3. Daniel Coker
1. GEDCOM file from John Carter 3/98 (spiff@atlantic.net): Co. C, 25th
Pennsylvania U.S.C.T., Union Army, Civil War; 2nd marriage year possibly
1886, not 1885.
2. From: John C. Carter [SMTP:spiff@atlantic.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 1999
To: 'George Contant'
Subject: RE: U.S. Colored TroopsIt's wonderful to hear of your dedication and interest in the USCT, a
long-overlooked facet of our country's history....Here are the ones I know of, who were in the USCT, and who are buried
in Delaware (I have photographs of all the tombstones):1. Alfred Wilbank Ridgeway
Private, Company C, 8th Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 8th USCT
(ca. 1838 - 25 Aug 1883) Manship/Immanuel Union Cemetery, Cheswold,
Kent Co, DE. Brother of my g-g-grandfather, Cornelius Ridgeway.2. Daniel Coker
Corporal, Company C, 25th Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 25th USCT
(ca. 1841 - 05 Mar 1898) (adjacent to) Whatcoate Cemetery, Dover,
Kent Co, DE (?) (Although I've been to his grave, someone was
telling me a while back that this is actually not part of Whatcoate
Cemetery. He was the brother of another of my g-g-grandfathers,
Moses Coker. ...in 1988 a cousin of mine, a descendant of Daniel, took me to his gravesite)....Did you know that Daniel Coker and Alfred Ridgeway were married
to the same woman? Her maiden name was Sarah Ridgeway, and she was
a 2nd cousin to Alfred prior to marrying him. He was her first
husband and they had eight children together. He passed away on 25 Aug 1883.She then married Daniel Coker on 17 Mar 1885, and she had two more
children by him, one of which was named Alfred Wilbank Ridgeway Coker, after her first husband. Curiously, she is not buried with
either husband, but rather is buried in Fork Branch Cemetery, near
Cheswold. Sadly, her stone is broken into three pieces...all three
pieces are still there).From: George Contant[SMTP:33dny@magpage.com]
Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999
To: John C. Carter
Subject: Re: U.S. Colored Troops...I am writing a history of USCTs from Delaware and would love to know if you have any photos, letters, diaries,etc., of the men. What is your relationship to them?
I have the locations of both men --and you'll be pleased to know that I
keep an American flag on Daniel's grave. He's the only CW vet in the
cemetery and, for some reason, I really felt attached to him. He's within
walking distance of my house and I visit it often. I also check on
Alfred's grave in Cheswold quite often.George Contant
Grand Army Historic Publications
16 South Governors Avenue
Dover, Delaware 19904
Voice/fax: 302.674.0727Our own website
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U.S. Colored Troops Project
<http://www.magpage.com/~33dny/friends.htm>Delaware in the Civil War
<http://www.magpage.com/~33dny/torbert.htm>
3. Tentative --1870 Federal census Kenton Hundred, Kent County, Delaware
Dwelling 131 Family 130, lines 28-32, 16 June 1870, M593 119 p. 288A
NRNW = no read no writeCoker, Daniel 26 male M Molding brick b DE NRNW male cit of US
Hester 27 fem M b DE NRNW
Daniel Jr 6 m M b DE
Eliza L 2 f M b DE
Isaac H 1 m M b DE
1. GEDCOM file from John Carter 3/98 (spiff@atlantic.net)
1. Delaware death cert. #3200 1919
2. E-mail from John Carter 1/9/98: " For the record, the widow of Alfred Ridgeway ended up becoming the wife of Daniel Coker, and even their first child was named Alfred Wilbank Ridgeway Coker in honor of her first husband. She ended up becoming a widow of Daniel as well, so her name
(Sarah Ridgeway Ridgeway Coker, daughter of Tilghman Ridgeway, and second-cousin to Alfred before she married him) shows up in the pension files of both veterans.""Here are names from the mixed-blood community of which I know served in the Civil War. (I know of these because they are ones who are connected to my lines, so there are undoubltably more than merely these):
1. Cornelius RidgewayCo. C, 8th PA Colored Infantry
2. Alfred Ridgeway (brotherCo. C, 8th PA Colored Infantry of Cornelius)
3. Daniel Coker (brother ofCo. C, 25th PA Colored Infantry Moses)
4. William CarneyCo. F, 32nd PA Colored Infantry
5. Isaiah "Zaddock" MuntzCo. E, 30th MD Colored InfantryI have military and/or pension records of all of the above."
3. Pedigree chart from Rose Marie Ridgeway 1/25/99
4. Death certificate of Sarah J. Coker, Delaware cert #3200 1919, registered No. 112. Died East Dover, Kent County, 22 Apr 1919. Female, colored, widow, born 15 Apr 1847, age 72 yrs-0 mos-7 dys. Occupation housework. Born Delaware, father Tilmon Ridgway born Delaware, mother Sina Mosley born Delaware. Informant Linda Goldsboro, Dover, Del. Buried Fork Branch 25 Apr 1919, Calvin Clark.
5. Forward Lineage Chart by Sarah Seeney Sullivan, 2/12/99.
6. Fork Branch cemetery inscriptions -- all in same plot:Sara H. Coker......18 Apr 1847 - 22 Apr 1919
Rosea Ridgway......24 Apr 1875 - 4 Aug 1906
Milinda Goldsboro.. 2 Mar 1864 - 27 Dec 1921
7. Subj: [Mitsawokett] Ridg(e)way / Jack
Date: 99-06-20
From: spiff@atlantic.net (John C. Carter)...While on the subject of the Ridg(e)ways, does anyone have any information which might provide the connection between the families of William Ridg(e)way (b. ca. 1804, husband of Deborah Handsor), and Tilghman Ridg(e)way (b. ca. 1815, husband of Sina Mosley)? There is undoubtedly a connection, because in the paperwork pertaining to receiving a Civil War pension, Sarah (daughter of
Tilghman) described her first husband Alfred Wilbank Ridgeway (son of William) as a "second cousin."Of course, the exact connection depends on her (or the scribe's) interpretation of "second cousin." Growing up, I was taught to refer to my parents' first cousins as my second cousins, whereas later in life I learned that by genealogical definition they were "first cousins once removed." A true second cousin would be of the same generational level as oneself (two second cousins would be the respective children of two first cousins). But who knows if people of Sarah and Alfred's era abided by the precise definition of "second cousin."
(Of course, there also remains the possibility that their second-cousin relationship was not through the Ridg(e)way line at all, but rather through one or more maternal lines. Although one would wonder at the necessity of listing the "second cousin" status down for any reason other than to explain why one would have the same surname as one's spouse).
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1. Interview with Corrine Morgan Dean 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. Death cert #2584 Delaware 1923. Died at Cheswold, DOD 20 Sep 1923, age 79 yr, 19 days. Female, colored, married, born Delaware, housewife. DOB 9 Sep 1844. Father John Coker b Delaware, mother Eliza Jackson b Delaware. Informant John H. Morgan, Calvin Clark undertaker, buried Manship. Fractured hip, fell down stairs, general debility. Buried 23 Sep 1923, Manship Cem, undertaker Calvin Clark, Dover, Del.
3. Manship Cemetery grave: "Mary A. Morgan 9 Sep 1845 - 20 Sep 1923 His Wife"
4. Oral report of Pearl Reed Durham.
1. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. Death cert #253 Delaware 1925: MORGAN, John male, Moor, married; born: Feb. 17, 1840 in Delaware; age: 84 years, 11 months, 4 days; occupation: farmwork; father: William Morgan b. DE; mother: Annie Saunders b. DE; died: Jan. 21, 1925 (4 p.m.); cause: chronic intestinal nephritis; buried: Manship; undertaker: Calvin Clark. Informant Elmair (sic) Durham,
3. Manship Cemetery grave: A Civil War vet. 17 Feb 1840 - 21 Jan 1925
4. Bought Robert Dean land 1876 with William Morgan. Brothers? What relationship to Catharine Morgan Dean Carney?
5. Dover Area Death Records by Gregg & Ridgeway--a list of death records gathered from various sources who wish to remain anonymous. Gives exact date of death or burial, parents names and age at death, 84.
6. From: John C. Carter [SMTP:spiff@atlantic.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 1999
To: 'George Contant'
Subject: RE: U.S. Colored TroopsIt's wonderful to hear of your dedication and interest in the USCT, a long-overlooked facet of our country's history.
Here are the ones I know of, who were in the USCT, and who are buried in Delaware (I have photographs of all the tombstones):
6. John H. Morgan, (unknown unit), (17 Feb 1840 - 24 Jan 1925). I don't know what cemetery he's buried in, but I think I can find out in the next day or so. A cousin of mine in the Philadelphia area, who also works on family history and genealogy, has been to his grave and told me that it has reference to his being a Civil War veteran (although I don't think it lists his specific unit). However, I have been unable to confirm him through military records at the National Archives. I will send her (my cousin) an e-mail to see if I can get more details about the stone and where he's buried. He was presumably a cousin of another of my g-g-grandmother's, and he married Mary A. Coker, sister of Daniel Coker, above, and my g-g-grandfather Moses Coker.
Subj: FW: Sarah, Daniel & Alfred
Date: 99-09-01
From: spiff@atlantic.net (John C. Carter)...In regard to #6, John Morgan, I am narrowing down in my search for his records (thanks to a reply from the George Contant who the message below was sent to, providing me with his military unit). I have found his name on a roster, and am currently awaiting reply from the National Archives, to see if it can be verified that this is the same John Morgan through pension records.
From: George Contant (33dny@magpage.com)
Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 11:15 PM
To: John C. Carter
Subject: Re: U.S. Colored TroopsI am writing a history of USCTs from Delaware and would love to know if you have any photos, letters, diaries,etc., of the men. What is your relationship to them?
George Contant
Grand Army Historic Publications
16 South Governors Avenue
Dover, Delaware 19904
Voice/fax: 302.674.0727Our own website
Western New York in the Civil War and Design One Interiors:
<http://www.magpage.com/~33dny>Some of our other sites
Fort Delaware Society <http://www.del.net/org/fort>Friends of the African Union Cemetery
U.S. Colored Troops Project
<http://www.magpage.com/~33dny/friends.htm>Delaware in the Civil War
<http://www.magpage.com/~33dny/torbert.htm>
7. Subj: RE: John H. Morgan, Mary Ann Carter, Mary Ann Coker
Date: 07/20/2000
From: spiff@atlantic.net (John C. Carter)(Re: death cert. of Mary Ann Coker Morgan)...I have a copy of the death certificate in front of me right now (sent to me a few years ago by Lynn), and I think the confusion lies in the handwriting where the "name of father" box is. If you "squint" or look at the name Coker in a certain way, (which is actually written like CoKer), the capital K can look like an "r" and a "t." It then becomes easy to presume the "o" is an "a." But the name is actually Coker.
...the certificate is indeed #2584 (although there is a #5251 scribbled out just above this), and it specifies the following:
Name: Mary Morgan.
Date of Death: Sept 20, 1923 (11pm).
Sex: Fem.
Color or Race: C.
Status: Married.
Date of Birth: Sept 9, 1844
Age: 79 yrs., __ mos., 19 ds.
Birthplace: Del.
Occupation: Housework.
Name of Father: John Coker
Birthplace of Father: Del.
Name of Mother: Eliza Jackson
Birthplace of Mother: Del.
Informant: John H. Morgan.
Address: Cheswold, Del.
Cause of Death: Fractured Hip; General Debility
Fell Down Stairs
Place of Burial: Manship Cem.
Date of Burial: Sept 23, 1923.
Undertaker: Calvin Clark.
Address: Dover, Del....As for what evidence there is to link Mary Ann Coker and John H. Morgan as husband and wife, following are some excerpts from a letter from Lynn to me
dated 28 Jan 1991:>>John Morgan:
>>In trying to firm up James K. Morgan's family, I sent for his brother >>John's death certificate to check out parents name. (John and his wife >>Mary are buried at Manship). It also lists father and mother as WILLIAM >>MORGAN and ANNIE SAUNDERS. My census search found William married to Mary >>in 1850 (with son John) and William married to Mahaley in 1870 (with son >>James) YET BOTH SONS list mother as Annie??? There's 28 years between the >>eldest and youngest child but perhaps "Annie" and "Mary" were corruptions >>of "Mahaley." John Morgan and William Morgan appear as purchasers of >>portions of Robert Dean's farm and I wondered at the connection. Found >>that connection with John's wife Mary.
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>>Mary Morgan:
>>I had been told that 2 Morgan brothers married 2 Sisco sisters. I assumed that John's wife Mary >>was a Sisco and was hoping her death certificate would list her parents William and Araminta Sr. >>but her death certificate indicates she was a Coker. Daughter of "John" Coker and Eliza Jackson. >>I went back to my census records and found Mary, born c. 1844/45 daughter of "James" Coker >>and wife Eliza...a sister of Moses Coker. This must be the same Mary and her husband John got >>her father's name wrong. This would explain the connection in the Dean land purchase. Moses >>and Mary Ann sold a portion of her father's farm to their brother in law and his father. If all this is >>true, then Eliza's maiden name was Jackson (it's back to the drawing board though on the other >>Morgan brother married to a Sisco...if there is one...this is one of those stories that fell apart
>>completely as I researched it...the story was told with such conviction about 2 Lancaster Co. PA
>>Sisco sisters meeting 2 Morgan brothers at the Phila. Centennial Expo in 1876 and marrying them, >>moving to Kent Co...not only were the Sisco sisters not from Lancaster Co. PA but there may not >>even be 2 sisters married to 2 brothers...so be very leery of family stories....)I just checked out Lynn's website, and a little more detail is given regarding the location and specifics of the land dealings, but I don't know if anyone has yet found an actual marriage record itself. Here is a link to the exact spot in Lynn's website where the family is discussed:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/jacklyn001/morgan-w.htm
...I don't have anything on the marriage of Eliza Jackson, nor any other information about her. (But I would LOVE to! I have often wondered about her connection to the other Jacksons. This is a whole unexplored branch for me, and could potentially add a whole 'nuther bundle of inter-connections for me!)
8. 1870 Federal census Kenton Hundred, Kent County, Delaware Dwelling 367 Family 362, lines 17-19, 2 Jul 1870, M593 119, p. 305A NRNW = no read no writeMorgan, John 29 male M Farmer b DE $16000 real, $800 pers, m cit US Mary 25 fem M K house b DE NRNW
Emmy 1/12 f M b DE born May
9. 1880 census. Census Place: Kenton, Kent, Delaware Source: FHL Film 1254117 National Archives Film T9-0117 Page 333CRelation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
John MORGAN Self M M MU 40 DE
Occ: Farmer Fa: DE Mo: DE
Mary MORGAN Wife F M MU 35 DE Fa: DE Mo: DE
Emma MORGAN Dau F S MU 9 DE Fa: DE Mo: DE
Elmira MORGAN Dau F S MU 7 DE Fa: DE Mo: DE
David MORGAN Son M S MU 10 DE
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: DE Mo: DE
Beulah MORGAN Dau F S MU 6 DE Fa: DE Mo: DE
Annie MORGAN Dau F S MU 3 DE Fa: DE Mo: DE
Baby MORGAN Dau F S MU 1M DE Fa: DE Mo: DE
Reuben SEANY Other M S MU 18 DE
Occ: Works On Farm Fa: DE Mo: DE
5. Moses Coker
1. Orphans' Court file of Robert Dean, petitions submitted by Moses and Mary Ann Coker.
2. Manship cemetery grave marker: Moses Coker 5 Jul 1849 - 25 Apr 1898
3. Perhaps the following shows Moses as a child in James Coker's family: 1850 census, Little Creek Hundred, Kent, Delaware, family 368.James Coker 34 born MD farmer
Eliza 36 DE
Daniel 9 DE
Mary 5 DE
Moses 1 DE
Daniel 84 MD
Sarah 67 MD
4. Birth year possibly 1848, not 1849.
5. Delaware death certificate #17182 1898. Died Kenton Hundred, Del. Male, color = yellow, married. Age 49, occ farmer. Consumption. W. L. Pritchett, undertaker.
1. Death cert #2941 Kent Co, DE 1923.
2. Orphans' Court file of Robert Dean, petitions submitted by Moses and Mary Ann Coker.
3. Manship cemetery grave marker: 26 May 1852-21 Nov 1923
4. Birthdate: Caroline Jackson's records: 1853
Grave marker at Manship cemetery: 1852
Death certificate of Mary Dean Coker: 1854
1870 census age 17 (June, 1870) ca. 1852/3
Church Bulletin No. 6 (below) 1853
5. Hazel Carney Mosley's memories 9/11/97 (daughter of Amanda Coker Carney). Lives Milford, DE. Mary Ann Dean Coker died at Hazel's mother's home.
6. Kent Co. Deed Liber Z, Vol 7, 21 Feb 1888 mentions husband Moses. (Sale of land once owned by Robert Dean.) They are living in Kenton Hundred.
7. Cheswold Charge, Methodist Episcopal Church, Bulletin No. 6, Sunday, Nov. 25, 1923. Manship: 1:00 p.m. Funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Coker. W.C. Jason, Pastor. "In Memoriam. Mary Ann Coker Born May 20, 1853 Died Nov 21, 1923. A Mother in Israel has fallen. After seventy years of toil, a servant of the Lord has been called from labor to reward. At 11:30 Wednesday night a summons came. It found her ready.For nine weeks she bravely fought to recover from what all thought to be a temporary indisposition. Only toward the last did her dear ones lose hope. Even so, they were not perpared for the quiet passing which took them by surprise. She said, "I want to know when I am going." Her wish was granted. On the last day she declared that she was only waiting till Jesus came to take her home, and seemed eager for the hour.
Sister Coker was the daughter of Robert and Catherine Dean. At the age of twenty she united in wedlock with Moses Coker. Of this union sixteen children were born, eight of whom survive: Robert J., William H. and Nathan L. Coker, Albeda Clark, Sadie J. Washington, Angie Mosley, Amanda Carney and Caroline Jackson.
On April 25, 1898, death claimed the husband and father but comfort was found thereafter in the loving care of devoted children.
Other members of the bereaved family are five brothers and two sisters: Robert, John, Jesse, U.S. Grant and William Dean; Annie E. Mosley and Hester Seeney.
8. Delaware death certificate #2941 1923 (Cheswold, Kent reg. #11). Died at Cheswold, age 69 yr 6 mo. Female, moor, widow. Born 26 May 1854, Delaware. Occ housework. Father Robert Dean, b Del; mother Catherine Coker (sic), b Del. Nephritis. Buried Manship, undertaker Calvin Clark. Informant Robert J. Coker, Cheswold.
15. Selenar Coker
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records. Granddaughter Lynn Jackson had not known of this child--possibly died young.
16. Mary Eliza Coker
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records: But granddaughter Lynn Jackson has not heard of this child. Also, Caroline's records show Mary married Cassius Mosley. A Cassius Mosley married Albeda Coker.
Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records.
18. Andrew Coker
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records. Granddaughter Lynn Jackson had not known of this child--possibly died young.
19. Lucinda Coker
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records. Granddaughter Lynn Jackson had not known of this child--possibly died young.
21. Sarah J. Coker
1. Also called Sadie
2. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records.
3. Hazel Carney Mosley's memories 9/11/97 (daughter of Amanda Coker Carney).
Lives Milford, DE.
4. Death notice from Lynn Jackson via John Carter 9/99: WASHINGTON -- In Cheswold, Del., on December 15,1957, Sarah J., sister of Amanda Carney, Robert Coker of Cheswold and Caroline Jackson of Wilmington, aged 76 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at Immanuel Union Methodist Church, Cheswold, Del. on Thursday afternoon, December 19, at 1 o'clock. Interment at adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at the Howard C. Stevenson Funeral Chapel, on Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
5. Manship cemetery inscription: Sadie J. Washington 1881 - 1957 "Sister"
1. GEDCOM file from John Carter 3/98 (spiff@atlantic.net)
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records.
2. In Memorium--In sad but loving remembrance of our dear brother, Moses Elwood Coker, who died July 21, 1915. Gone but not forgotten. Sisters and Brothers. (Newspaper spot from John Carter.)
25. Catherine Coker
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records. Granddaughter Lynn Jackson had not known of this child--possibly died young.
28. Daniel Coker
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records. Granddaughter Lynn Jackson had not known of this child--possibly died young.