. Mildred Uland, Gone But Not Forgotten, An Anthology of Fact & Folklore, 1986, pg. 177-80. "Cora Alice Whitworth was born on September 14, 1878 in the southern Indiana town of Koleen, the daughter of Joseph and Clara Hardesty Whitworth...She and Will shared a life of hard work...Six children were born into that Chamberlain home:...Joseph William, Clela Florence, Charles Axiom, Lois Marie, Chester Emory "Ted" and Maxine Fay...She was now 89 - -...she fell and the damage put her in the hospital - - for the first time in her life...Maxcine and Bob took Cora home to Bedford where she was lovingly care for...her death came eight years later...."

4. 1880 United States Census, Center, Greene, Indiana; Roll: 280; Family History Film: 1254280; Page: 155D; Enumeration D.

  • "Name: Cora A. Whitworth
  • Home in 1880: Center, Greene, Indiana
  • Age: 1
  • Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
  • Birthplace: Indiana
  • Relation to Head of Household: Dau (Daughter)
  • Father's Name: J. W. Whitworth
  • Father's birthplace: Indiana
  • Mother's Name: Clara Whitworth
  • Mother's birthplace: Indiana
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Race: White
  • Gender: Female ."

DEATH:

5. Bloomfield News, Weekly Newspaper, Volume 100, Number 41, Page 4, Column 3.

"Cora Ashcraft, 96, Dies At Bedford

Mrs. Cora Alice CHAMBERLAIN ASHCRAFT, 96, a former resident of Bloomfield, died at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert HURD, in Bedford. - - Born September 14, 1878 in Koleen, she was the daughter of Joseph and Clara (HARDESTY) WHITWORTH. She was a member of the Bloomfield United Methodist Church. - - Surviving are three sons, Joseph W., of Michigan, Charles A., of California, and Chester 'Ted' of Illinois; three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Clela) Florence LARROWE, of Maine, Mrs. Frank (Lois) ALEXANDER, of Goshen, and Mrs. Robert (Maxine) HURD, of Bedford, with whom she had made her home during the past eight years; 18 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. William (Artie) OVERMAN, of Dugger; and three step children, Mrs. Warren (Vollie) BRANSTETTER, of Sullivan, Mrs. Ward (Hallie) HUGHES, of Louisiana, and Carter ASHCRAFT, of Ohio. One grandchild is movie actor, Richard CHAMBERLAIN. - - She was preceded in death by the husbands, William CHAMBERLAIN in 1951 and E. Kirby ASHCRAFT in 1967, and two step children. - -Memorial services will be conducted at the Bloomfield United Methodist Church, and a time will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to the Bloomfield church. - -The Ferguson & Lee Funeral Home in Bedford is in charge of arrangements."

6. Social Security Death Index**. "Name: Cora Ashcraft SSN: 306-72-5511 Last Residence: 47421 Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, United States of America Born: 14 Sep 1878 Died: Aug 1975 State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (1973)."

BURIAL:

7. Cemeteries of Eastern Greene County, Indiana, 1st 1908's; 2nd 1994, Page 167. "Chamberlain, Cora, w/o William, 2nd husband Kirby Ashcraft, d/o Joseph & Clara Whitworth."

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Cora Alice Chamberlain's Timeline

1878
September 14, 1878
Koleen, Greene, Indiana
1899
February 3, 1899
Campbellsburg, Washington, Indiana
1900
October 12, 1900
Mitchell, Lawrence, Indiana
1902
August 3, 1902
Lawrenceport, Lawrence, Indiana
1907
January 17, 1907
Tunnelton / Lawrence county Indiana
1911
October 12, 1911
Lawrenceport, Indiana
1914
December 11, 1914
Ewren, Monroe, Indiana
1975
August 6, 1975
Age 96
Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana
August 1975
Age 96
Grandview Cemetery, Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana