Shortly after their marriage, Cornelia and John moved to
Memphis, Tennessee, where John owned a mercantile store. They
then returned to Virginia, settling in Bedford County.
According to letter Cornelia wrote, they had a son while living
in Memphis, but the child was not mentioned again in subsequent
letters. It is believed the child died shortly after birth, as
Cornelia herself was recovering from a fever and mentioned that
the child was weakly.
Nannie Coleman and her husband, Thomas Edmunds lived at "Elm
Hill", a fine old brick house, surrounded by many acres,
including the lands of the pre-Revolutionary "Old Glebe Church".
He inherited it from his father. "Elm Hill" was sold to Mr.
Harris in 1894.
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1999,2000, 2001 by John R. Taylor