NameJames A. Lambert
Birth16 Sep 1884, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Death15 Mar 1964
BurialWilliams-Turner Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
MotherMary Jane Johnson (1863-1933)
Marriage7 Apr 1905, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Divorce
SpouseAddie Cornett, 1C2R
Birth16 Nov 1888, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Deathaft 1959, prob. West Virginia
FatherJesse H. Cornett (1856-1931)
MotherNancy Jane Petitt (1864-1959)
Other spousesFrank Purvis
Notes for Addie Cornett
In her father’s will dated May 1931 she is listed as Addie Cornett Cox of Matoka, W.Va.; in her mother’s obituary in Sept 1959, she is mentioned as a survivor, “Mrs. Addie Cox, Bluefield, W. Va.” (Matoaka is about 12 miles north of Bluefield; both are in Mercer Co.)
Census
In the 1930 census of Matoaka, Mercer Co., West Virginia, enumerated 11 April, she is living alone, listed as head of household, but her marital status is shown as married, not widowed or divorced:
Cox, Ada, 39, age at first marriage 22, born and both parents born in Kentucky.
Notes for James A. & Addie (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 5, p. 215, records marriageon 7 Apr 1905 of James A. Lambert, 20, farmer, residence Leadingham, born and mother born in Elliott Co., father born Virginia, to Attie Cornett, 16, residence Morehead, born and both parents born in Rowan Co., at Brady, Ky, by James E. Stewart, witnesses H. M. Turner and J. R. Shelton.
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