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Submitted by: Allison M. Saxman
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Family Group Record for Columbus Washington COKER

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Husband: Columbus Washington COKER
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AKA: LUM 
Born: 21 July 1844 - Alabama (1, 2, 3) 
Died: 22 March 1917 (1, 3) 
Buried: Unknown - Bethlehem Cemetery, Monroe Cnty, MS
Father: Joel Marshall COKER (Abt 1822-1888) (4) 
Mother: Sarrah Jane WILKERSON ( -Bef 1850)
Married: Place: 
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Wife: Mary Melinda Nancy Jane WRIGHT
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AKA: 
Born: 5 June 1851 (1, 3) 
Died: 4 October 1929 (1, 3) 
Buried: Unknown - Bethlehem Cemetery, Monroe Cnty, MS
Father: Robert Roper WRIGHT (1803-1880) (5) 
Mother: Nancy T. CODY (1805-1896) (6, 7) 
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Children
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1 F Victoria Clementine COKER
Born: 
Died: Unknown
Buried: 
Spouse: Lon THOMPSON ( - )
Marr. Date: 
Spouse: 
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2 M Robert Marshal COKER
Born: 
Died: Unknown
Buried: 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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3 F Nancy Ellen COKER
Born: 
Died: Unknown
Buried: 
Spouse: Jack BROOKS ( - )
Marr. Date: 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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4 F Helen COKER
Born: 
Died: Unknown
Buried: 
Spouse: Floras BROOKS ( - )
Marr. Date: 
Spouse: 
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5 F Sarah Jane COKER
Born: 
Died: Unknown
Buried: 
Spouse: Wash MEADOWS ( - )
Marr. Date: 
Spouse: 
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6 M Hillard Larn COKER
Born: 
Died: Unknown
Buried: 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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7 F Unnamed Dau COKER (1, 3) *
Born: 3 March 1888
Died: 3 March 1888
Buried: 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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8 F Unnamed Girl COKER (4) *
Born: 3 March 1888 (1, 3) 
Died: 3 March 1888
Buried: 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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9 M Unnamed Son COKER (1, 3) *
Born: 3 March 1888
Died: 3 March 1888 (1, 3) 
Buried: 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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10 F Nola Lee Anna COKER (8) 
Born: 5 May 1890 - Monroe County, MS (9) 
Died: 11 January 1966 - Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi (9) 
Buried: 
Spouse: Ellie Oliver MASSENGILL (1888-1959) (4, 9) 
Marr. Date: 27 December 1908 - Smithville, Monroe County, MS (9, 10) 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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11 F Dessie Mazel COKER
Born: 7 November 1892 (11) 
Died: 13 April 1976 (11) 
Buried: 
Spouse: Carlie WELCH ( - )
Marr. Date: 
Spouse: Fowler ( - )
Marr. Date: 
Spouse: 
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12 M Henry Murtis COKER
Born: 
Died: After 1966 (12) 
Buried: 
Spouse: 
Marr. Date: 
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Husband's General Notes
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Served in the Civil War in the 43rd MS Inf. CSA, Regiment "L" - see internet 
site: http://43rdmississippi.homestead.com/CoL.html

which shows:

Columbus Washington Coker and
F.M. Coker (possibly CW Coker's brother, Francis Marion Coker)

This unit was mustered from Athens, Monroe Co., MS in April of 1862.

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From the "History of Monroe County Mississippi", page 404 (F188)

Columbus Washington "Lum" Coker and Mary Jane Wright

Columbus Coker was called "Lum" Coker. He married Mary Jane Wright. She was 
the daughter of Robert Richard Wright (1803-1880) and Nancy T. Cody 
(1805-1896). (See article Robert Richard Wright) They had nine children.

1. Victoria "Pink" Coker married Lon Thompson. They had five children. (1) 
Fleta Thompson married a Warren. (2) Hamp Thompson married Hattie Dye. They 
had three children. (See Article Hamp Thompson) (3)[ incomplete transcription - needs to be updated - AMS]
 

* These three children - 2 girls and a boy - were the first known set of triplets born in Monroe County, Mississippi, but they did not survive.
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Source Citations
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1. Cemetery stone; Pearce Chapel Cemetery, Monroe County, Mississippi. 

2. 1850 Monroe County, MS census, 56. 

3. Cemetery stone; Pearce Chapel Cemetery, Monroe County, Mississippi. 

4. MATR (living source).

5. Monroe County History Book, (1988), 937. 

6. Ibid.

7. 1880 Lamar County, Alabama Census. 

8. DS& EMS. (living sources) 

9. Cemetery stone; Bethlehem Cemetery, Monroe County, Mississippi. 

10. Marriage Record, Monroe Co., MS. 

11. Cemetary stone; Liberty Grove Cemetery. 

12. (Amory, Mississippi, Amory Advertiser, January 13, 1966), original - Allison Saxman, Sedona, AZ. 
Obituary of daughter of Columbus Washington "Lum" Coker and Mary Melinda Nancy Jane Wright Coker.

Amory Advertiser Newspaper
Thursday, January 13, 1966
Page Two
MRS. MASSENGILL DIES, SERVICES TO BE TODAY AT 2:00
Funeral services for Mrs. Lee Massengill of Smithville will be held at 2:00 
pm Thursday in Bethlehem Baptist Church, of which she was a member, with the 
Revs. M. L. Hollis and W. T. Dexter officiating. Burial will be in the 
church cemetery. She was 75.
Mrs. Massengill died at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Gilmore Memorial Hospital at 
Amory. She was a native of Marion County, Ala.
She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Clara Bell Tucker of Aberdeen, Mrs. Marie 
Stone of Tremont, Mrs. Jewel Vandiver and Mrs. Elaine Goodwin of Smithville; 
three sons, H. C. and L. G. Massengile [sic] of Smithville and C. W. 
Massengile of Detroit, Mich.; two brothers, Myrt Coker of Amory and Hill 
Coker of Detroit, Ala.; and a sister, Mrs. Dessie Welch of Bexar, Ala.