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Claiborne Coker

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Claiborne Coker

Birth
Elbert County, Georgia, USA
Death
12 Sep 1880 (aged 78)
Morgan County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Claiborne is the son of Abraham and Lydia. He married Elizabeth Hale Sept. 22, 1821, arrived in Morgan County from Indiana in 1823, and had ten children: Mary (1822), Edward (1825), Bernetta (1827), Dennis (1829), Thomas (1831), Sylvester (1835), Catherine (1836), Richard (1839), James (1842), and Maria (1845). Family notes state that "Claiborne and Elizabeth Coker walked from Indiana to Illinois. She rode the horse and carried their first child while he walked and carried a rifle."
Claiborne is the son of Abraham and Lydia. He married Elizabeth Hale Sept. 22, 1821, arrived in Morgan County from Indiana in 1823, and had ten children: Mary (1822), Edward (1825), Bernetta (1827), Dennis (1829), Thomas (1831), Sylvester (1835), Catherine (1836), Richard (1839), James (1842), and Maria (1845). Family notes state that "Claiborne and Elizabeth Coker walked from Indiana to Illinois. She rode the horse and carried their first child while he walked and carried a rifle."


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