6. Alfred Wilbank Ridgway Coker
1. 1930 census, April 25, 1930, 3rd Rep Dist, Kent County, Del, ED 1-15, page 14A
Alfred Coker 39 head neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Margaret Coker 35 wife neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Roland Coker 16 son neg b DE, father & mother b DE
James Coker 9 son neg b DE, father & mother b DE
2. Fork Branch cemetery inscription: Alfred Coker 1887 - 22 Mar 1935
1. 1930 census, April 25, 1930, 3rd Rep Dist, Kent County, Del, ED 1-15, page 14A
Alfred Coker 39 head neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Margaret Coker 35 wife neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Roland Coker 16 son neg b DE, father & mother b DE
James Coker 9 son neg b DE, father & mother b DE
2. Wilmington Morning News, August 4, 1973Entered into eternal rest, Friday, August 3, 1973. Mrs. George Carney.
Cheswold -- Mrs. Margaret A. Carney, 78, of Cheswold, died Thusday at the home of her son after a brief illness.Mrs. Carney was a lifelong resident of the Cheswold area. She was a member of the Central Baptist Church near Dover.
Her second husband, George Carney, died in 1942.
In addition to the son with whom she lived, the Rev. Roland Coker of Cheswold, she is survived by another son, James B. Coker of Wilmington; two stepdaughters, Isabelle Carney and Mrs. Gertrude Collins, both of New York City; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 tomorrow afternoon at the Central Baptist Church, Dover-Kenton Road, with interment in Fork Branch Cemetery. Friends may call at the church tonight.
7. Alonzo Coker
1. 1930 census, April 19, 1930, 2nd Rep Dist, Kent County, Del, ED 1-11, page 6B
Alonzo Coker 39 head neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Rebecca Coker 33 wife neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Carlton Coker 8 son neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Alonzo Coker Jr. 5/12 son neg b DE, father & mother b DE
Cecilia Coker 14 stepdau neg b DE, father & mother b DE
2. Death notice: COKER -- In Dover, Del., on May 6, 1957 Alonzo, husband of Rebecca Coker of Cheswold, Del. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at Immanuel Union Methodist Church, Cheswold, Del. on Friday afternoon, May 10, at 2 o'clock. Interment at adjoining cemetery. Friends may call at his late residence Thursday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock. Arrangements by Howard C. Stevenson Funeral Home, Dover.
3. Manship inscription: "Alonzo Coker 1890 - 1957"
4. Delaware marriage cert. #106 1918 Alonzo Coker to Rebecca Corney
1. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #18474 1895. Filed 18 Nov 1957. Number of children of this mother: 1. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 0. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 0.
2. See notes for father.
3. Delaware marriage cert. #106 1918 -- states wrongly that mother is "Ethel"
4. SSDI: REBECCA COKER 27 Dec 1895 Sep 1978 19901 (Camden, Kent, DE) 19901 (Camden, Kent, DE) 222-09-0281 Delaware (Before 1951). Gained 2 years in age.
5. Manship inscription: Rebecca Coker 1897 - 1978. Birthdate differs from that of birth cert. and SSA record.
6. Birdella Newhard 3/25/2001: Cecilia & Clarence's father's name is not known. Both Rebecca and her daughter had a child by the same man.
7. Subj: Coker Family
Date: 99-05-19
From: m.a.coker@worldnet.att.net (MAC)
To: AquaBetty@aol.com (Betty Terry)According to Aunt Victorine, Rebecca had Clarence Carney, Norace Carney and Cecilia Carney. ...Then married Alonzo and had Carlton Coker, Victorine Coker and Walter Coker.
33. baby girl Coker
1. Delaware birth cert. #3858 1917. Child’s number in family: (blank) . Child’s number by this mother: 4.
2. Delaware death cert. #3041 1917
Delaware birth cert. #3743. Child’s number in family: 4. Child’s number by this mother: 4. The name of the child is given as Dorothy Carney, father Alonzo Coker, mother Rebecca Carney; legitimate: Yes. We assume that the child was named after Rebecca's sister, Dorothy, who died two days earlier as an infant 12 Oct 1918, so have listed her here as Dorothy Carney Coker.
38. Alonzo Coker Jr.
Delaware death cert. #1389 1930; gives parents' birth places.
1. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE. Emma is Morgan Dean's mother's sister. Buried with Edgar Ridgeway 1875-1935.
2. Manship stone: Emma M. Ridgeway 1870-1936
3. Note from Linda Harmon: birthdate
William Edgar "June" Ridgeway Sr.
1. Ridgeway family Bible, transcript & Xerox copies provided by John C. Carter 2/98.
2. Interview with Corrine Durham Dean 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
3. Manship stone: Edgar Ridgeway 1875-1935. Buried with Emma M. Ridgeway 1870-1936.
4. "Genealogy of John A. Cott of Delaware" 20 pp. from Bridgeton Indian Center/Rose Marie Ridgeway, 2/13/99.
10. Elmirah Morgan
1. GEDCOM file from John Carter 3/98 (spiff@atlantic.net)
2. Pedigree chart from Rose Marie Ridgeway 1/25/99
3. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE. There is an Elmirah Durham, wife of John M., buried at Fork Branch, her dates 1873 - 1953.
1. 1870 census Delaware: Little Creek Hundred, Kent, Delaware. Kenton PO. All members of the family born Delaware. Microfilm 119, 7/23/1994 NARA. Family No. 202. Color M.
2. Pedigree chart from Rose Marie Ridgeway 1/25/99
3. Fork Branch cemetery inscription: John M. Durham 30 Nov 1852 - 24 Mar 1920
4. Date: 8/30/1999
From: linda@jnlk.com (Warren & Linda Harmon)
Reply-to: @jaguarsystems.com (Warren & Linda Harmon)
Daniel Durham, Sr. md. Eleanor (?)
their son:
Benjamin Durham d.1810 md. Elizabeth Handsor
their son:
Handsor Durham md. Margaret Concelor
their son:
Benjamin Durham b. 1814 d.Sep.1, 1888 md.Delaware
Sarah Sallie/Sally A. (Hanser/Hansor b 10 Dec 1823 DE d 11 Nov 1905 DE
the daughter of Cornelius Hanser b 1810 Frederica, DE md Marie (Ann) Hanser (Hansley)
Benjamin Durham and Sarah Hanser/Hansor children are:
Henrietta F. Durham b 21 Dec 1863 DE md 1879 d 14 Jan 1934 Fork Branch Cemetery.
Clement Durham
John Durham
Ann Durham
Daniel Durham
Jerry Durham
Amanda Durham
Minnie Durham
Harvey Durham
Enoch Durham
Harriet Durham
5. Delaware death cert. #995 1920
44. Herman Durham
1. Subj: Re: [Mitsawokett] Wint & Lillian Carney; Emma Durham
Date: 7/14/2002
From: eolin@juno.com (Eleanor P Olin)
To: Mitsawokett@yahoogroups.com
...I have two other children (of John & Elmira Durham):Mildred Durham B: 16 Dec 1897 and D: 26 Feb 1918, M: Roy H. Carney
Herman Durham B: 1883, D: 15 June 1911.
2. Delaware death cert. #499 1911: "Moor. Single."
45. Emma Durham
1. E-mail from Rose Marie Ridgeway 5/11/98: birth, death. No children. Elisha's school teacher.
2. Pedigree chart from Rose Marie Ridgeway 1/25/99
3. Fork Branch cemetery inscription: "Emma Durham 1894 - 1933 wife of Elisha Mosley"
1. E-mails from Rose Marie Ridgeway 5/11/98, 5/21: birth, death, burial,
twin of Georgianna. Married his school teacher, Miss Dunning.
2. Subj: Re: A Mosley Death
Date: 99-01-15
From: AquaBetty
To: sterling.street@conectiv.comIt appears your Mosleys have the following descent --
1. Wingate Mosley m Nancy ---
2. Purnell P. Mosley m eliza Jane Johnson
3. Levi Mosley m Sadie Mae Mosley (Mosley m Mosley)
4. children:
1. Albert Purnell Mosley m Harriet Virginia Grisbey
2. Elisha Mosley m 1) Emma Durham 2) Dorothy Miller
3. Sophie Mosley m. Sherwood Gould
4. Georgianna Mosley m Raymond Ridgeway, Sr.Child 2 -- Elisha and Miss Dunning had no children. Elisha (we have no dates for him) and Dorothy Miller Mosley (died 1982) had the following children:
Levi "Buster" Mosley
Elisha "Lash" Mosley
Yvonne Mosley
Elsie MosleyThe obituary says Levi Mosley, aged 63 in the city of Wilmington. He is
survived by 6 kids, 2 of whose names are Marvin and Vera Hansley,
a sister Yvonne Edwards of Fl., a sister Dorothy Horne of Wash,D.C., and
a sister Elsie Carney of Dover, and the late Elisha Mosley.Appears to be a fit for the children of Elisha Mosley and Dorothy Miller.
3. Pedigree chart from Rose Marie Ridgeway 1/25/99
4. Elisha Mosley has a stone at Fork Branch Cemetery, near Dover, DE. No dates are inscribed on it. The stone is located near those of his wife, Emma, and her parents.
5. Death certificate: Delaware 1955 #2323 -- Elisha Mosley, State Welfare Home, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware. Male, Moorish, married. DOB 16 Jan 1906, Del. Not in armed forces. No SSN. DOD 14 Aug 1955, age 49 years. Wife Doris Mosley. Father Levi Mosley, mother Sadie Mosley. Laborer, domestic. Informant Levi Mosley. Carcinoma of bladder, multiple sclerosis. Undertaker Howard C. Stevenson, Dover, Del. Buried Fork Branch, 15 Aug 1955. Reg 16 Aug 1955.
11. Beulah Morgan
1. Interview with Corrine Dean, 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. Manship stone inscription: Beulah Reed 1875 - 1943
3. Oral report of Pearl Reed Durham.
1. Effilinda Reed Carney's Bible (in possession of D. Colette Carney Wheatley of Dover, Aug 1999): birthdate. See notes for Thomas Reed (married to Rosetta --). The Effilinda Reed Carney Bible contents are listed.
2. Death announcement: Services at Immanuel Union Methodist Church, funeral services by Torbert, Dover, DE.
3. Interviews with Corrine Dean, Dover, DE and Pearl Reed Durham, May 1998.
4. Manship stone inscription: Wm. H. Reed 1875 - 1967
5. Church funeral program: William H. Reed born July 27, 1875, died Oct 15 1967. Funeral services Oct 19, 1967 at 1 p.m. at Manship. Interment Manship. Officiating Rev. Charles E. Barton Jr.
6. Date: 8/30/1999
From: linda@jnlk.com (Warren & Linda Harmon)
Thomas Reed md. Rosetta (?)
their son: Allen Reed, Sr. md. Dorothy Rebecca Gimson b.1845
their children:
John Addison Reed, Sr. b.Oct. 17, 1878 Cheswold, De - d.April 27, 1961 East View Cem. Salem, NJ md. Mt.Friendship Church,Cheswold
Mamie Elva Morgan b. May 2, 1880 d. Feb. 13, 1965 East View Cem., Salem, NJ
William Reed b. Cheswold, De.
Harvey Reed b.Mar. 18, 1880
Lester Reed b. Cheswold, De.
Effie Reed md. (?) Carney
Helen Reed
7. 1920 Delaware KENT 2 ELECTION DIST 3 REP DIST Series: T625 Roll: 200 Page: 91Reed, William H. head 44 m Mu marr DE-DE-DE
Beula wife 44 f Mu marr DE-DE-DE
48. Harry Reed
1. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #5564 (prior years): Number of children of this mother at time of this birth, including this child: 1. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 1. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 0. Filed 16 Dec 1941.
2. SSDI SSN 221-01-7658
3. Manship Cemetery inscription: Harry Reed 1895 - 1976
1. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. Forest Grove Cemetery grave, 7th Day Adventist Church, Hartly, DE.
3. Dover Area Death Records by Gregg & Ridgeway--a list of death records gathered from various sources who wish to remain anonymous. Gives married surname, death date, parents names. "Age 51"
4. Delaware death cert. #2035 1929. Gives Annie Morgan's married name as Dean, informant Morgan Dean. We make the assumption that Annie is Morgan Dean's mother and that Morgan's mother Anna is the daughter of John H. Morgan and Mary Ann Coker.
1. Ancestral chart of Matthew Wade Sammons Sr., copied 10 Sep 2000.
MW Sammons Sr., 302-653-2234: "Oral History" Reuben Seeney married Mary Dean, Ervin Dean's sister, Annie Dean mother -- mother & father John & Mary Morgan.
1. Interview with Corrine Morgan Dean 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. Forest Grove Cemetery grave, 7th Day Adventist Church, Hartley, DE.
3. Obit of stepdaughter Mildred.
4. Marriage certificate at Delaware Archives, Bible records vol 87A #505.3 23 Dec 1896-- Erving C. Dean of Kent Co. Delaware & Annie Morgan of Kent Co. Delaware were by me united in Holy Matrimony...at Cheswold on the twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety six 1896. -- Plasant M. Shelton. Witnesses Eliza Morgan, Minister of the Gospel James O. Samons
5. Delaware death cert. #3239 1944
6. 1920 Federal census 1st Elect Dist, 5th Rep Dist, Kent County, Delaware Dover-Cheswold Road, no dwelling or family number. page 156BDean, Irving C. head m Mu 47 DE-DE-DE
Annie wife f Mu 49 DE-DE-DE
Morgan son m Mu 12 DE-DE-DE
Sarah dau f Mu 6 DE-DE-DE
50. Helen Dean
1. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #17207 prior years (to 1913). Born 11 Aug 1899. Children of this mother
1 - 0 - 0. Filed 19 Apr 1956.
2. Delaware marriage cert. #227 1939
3. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE: no children.
4. No listing in SSDI
51. Morgan Dean
1. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE: Corrine's lineage. List of family births, deaths.
2. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #11911 (years prior to 1913). Filed 7 May 1945. Number of children of this mother: 2. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 1. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 0.
3. SSDI: SSN 222-09-8531
4. Forest Grove Cemetery grave, 7th Day Adventist Church, Hartly, DE. "Pvt US Army WW II"
53. Sara Dean
1. Delaware birth cert. #2323 1913. Father Ervin Dean, mother Anna Morgan. Color/race -- Moore. No. of child by this mother: 3. No. of children by this mother now living: 3.
and
Delayed Delaware birth cert. #2631 (years prior to 1913). Father Irving Clarence Dean, mother Anna Morgan. Color/race - col. Filed 19 Apr 1956. Number of children of this mother: 5. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 2. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 2. Evidence -- insurance policy and school record.
2. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE. No children.
3. SSDI: SSN 111-28-7834, issued NY
1. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. No children.
3. SSDI: SSN 063-18-4864, issued NY
54. baby boy Dean
1. Delaware birth cert. #3770 1917. Father Irving C. Dean, mother Annie Morgan. Color/race -- Mulatto. No. of child by this mother: 7. No. of children by this mother now living: 7.
2. Delaware death cert. #2933 1917
14. Blanche Morgan
1. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. Delaware death cert. #54 1919
3. 1880 census states, "baby dau, age 1 mo."
1. Interview with Corrine 5/6/98, Dover, DE.
2. Manship stone: "W. Kenneth Beckett 1878 - 1938"
3. Son John's obituary sent by Lorraine Johnson-Gregg 3/99
4. Family of Peter Beckett in (unspecified) census, Grace Davs notes:
Peter Husband
Mary E. Wife
Waldon K. Son
Jeffery H. Son
Thomas G. Son
Mamie C. Dau
Lulu R. Dau
Beulah M. Dau
Clarence E. Son
Ola E. Dau
Emma Dau-in-law
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records.
2. GEDCOM file from John Carter 3/98 (spiff@atlantic.net)
Husband Robert was married at time of death, 1943 (death cert)
56. Frank Coker
1. Death certificate: Delaware 1910 #783 -- Frank Coker, near Dover, Kent, Delaware. Male, moor, single, DOB 17 Mar 1910, Delaware. DOD 28 Jul 1910, age 4 mo 12 dy. Father Robt J. Coker, mother Nellie Miller. Informant Father. Cholera Infantum. Undertaker W. Pritchett, Dover, Del. Buried Cheswold, -- Jul 1910.
59. baby girl Coker
1. Delaware birth cert. #3760 1916. Child’s number in family: 4. Child’s number by this mother: 4.
2. Delaware death cert. #2953 1916
20. Albeda Coker
1. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #2272 (prior years): born 1 Apr 1879 Kenton, Kent, DE. Parents Moses Coker (born Delaware) and Mary A. Dean (born Delaware). Number of children of this mother at time of this birth, including this child: 5. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 3. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 2. Certified by her aunt, Annie E. Dean Mosley & Hester Denan (sic) Seeney. Filed 28 Dec 1938.
2. Hazel Carney Mosley's memories 9/11/97 (daughter of Amanda Coker Carney).
3. Grave marker, Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, DE. Birth year 1878 varies one year from birth cert.
1. Death certificate: Delaware 1910 #430 -- Cassius Mosley, Dover, East Dover Hd, Kent, Delaware. Male, Moor, divorced. DOD 22 Aug 1910, age 28 years. Father John Mosley, mother May. Railroad section hand, laborer. Verdict of coroner's jury: came to his death by being struck by a moving train at --- sawmill crossing, near Cheswold. Informant Father. Undertaker W. Pritchett, Del. Buried Fork Branch, 25 Aug 1910.
Cassius appears in the 1880 census as a child of John and Nancy Mosley, age 2.
2. Lynn Jackson: Albeda m 1) Cassius Mosley, 2) Calvin Clark
3, 1910 Delaware KENT REP DIST 3 ELECTION DIST 2 Series: T624 Roll: 145 Page: 105Mosley, Cash head m Mu no age Divorced DE-DE-DE Occ Railroad Section
1. 1910 census 8 Rep Dist 1st Election Dist Sussex, Delaware dwelling 352 family 357
Clark, Calvin head Mu m 22 marr 0 yrs DE-DE-DE
Albedia wife Mu f 28 marr 0 yrs 1 ch 1 living DE-DE-DE
Edna M. dau Mu f 7 s DE-DE-DE
2. 1920 DELAWARE SUSSEX 1 ELECTION DIST 10 REP DIST Series: T625 Roll: 201 Page: 231
dwelling family
3. Exact dates: grave marker, Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, DE: "Humanitarian, Mortician." Calvin's name is on many of the death certificates of the old residents of Cheswold.
4. No children with Laura: Info from Jean Foster (efoster177@aol.com) at Mosley/Hart meeting 2/14/99, Milford, DE.
5. Subj: [Mitsawokett] Re: Clark
Date: 99-02-22
From: JACKLYN001@aol.comCalvin CLARK was actually married to my grandmother's sister, Albeda Coker. His 2nd wife (Albeda died in 1953) was Laura Mosley.
Calvin was born in Sussex Co. DE on October 22, 1877. He moved up to Kent Co. DE where he became an undertaker. Actually, he's listed as the undertaker to most of the mixed blood Kent Co. families of that time. He died on August 20, 1970 and is buried at Fork Branch Cemetary.
6. Weslager's notes: "...when we were in Cheswold on one of our trips we went to visit Calvin Clark of Dover (Calvin is a brother to Charles Clark, son of Chief Russell Clark--Calvin was an undertaker in Dover) said that he had married a Coker."
7. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #2695 (prior years): born 22 Oct 1887 Millsboro RD, Sussex, DE. Parents William Russell Clark and Florence A. Drain. Number of children of this mother at time of this birth, including this child: 4. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 3. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 1. Certified by Florence A. Clark (X her mark) and Charles W. Cullen. Filed 26 Dec 1939.
8. Calvin Clark 1887-1970
Contributed by James & Ellen (Mosley) Scarborough 9 Sep 20001. Obituary: DOVER _ Calvin Clark, 82, of Dover, died Thursday in Kent General Hospital after a short illness.
He was a funeral director in Dover until his retirement in 1955. He was a member of the Masons and other civic organizations.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Laura Clark; a foster son, Frankford Coker of Washington, D.C.; two step-daughters, Mrs. Constance of Bessellieu of Frederica and Mrs. Barbara Jiggetts of Omaha, Neb.; a brother, Charles of Riverdale; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services will be Monday afternoon at 1 in the John Wesley Methodist Church, Milford Neck. Interment will be in the Fork Branch Cemetery near Dover. Friends may call at the Torbert Funeral Home, Reed and Bradford Sts., tomorrow night. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Board of Trustees of the Wesley Methodist Church.
2. Funeral program: Calvin Clark, born October 22, 1887, died August 20, 1970. Funeral services John Wesley AME Church, Milford Neck, Delaware, Monday, August 24, 1970, 1:00 pm. Officiating, Rev. Calvin Price. Interment Fork Branch Cemetery, Dover, Delaware. Donald M. Durham, funeral director.
Delaware death cert #2568 1913
63. William R. Clark
Delaware death cert. #2890 1916
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records.
2. John Carter has a transcript of tombstones, John Wesley Church Cem, Frederica, DE from the Bridgeton Indian Center (NJ).
3. John Wesley United Church,Frederica,Delaware inscriptions, personal observation.
4. Birthplace from son Calvin's birth cert.
1. Birthplace from son Calvin's birth cert.
2. See note for father from Lynn Jackson.
3. John Wesley United Church,Frederica,Delaware inscriptions.
4. Weslager's notes: "This trip was made January 24, 1942.... Then we went to Felton to see Andrew Mosley. We learned that Andrew Mosley was one of the last basket makers and lived in Felton. We met him and talked to him. He agreed to make a basket for me, which he did and I later presented it to the Museum of the American Indian in New York.
5.1920 census Kent, 10th Rep Dist, 1st Elect Dist, Delaware dwelling 39 family 39
Enumeration 6 Jan 1920Mosley, Andrew head m Mu 43 DE-DE-DE
Angie wife wife f Mu 37 DE-DE-DE
Raymond son m Mu 10 DE-DE-DE
Mary dau f Mu 9 7/12 DE-DE-DE
Laura dau f Mu 8 3/12 DE-DE-DE
Sarah dau f Mu 5 7/12 DE-DE-DE
Nelson son m Mu 4 3/12 DE-DE-DE
Calvin son m Mu 3 4/12 DE-DE-DE
Kermit son m Mu 2 1/12 DE-DE-DE
Pearl dau f Mu 9/12 DE-DE-DE
64. Purnell Mosley
1. GEDCOM file from John Carter 3/98 (spiff@atlantic.net)
2. Subj: RE: John, Purnel & Wingate MOSLEY Date:98-12-27
From:spiff@atlantic.net (John C. Carter)
I have a total of FOUR different Purnell Moselys in my (genealogy database). Three are in one branch:
1. Purnell Mosely (b. ca. 1820) m. Rebecca Miller (b. ca. 1822) Their son: 2. Purnell Mosely (b. ca. 1852/3) m. Susan Sammons (b. ca. 1858) (m. 10 Oct 1875). Great-grandson of the first Purnell above (Grandson of Joseph C. Mosely) (Son of Andrew Mosely): 3. Purnell Mosely (b. unknown, died 1918) m. Unknown The fourth Purnell is son of Wingate & Nancy Mosely: 4. Purnell P. Mosely (b. May 1844) m. Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Johnson (b.
Mar 1848) (m. 1871)
SO WHO IS THE PURNELL WHO MARRIED MARY L. MOSELY IN 1875?? It doesn't
seem that it can be any of the above, unless #1 re-married.5. Subj: Re: [Mitsawokett] Welcome, TheoLouise!!
Date: 99-09-04
From: psam@ix.netcom.com (Preston L. Sammons)File: Sarah.GIF (72194 bytes)
DL Time (28800 bps): < 1 minute
(contains birth, death date = 1918)
66. Mary Edna Mosley
1. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #16662 (years prior to 1913). Filed 16 May 1955. Number of children of this mother: 4. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 2. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 1. Evidence -- own marriage cert., employment record Delaware Dept of Education.
2. Delaware marriage cert. #2364 1939
3. Bill Hart, by telephone 4/30/99: no children.
4. Lineage chart (Sarah.gif) sent by Preston Sammons 9/99.
5. SSDI: MARY DRAINE SSN 221-05-5346 Residence: 19963 Milford, Sussex, DE Born 25 Jul 1910 Last Benefit: 19901 Dover, Kent, DE Died Nov 1978 Issued: DE (Before 1951)
6. Mary E. Draine 1910-1978
Contributed by James & Ellen (Mosley) Scarborough 9 Sep 2000Funeral Home program: In Loving Memory of Mary E. Draine, Who Entered Into Rest Tuesday, November 21, 1978. Services: Saturday, November 25, 1978 1:00 P. M. From Martin Luther King Student Center Delaware State College Dover, Delaware. Officiating Rev. Calvin Price, Rev. A. J. Foreman. Interment John Wesley Cemetery. Professional Services Howard C. Stevenson, Mortician, Dover, Delaware
7. No children with either husband
1. Bill Hart, by telephone 4/30/99: Christopher Dunning is 1st husband of Mary Mosley who married William Draine. Christopher was Lionel Bessellieu's drinking buddy.
2. Note from Jim Scarborough, 9/7/2000: Dunning's death date.
3. CHRISTOPHE DUNNING SSN 204-05-7167 Residence: 19963 Milford, Sussex, DE
Born 27 Sep 1900 Died Nov 1981 Issued: PA (Before 1951)
4. Christopher H. Dunning ~1900-1981
Contributed by James & Ellen (Mosley) Scarborough 9 Sep 20001. Obituary: MILFORD--Christopher H. Dunning, of near Milford, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1981, in Milford Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was 81.
Mr. Dunning was a self-employed horse harness repairman at Delaware and Maryland race tracks for many years. His wife, Mary E., died many years ago. He is survived by a sister, Pearl Shockley of Detroit.
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at John Wesley A.M.E. Church near Milford, where friends may call two hours earlier. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Mary E. Drain Memorial Fund of John Wesley A.M.E. Church, Milford, 19963.
2. Funeral Home program: Age 81. Funeral Services At John Wesley A. M. E. Church, Milford, Delaware Saturday, November 7, 1981 At 1:00 P.M. Officiating Rev. Ethelbert L. Maddox. Interment Church Cemetery. Arrangements By Miller Funeral Service, Millsboro, Delaware, 945-9406
1. Delaware marriage cert. #1513 1920
2. No SSDI for William Draine or Drain.
1. Delayed Delaware birth cert. #5392 1918, Calvin L. Mosley. Number of children of this mother at time of this birth, including this child: 8. Born alive and living when this birth occurred: 6. Born alive but dead when this birth occurred: 2. Filed 18 Jun 1937.
2. John Wesley United Church,Frederica,Delaware inscriptions.
3. Lineage chart (Sarah.gif) sent by Preston Sammons 9/99.
4. Additions to Mosley lineage report -- by Jim Scarborough 9/7/2000: name of spouse, birth & death dates.
5. Birthdate -- obituary below cites 30 Sep 1918, but 1920 census (see notes for father) says he was 3 4/12 when the enumeration was conducted 6 Jan 1920, which places his birthdate abt Sep 1916. This date is too close to brother Kermit, 9 Jun 1916.
6. Calvin L. Mosley 1918-1979
Contributed by James & Ellen (Mosley) Scarborough 9 Sep 20001. Newspaper obituary: FELTON _ Calvin L. Mosley, 61, of near Felton, died on Sunday in Kent General Hospital, Dover, after a short illness.
Mr. Mosley was a carpenter. having working at the Dover Air Force Base as a civil service employee. until he retired.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; a stepson, Milton Carney of Felton; two stepdaughters, Charlotte Pinkett of New Castle and Joyce Bryan of Wilmington: a brother. Kermit of Felton; two sisters, Laura Clark of Dover and Harriett McFarlan of Wilmington, and nine step-grandchildren.
Services will be held at .10 Saturday morning at the John Wesley AME Church, Milford Neck, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow night at the Stevenson Funeral Home, 403 W. Division St., Dover. Memorial contributions may be made to the John Wesley Cemetery Fund.
2. Funeral Home program: In Loving Memory of Calvin L. Mosley Who Entered Into Rest Sunday, December 23, 1979. Place and Time of Service: John Wesley A. M. E. Church, Milford Neck, Delaware Saturday, December 29, 1979, 10:00 A. M. Officiating Rev. E. L. Maddox. Interment Adjoining Cemetery. Professional Services Howard C. Stevenson Mortician Dover, Delaware
3. Funeral program: Home Going Service of Calvin L. Mosley, John Wesley AME Church, Milford Neck, Delaware, Saturday, December 29, 1979, 10:00 A.M., Rev. E. L. Maddox, Pastor
Calvin Lester Mosley, son of the late Andrew and Angie Mosley, was born September 30, 1918 in Milford Neck, Delaware and departed this life Sunday, December 23, 1979 in Kent General Hospital, Dover, Delaware
He received his early education at Old John Wesley School, Milford Neck, Union School, Frederica, and Booker T Washington School, Dover and completed high school at Delaware State College. He went on to further his higher learning with one year as a student at Delaware State College.
His entire life was spent in Delaware except for four years and seven months in the U.S. Army during World War II. He served his country well and in 1945 was honorably discharged.
In 1954, he married Evelyn Carney and immediately assumed the role of a dedicated father to her four children: Milton, Marvin, Charlotte, and Joyce He was a loyal, devoted husband, father, and grandfather who always had their complete interest at heart. This devotion and concern was deeply felt by all of the family. The grandchildren, who loved him dearly, would often go to "Pop-Pop" for assistance in their school work, knowing that he was happy to help in any way possible. He was always there whenever needed.
Whenever asked, he not only gave advice and assistance to his immediate family but also to his many fiends.
He was employed at the Dover Air Force Base and retired in 1970 with high commendation after having completed 20 efficient years as Foreman of the Carpenter Shop.
Even though he was not a member of John Wesley Church, on several occasions, he gave of his time and ability towards the welfare and progress of the church.
He leaves to mourn their loss: his wife, Evelyn; three children, Milton B. Carney, Felton, DE, Charlotte A. Pinkett, New Castle, DE, Joyce W. Bryan, Wilmington, DE; nine grandchildren, two sisters, Laura Clark, Dover, DE and Harriet McFarlan, Wilmington, DE, one brother, Kermit Mosley, Felton, DE, one aunt, Caroline Jackson, Wilmington, DE, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers: Clarence May, Clarence Young, Milford Carter, Edward Scarborough, Charles Meadows, Clifford May, Harold Perry. Flower Girls: Doris Spencer, Dolores Mosley, Pearl Baker, Darlene Gould, Joyce Gould, Ellen Scarborough. Professional Services by Howard C. Stevenson
74. Sadie Mosley
1. GEDCOM file from John Carter 3/98 (spiff@atlantic.net)
2. Lineage chart (Sarah.gif) sent by Preston Sammons 9/99.
75. Joseph H. Mosley
1. Dover Area Death Records by Gregg & Ridgeway--a list of death records
gathered from various sources who wish to remain anonymous. No age at death.
Has parents' names: Andrew Mosley & Angey Coker.
2. Lineage chart (Sarah.gif) sent by Preston Sammons 9/99.
1. Death certificate #2850 1915: Coker, John Clayton, male, C, married. Born: April 23, 1884 in Delaware, age: 30 years , 9 months & 20 days. Residence : Cheswold, occupation: farmwork. Father: Moses Coker, mother: Meary Deain, died: Feb. 12, 1915. Cause of death: chronic valvular (unclear ) & heart disease. Buried: Manship, undertaker: Calvin Clark
2. Lynn Jackson's web page: John Clayton Coker was the son of Moses Coker and Mary Ann Dean . He was born in Kent Co., DE on 23 April, 1884.He married Phoebe CARNEY, daughter of James Perry CARNEY and Harriett DURHAM, who was born 14 December, 1889. They had the following children:
Lethia Coker (1912-1986)
James Coker (1908-1984) married Elizabeth Durham
Frankford Coker
John Coker (b. 23 March 1915- ), married Lilian DURHAMJohn Clayton was a farmer who lived all his life in Kent Co., dying there on 11 February, 1915 of chronic valvular heart disease, at the age of 30. He is buried at Immanuel Union (Manship) Church in Cheswold., DE.
3. Manship inscription: John Clayton Coker 23 Apr 1884 - 12 Feb 1915
4. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records.
Phebe Carney Reed
(Note by John Cyrus Carter: "My great-grandmother. Reed was her name by her 2nd marriage. First marriage to John Clayton Coker.")
Mrs. Phebe Reed, 76, wife of Luther Reed, died this morning at her home on Rockville Road in Fairfield Township after a long illness. She was born in Cheswold, Del., the daughter of the late James and Harriet Carney, and had lived in this areas 27 years. She was a member of the Fort Branch Methodist Church of Cheswold.
She is survived by her husband, five sons, Isaac Edward Reed Sr., Fairton, Robert Allen Reed, Dover, Del., James Coker, Dover, John Coker, Cheswold, Frankford Coker, Washington; three daughters, Mrs Lethia Carter, Mrs. Marian Hughes, Mrs. Edna Loatman, all of Fairton; a sister, Margaret Carney, and brother, Joeph Carney both of Cheswold, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the Lively Funeral Home, 656 East Commerce Street, Bridgeton, with interment in Gouldtown Memorial Park. Friends may call Monday from 7 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
79. Manford Coker
Delaware death cert. #853 1011
1. Caroline Coker Jackson's personal records: birth date.
2. Manship cemetery grave marker: birth and death dates.
3. Delaware marriage cert. #251 1914
4. William lived in Cheswold.
5. E-mail from Lorraine 3/16/98: "The day we spent with Aunt Blanche Sammons Carney, we made a tape. I have played this tape about 10 times and got some information....Blanche's sister Lillie Mae Sammons Coker...
6. SSDI: SSN 222-01-1843. The Social Security Death Index lists William's birth date as 15 Jul 1887, 2 years earlier than grave marker: William Coker 15 Jul 1887-May 1965, no residence listed.
1. E-mail from Lorraine 3/16/98: "The day we spent with Aunt Blanche Sammons Carney, we made a tape. I have played this tape about 10 times and got some information....Blanche's sister Lillie Mae Sammons Coker...
2. No SSN Lillie Mae Coker or any Coker 1891-1972
3. Delaware marriage cert. #251 1914
4. Subj: re:Carney Bible
Date: 98-03-16
From: LFREIDA 15The day we spent with Aunt Blanch Sammons Carney, we made a tape. I have played this tape about 10 times today and got some information that might be helpful.
Aunt Blanch states that her sisters were:1 Prudence (Prudie) Sammons M Timothy Owens--they lived in MD and they had a dau and a son William (Billy )Owens, who died after 1977, the baby daughter was in a house fire and died the same day Aunt Blanche's grandmother was buried. She didn't say who her grandmother was.
2 Lillie Mae Sammons m William Coker and they had a son Stanley Coker. Lillie Mae died 1981(thats all she says about them)
3 Sarah (Sadie) Sammons m Norman Frame, and they were m 1924
5. Manship inscription: Lillie Mae Coker 3 Sep 1891 - 9 Nov 1972
1. Delaware birth cert. #3798 1916. Child’s number in family: 2. Child’s number by this mother: 2.
2. Delaware death cert. #3073, 1917