Jeptha Cornett
and Ruthena Smith

Jeptha Cornett b 23 Apr 1875 Big Branch Troublesome Creek, Knott Co KY d 7 Mar 1919 Knott Co KY of the flu, during the great influenza epidemic of 1918 - 1919; buried Jeptha Cornett Cemetery, Knott Co KY, s/o Joseph E Cornett and Susannah Caudill. Jeptha Cornett m. 25 Nov 1897 to Ruthena Smith b 6 Jul 1881 KY d 8 Sept 1967 Knott Co KY buried Jeptha Cornett Cemetery, Knott Co KY, d/o Samuel Smith Jr and Nancy Owens. Children of Jeptha Cornett and Ruthena Smith;

i. Susie Cornett b 6 Jun 1899

ii. Sylvania Cornett b 7 Feb 1901

iii. Melvin James Cornett b 13 Jan 1903

iv. Watson E Cornett b 16 Feb 1905 (or 1902) d 10 Jul 1982 m. Herma Everage.

v. William Dennis Cornett b 8 Apr 1909

vi. Henry Delmas Cornett b 21 Apr 1911

vii. Loyd Cornett b 11 Jan 1916

viii. Gordon Cornett b 26 Dec 1917

ix. Orpha Cornett b 3 Feb 1919

Ruthena Smith
and Eric Bentley

Ruthena Smith b 6 Jul 1881 KY  d 8 Sept 1967 Knott Co KY buried Jeptha Cornett Cemetery, Knott Co KY, d/o Samuel Smith Jr and Nancy Owens. Ruthena Smith m. Eric Bentley.

Death Record of Jeptha Cornett

JEPTHA CORNETT
Date 190319
Age 043
Place KNOTT
Volume 004
Cert 01673
Deathvol 20
Full name, Jeptha CORNETT
Male, White, Married
Birthdate of deceased, 16 May 1875
Age, 43 Years
Birthplace, Knott Co. Ky.
Father, Joseph CORNETT, born in Letcher Co. Ky.
Mother, Susan CAUDILL, born in Letcher Co. Ky.
Informant, (blank)
Burial, (blank)
Undertaker, (blank)
Date of death, 19 Mar 1919
Cause of death, Influenza
Transcribed by Lynda Combs Gipson, 24 Aug 2002