Cornelius married Margaret Elizabeth Melton on 16 Jan 1862 in Henderson Co, KY. Margaret (daughter of Daniel Melton and Mary J Sights) was born in Feb 1842 in Henderson Co, KY; died in in Denard, Van Buren Co, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Bentley was born in in AR; died in in Van Buren, AR.
2. John D Bentley was born in Feb 1865 in KY; died on 04 Jul 1928 in Prague, Lincoln Co, OK.
3. Thomas Jackson Bentley was born on 24 Feb 1868.
4. Private
5. Ida Florence Bentley was born on 10 Oct 1881 in Taney, MO; died in Apr 1938 in West Helena, Phillips Co, Ar.
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William married Ann Barr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]