Born in Hawkins County, Tennessee
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Columbus King
and Sarah Frances (Rowan) King
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Spears Lee
— married
7 Feb 1905 (to about 1952) in Hawkins County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Mother of
Claude Spears Lee, Mary Ruth Lee, Willie Katherine Lee, James Denton Lee, Samuel Charles Lee, Kenneth Douglas Lee, Blanche King Lee and Hal Winston Lee
Died
at age 87
in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 24 Apr 2023
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Biography
Cornelia was born about 1885. She passed away about 1972. [1]
She married Samuel Spears ‘S.S.’ Lee in 1905. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74646021/cornelia-belle-lee: accessed 24 April 2023), memorial page for Cornelia Belle “Cornie” King Lee (10 Oct 1885–28 Oct 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74646021, citing Dodson Creek Cemetery, Strahl, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Carson Baker (contributor 47788621).
- ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5HH-P6T : 10 March 2021), S S Lee and Cornie B King, 07 Feb 1905; citing Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 424, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 972,791.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cornelia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cornelia:
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~0.78%
Ken Bashford
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MG2216461 [compare], Ancestry member kbash33
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~0.39%
Sheila (Brooks) Paul :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Stcroixproperties
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