Eighth Generation

11985. Elsie Josephine Johnson was born on 15 July 1892 in North Carolina. Elsie died of Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC of uremia on 21 February 1968 at the age of 75 at Blowing Rock Hospital and was buried at Cool Springs Cemetery in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 23 February 1968.^34628,34629

Elsie Josephine Johnson and Cornelius Talmadge Hartley were married on 2 February 1919 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁴⁶³⁰ They^{³⁴⁶³⁰} appeared in the census on 2 January 1920 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.³⁴⁶³¹ They^³⁴⁶³¹ appeared in the census on 5 April 1930 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC.³⁴⁶³² Cornelius Talmadge Hartley was born in 1894 in North Carolina. Cornelius died in Burke Co., NC on 13 August 1958.³⁴⁶³³ Cool Springs Cemetery in Boone, Watauga Co., NC in August 1958 .

Elsie Josephine Johnson and Cornelius Talmadge Hartley had the following children:

18484	i.	Delores Grace Hartley was born on 22 January 1920 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁴⁶³⁴
+18485	ii.	Eula Genevia Hartley.
18486	iii.	Cornelius Talmadge "Bud" Hartley Jr. was born on 5 June 1926 in Watauga Co., NC. Cornelius died on 11 July 2007 at the age of 81 in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Mountlawn Memorial Park and Gardens in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 14 July 2007. Obituary, Watauga Democrat, Jul 20, 2007 Cornelius T. ‘Bud’ Hartley Mr. Cornelius T. “Bud” Hartley Jr., 81, of Boone, died Wednesday evening, July 11, 2007, at the Watauga Medical Center. He was born June 5, 1926, in Watauga County, a son of Elsie Johnson Hartley and Cornelius Talmadge Hartley Sr. Mr. Hartley was a member of the First Baptist Church in Blowing Rock and attended Valle Crucis United Methodist Church. He owned and operated Hartley Electric Shop in Blowing Rock for 29 years, after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Polk Hartley; one son, Neil Hartley, and wife, Audrey, of Boone; two grandsons, Dennis Hartley of Boone and Tal Hartley and wife, Kara, of Denver, Colo.; his great-granddaughter, Eryn Allyson Hartley of Denver, Colo.; one sister-in-law, Ellen Hartley of Blowing Rock; and one brother-in-law, Jim West of Atlanta, Ga. Several nieces, nephews and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cornelius Talmadge and Elsie Johnson Hartley; and siblings, Grace Hartley Bruck, Marvin Sloan Hartley, Eula Hartley Crisp, Roger Elliott Hartley and Audrey Hartley West; and his mother-in-law, Mattie Lue Polk. Services were conducted Saturday morning at 11 at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by the Rev. Allen Marsh. Burial followed at Mount Lawn Memorial Park & Gardens. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Hartley family.
+18487	iv.	Audrey Hartley.