Tombstone Tuesday - Rosa O. and John M. Coker

Coker

Rosa O.

1877 - 1968

John M.

1869 - 1947

Buried Bells Mines Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky, near the Union County line. Tombstone photographed 20 May 2015.

Rosa Owen and John M. Coker married 14 November 1899 Gallatin County, Illinois.[1]

Rosa Owen was the daughter of John G. and Lydia Owen and she appears in their household in 1880, along with her brother, Lemuel Owen, and uncle Eugen Owen.[2] Rosa died 4 March 1968 at age 90. [3]

According to his death certificate, John M. Coker was born 10 September 1868 Hopkins County, Kentucky to Joseph Coker (born Tennessee) and Margaret Like (birth place unknown), and died 12 December 1947 Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky. [4]

John M. Coker and his wife "Rosie," along with two adult daughters and six grandchildren, were living in Bells Mines area in 1940.[5]

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[1] Illinois Marriage Index, 1860-1920, Ancestry.com.

[2] 1880 Union County, Kentucky census, Boardley Pct., Roll 444, p. 654B, E.D. 038, Ancestry.com.

[3] Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000, Rosa Coker, Ancestry.com.

[4] Kentucky Death Certificate #27933, John M. Coker, Ancestry.com.

[5] 1940 Crittenden County, Kentucky census, Bells Mines Pct. #7, Roll m-t0627-01297, p. 2A, E.D. 28-13, John M. Coker household, Ancestry.com.

Published 20 Aug 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

Tombstone Tuesday - Lucy Threlkeld

Lucy Threlkeld

June 2, 1879

Feb.  10, 1912

Buried Carrsville Cemetery, Livingston County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 8 December 2014.

According to her death certificate, Lucy Threlkeld died 31 January 1911 and was buried 1 February 1911.[1] The death date does not agree with the date on the tombstone. Since the death certificate was generated at the time of her death, or shortly thereafter, it is likely to be more correct that the tombstone.

The informant listed on the death certificate was O.L. Threlkeld of Carrsville.  The following notation was on the death certificate:  "Single girl who made her home with her brother O.L. Threlkeld."  Lucy's parents were listed as R.F. Threlkeld and Serene Owen, both of whom were born in Livingston County.

Lucy Threlkeld, age 21,  appears in the family  of Robert and Serene Threlkeld on the 1900 Livingston County census. Also in the household were Lucy's siblings Webb, Richard, Carry and Charles.[2]

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[1] Kentucky Death Record #586, Crittenden County, Lucy Threlkeld, Ancestry.com.

[2] 1900 Livingston County, Kentucky census, Carrsville, p. 6, E.D. 0057, Ancestry.com.

Published 30 July 2019, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog,  http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/