Name on tombstone has been engraved as Con' Conley. Death certificate info at end of bio. Surname has been spelled as Conley and Connelly in various records.

Birth city and middle name was obtained from his son, George Francis Connelly's Mississippi Delayed Certificate of Birth.

Surname has been spelled as Conley and Connelly in various records. Middle initial of M appears in 1930 census. He is listed as Michael Cornelius in his wife's, Florence Conley 1966 obituary.
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Cornelius was the son of James J. Connelly and Catherine Lucy who were both born in Ireland and married on 17 Feb 1846 in the Basilique Nortre Dame in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. According to his parent's marriage record his paternal grandparents were Daniel Connelly and Johanna Foley and maternal grandparents were James Lucy and Catherine Coughlin.

The 1900 census list Cornelius' birth date as January 1867 Missouri.
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The James and Lucy Connelly family ended up in Missouri between 1854-1858, as sister Mary was born in Ohio in March 1854 or 1856, and sister Kate was born in Missouri about 1858. Cornelius had siblings born in Canada, New York, Ohio, and Missouri. The Jas. Connelly family is found in the 1860 census living in Central, St. Clair, Franklin County, Missouri--Jas and Catherine Connelly and children: Johanna, Elen, Pat, Mary, Kate, and John.

Con Conley married Mary Carroll on 01 June 1892 in Warren County, Mississippi (FamilySearch). According to Mary's obituary she was the mother of four children. Those children were: Emertia /Emmarita Alleane, Marguerite "Margaret/Maggie", George Francis, and Kathleen Irene.

Con Conley married Florence Hoffman on 29 June 1911 in Warren County, Mississippi (FamilySearch).
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Cornelius is found in the following records in Ancestry.

1870 census-Jackson, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, age 4 . James Conley household, with parents and and siblings, Patrick, Mary, Katie, John, James, and Nora.

1880 census-Jackson, Greene County, Missouri , age 13. James Couley household, with parents and siblings John, James, and Nora.

1900 census-Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi. Con Connelly household: Con, Mary and children: Arline, Maggie, George, and Sarah Baily, servant, race black, widowed, born abt. 1847 in Mississippi, and and brother-in-law, John R Carroll, born abt. 1877 MS (FAG # 215143382)

1910 census-Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi,. Cornelius Connelly household. Children Emmarita A. , Margaret E., Genge [sic} F., and mother-in-law, Sarah Carroll,widowed, born abt 1847, Mississippi.

March 19, 1911-living in Vicksburg, Mississippi per sister, Mary Dillard's Missouri obituary.

1920 census-Meridan, Lauderdale, Mississippi, Cornelius and Florence Connelly

1930 census-in Meridan Lauderdale, Mississippi. Cornelius M. Conley and Florence G. Conley
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Magnolia Cemetery Interment Record (furnished by cemetery)

INTERMENT RECORD
Remains of Conley, Cornelius
Were Interred in
Section 11, Block NW 1/4, Lot 30, Grave 1
Date of Death: 3/8/1932
Date of Interment: 3/10/1932
Plot was purchased on 3/9/1932 by Mrs. Con Conley, 3111 5th St, for $60.
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Mississippi Certificate of Death
(Some incorrect info, possibly just typos on his death certificate. His wife, Florence, would have never known his parents, so that may account for errors).
Name: Cornelius Conley
Date of Death: 3-8-1932
Place of Death: 3111 5th St., Meridian, Lauderdale County
Residence: 3111 5th St.
Male/White/Married
If Married, HUSBAND of: Florence Conley
Date of Birth: 1-1-1867
Birthplace: Mass [sic--should be Missouri-typo]
Father: Conley; Birthplace: Mass [sic--he was born in Ireland]
Mother Maiden Name: Did not Obtain
Informant: Mrs. Florence Conley
Burial: Magnolia, 3-10-1932
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Tombstone picture was provided by Magnolia Cemetery.