William Benton Cornett b 17 Sept 1887 d 23 Jan 1977 Knott Co KY buried Neil Cornett Cemetery, Big Branch, Knott Co KY, s/o Nathaniel Green Cornett and Sarah Sally Smith.  William Benton Cornett m. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Nickles b 16 Jul 1892 d 9 Jan 1968 Leslie Co KY d/o Maston Nickles and Eliza Brewer. Children of William Benton Cornett and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Nickles (aka Nichols);

1. Maston Cornett b 1915 m. Reda Unknown.

2. Nesby Cornett (female) b 5 Jun 1918 d 7 May 1992 m. 1946 to Robert Edward James b 6 Apr 1921 d 24 Nov 1998

3. Corvan Cornett b 14 Jan  1922 Hindman, Knott Co KY d  7 Mar 1996 Hazard, Perry Co KY m.  Jeanette Dunsil.

4. Lola "Pettie" Cornett b 22 Jun 1926 m. Joseph Michael "Mick" Smith; m. James David Bingham b 20 Jun 1911 Jackson Co KY d Jan 1971 Jackson Co KY s/o William Andrew Bingham and Easter Marcum. James David Bingham m. Vinea "Viola" Wilson b 17 Oct 1915. James David Bingham m. 9 Aug 1935 to Sylvia M Woods b about 1918 Jackson Co KY

5. James Cornett b about 1928

6. Charley Cornett born 1928.

7. Don Cornett.

8. Garland Cornett.