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COKER, Cyrus Fletcher 1 3 4 5
Cyrus married Elizabeth Elvira RUFUS on 22 May 1892 in , Morgan, Illinois, United States.1 2 (Elizabeth Elvira RUFUS was born on 28 Nov 1873 in , Morgan, Illinois, United States,1 died on 1 Mar 1966 in , Morgan, Illinois, United States 1 8 and was buried on 3 Mar 1966 in Patterson, Greene, Illinois, United States 1 9.) |
Sources
1 "Descendants of Abraham Coker Genealogy Report" (This is the personal research of Walter Warren Haley that he was kind enough to share with me by email on his family lineage. It does not include source documents.)
2
Marriage Certificate or Record, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900. COKER, C F
RUFUS, ELLA
5/22/1892, Volume D, Page 66, License No 5539, Morgan County.
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Obituary, Jacksonville Daily Journal dated Sunday, February 14, 1937. Former Citizen of Morgan Passes Away In Greene County
Fletcher Coker Dies Early Saturday at Patterson; Has Relatives Here
White Hall -- Fletcher Coker passed away at his ome in the Patterson community at 12:15 o'clock Saturday morning. He was, in early life, a resident of Morgan county, but has resided in Greene county for the past 35 years.
He was aged 78 years, four months and ten days. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Rufus Coker; two sons, Mayfield of Patterson, and George E., at home; one daughter, Mrs. Loren Lovelace of Palmyra, and seven grandchildren. He leaves also the following brothers and sisters: E. D. Coker of White Hall, Logan, Margaret and Maude Coker of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Frank Devine of Murrayville.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Patterson Baptist church, in charge of Rev. Robert Hudson, with interment in Pinetree cemetery north of Patterson.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/greene/cemeteries/pinetree/obits/coker.html#fletcher
. (Note: Fletcher's full name was Cyrus Fletcher Coker, a son of Sylvester and Fidelia Peak Coker. The two sons surviving were Brock Mayfield Coker and George Edward Coker; the daughter: Grace Morris Coker, wife of Loren Leroy Lovelace. The surviving brothers and sisters were: Edwin Douglas Coker, Logan Lovelace Coker, Margaret May Coker, Maude Elizabeth Coker and Dolly Coker, wife of Frank Devine. Walter Warren Haley - May 19, 2002)
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4 (Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls.), Census Place: Birmingham, Schuyler, Illinois; Roll: M593_276; Page: 29; Image: 59.
5 (Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880. T9, 1,454 rolls.), Census Place: Arcadia, Morgan, Illinois; Roll: T9_238; Family History Film: 1254238; Page: 26.1000; Enumeration District: 161; Image: 0054.
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Obituary, Jacksonville Daily Journal dated Sunday, February 14, 1937. Former Citizen of Morgan Passes Away In Greene County
Fletcher Coker Dies Early Saturday at Patterson; Has Relatives Here
White Hall -- Fletcher Coker passed away at his ome in the Patterson community at 12:15 o'clock Saturday morning. He was, in early life, a resident of Morgan county, but has resided in Greene county for the past 35 years.
He was aged 78 years, four months and ten days. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Rufus Coker; two sons, Mayfield of Patterson, and George E., at home; one daughter, Mrs. Loren Lovelace of Palmyra, and seven grandchildren. He leaves also the following brothers and sisters: E. D. Coker of White Hall, Logan, Margaret and Maude Coker of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Frank Devine of Murrayville.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Patterson Baptist church, in charge of Rev. Robert Hudson, with interment in Pinetree cemetery north of Patterson.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/greene/cemeteries/pinetree/obits/coker.html#fletcher
. (Note: Fletcher's full name was Cyrus Fletcher Coker, a son of Sylvester and Fidelia Peak Coker. The two sons surviving were Brock Mayfield Coker and George Edward Coker; the daughter: Grace Morris Coker, wife of Loren Leroy Lovelace. The surviving brothers and sisters were: Edwin Douglas Coker, Logan Lovelace Coker, Margaret May Coker, Maude Elizabeth Coker and Dolly Coker, wife of Frank Devine. Walter Warren Haley - May 19, 2002).
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Obituary, Jacksonville Daily Journal dated Sunday, February 14, 1937. Former Citizen of Morgan Passes Away In Greene County
Fletcher Coker Dies Early Saturday at Patterson; Has Relatives Here
White Hall -- Fletcher Coker passed away at his ome in the Patterson community at 12:15 o'clock Saturday morning. He was in early life a resident of Morgan county, but has resided in Greene county for the past 35 years.
He was aged 78 years, four months and ten days. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Rufus Coker; two sons, Mayfield of Patterson, and George E., at home; one daughter, Mrs. Loren Lovelace of Palmyra, and seven grandchildren. He leaves also the following brothers and sisters: E. D. Coker of White Hall, Logan, Margaret and Maude Coker of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Frank Devine of Murrayville.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Patterson Baptist church, in charge of Rev. Robert Hudson, with interment in Pinetree cemetery north of Patterson.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/greene/cemeteries/pinetree/obits/coker.html#fletcher
. (Note: Fletcher's full name was Cyrus Fletcher Coker, a son of Sylvester and Fidelia Peak Coker. The two sons surviving were Brock Mayfield Coker and George Edward Coker; the daughter: Grace Morris Coker, wife of Loren Leroy Lovelace. The surviving brothers and sisters were: Edwin Douglas Coker, Logan Lovelace Coker, Margaret May Coker, Maude Elizabeth Coker and Dolly Coker, wife of Frank Devine. Walter Warren Haley - May 19, 2002)
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Obituary, Jacksonville Daily Journal dated Wednesday, March 2, 1966. Mrs. Coker, 92, of Patterson Dies, Rites Thursday
Mrs. Elizabeth Elvira Coker, 92 year old Patterson resident, died at 3:35 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Cross hospital where she became a patient Monday.
Mrs. Coker was born in Morgan county Nov. 28, 1873, the daughter of Christian W. and Augusta Klekamp Rufus. She was married to Cyrus F. Coker and he preceded her in death Feb. 13, 1937.
The following children survive: Mrs. Grace M. Lovelace, Palmyra and George of White Hall. A son, Mayfield, and an infant daughter preceded their mother in death. There are nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and five great, great grandchildren.
There are two brothers surviving, C. W. Rufus of Vincennes, Ind. and Henry A. Rufus of Patterson.
The deceased was a member of Wilmington Baptist church at Patterson and of the RNA Camp there.
The body was taken to the Dawdy-Wolf Funeral Home in White Hall where the family will meet friends 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Thursday with interment to be made in Pine Tree cemetery at Patterson.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/greene/cemeteries/pinetree/obits/coker.html#fletcher.
9 Obituary, Jacksonville Daily Journal dated Wednesday, March 2, 1966.
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