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Cora Lee Rone (Tuley)

Family Search ID: KFXW-KVM

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names Name
Married Name Tuley

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Henry Harrison Rone 09 Jan 1840 Eliza Jane Campbell

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Wyatt Walcot "Pixley" Tuley 1838 Stella Deloma Tuley (Phillips)

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 27 Mar 1865 Caldwell County, Missouri
Marriage 06 Nov 1881 Ray County, Missouri
Death 05 Oct 1924 Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
Burial 07 Oct 1924 Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

Notes

OCCUPATION: Florist per recollection of Deloma Jane Heib
BIRTH-DEATH:Kansas Death Certificate;Copy owned by Chuck Falls
MARRIAGE:To Wyatt P Tuley per Ray Co Missouri book5 pg91 copy in possession of Chuck Falls.
BIRTH DATE:1865 per Warren-McElwain Mortuary records.
WHY CORA LEE RONE DIVORCED WYATT PIXLEY TULEY- The following information was related to me (Chuck Falls) by my mother (Deloma Jane Heib daughter of Stella Deloma Phillips daughter of Cora Lee) in a conversation held December 9, 1991. Although there is not proof of any of the details related here the information is given in good faith to the best of her recollection. Cora Lee (daughter of Henry Harrison Rone Sr and Eliza Jane Campbell) was married to Wyatt Pixley Tuley at a very young age (17 years old). The age difference between Cora and Wyatt was extreme (24). For this reason it is not unreasonable to assume that the marriage was arranged by Cora's parents. Cora may have had little choice in the matter and therefore had little feeling toward Wyatt when she married him. In any event, Wyatt was very protective of her. In fact he smothered her. It is not clear whether he did this out of a desire to protect her from harm or a fear of losing her. Wyatt had a job which required him to travel a great deal. When he traveled he brought Cora along. But he kept her locked up in the hotel room when it was not possible for her to accompany him. Understandably she wasn't too pleased with the arrangement. After their first and only child (Stella Deloma) was born he continued to drag the family along on his business trips locking both mother and daughter in the hotel room much of the day. For protection, he bought Cora a pistol. Eventually Cora mustered enough
courage to escape when the opportunity presented itself. Before she could mount the train and exit the city Wyatt discovered her missing and took after her in hot pursuit. He caught her at the train station and tried to force her to return by kidnapping their child. Cora resisted and shot him with his own pistol. That was sufficient to assure her flight. Cora and Stella stayed with Cora's mother Eliza Jane until Stella was school age. At that point Stella was put in a convent during the day while Cora worked. Later Cora, Stella and Cora's brother Billie (William Henderson Rone) moved to Telluride, Colorado for a couple of years. Billie went there to search for gold. Cora went along as his chaperone (Eliza Jane insisted that he be accompanied by a family member in view of his young age). In Telluride Cora worked as a waitress in the dining room of a local hotel She also earned money by doing sewing part time. When Cora, Stella and Billie moved back to Kansas City Cora continued to work (at a shirt factory and a hospital). Cora's hobby was reading. She got many of the books she read at a used book store owned by George Ecke. It was at his book store that they met. After she married George they moved to Lawrence, Kansas where most of George's property was. George was a very wealthy man owning both real estate and
business'. When his mother died he became even more wealthy as she was also quite well off. At the time of Cora's marriage to George, Stella was 12 or 13 (?) years old. George didn't think girls needed to go to high school so Stella didn't. Instead she studied more useful subjects such as sewing and dancing. Apparently she was talented enough at dancing to teach it because she met her husband Walter Benson Phillips while teaching dancing lessons at the Elks Club where Walter was also a dance teacher.

Sources

Description Page Quality Information Evidence
Chuck Falls [czfalls@hotmail.com], GEDCOM file imported on 22 Jun 2 Don't know Don't know Don't know

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