Ancestry of
Kenny Rogers

Country Music Singer

Cora B. Willoughby

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• • Grandmother of Kenny Rogers — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Morrison Columbus Willoughby 
  • Mother:
  • Roba Blen Smith   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Jul 1887 
  • Birth Location:
  • Texas 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 06 or 07 OCT 1932 
  • Death Location:
  • Cherokee County, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Lynches Chapel Cemetery, Alto, Cherokee, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Wiley Daniel Hester
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Jun 1909 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Upshur County, Texas 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lucille Lois Hester (Ahnentafel No:3 )

  Glenn Hester

  • Notes: 

  • Cora Willoughby's tombstone and death certificate differ on the date of her death.

• Sources for Cora B. Willoughby

  • ¹ Federal Census, TX, Upshur County, 1920, Justice Precinct 7, E.D. 118, Sheet 14A, Image 27 of 27.
  • ² Federal Census, TX, Upshur County, 1900, Justice Precinct 1, E.D. 116, Sheet 19A, Image 37 of 44.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/21/2020).
  • ⁴ Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, Marriage record for W D Hester and Cora Weloby.
  • ⁵ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Cora Hester.

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