Davenport Daily Republican Saturday January 3, 1903
OBITUARY
Marshall.
At her home, 330 West Fifth street, occurred the death of Nancy Marshall, a young colored woman, at the age of 22 years. She is survived by her mother, residing in Chicago, and two sisters, one in Clinton and one in West Superior, Wis. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Boies undertaking rooms, with interment at Oakdale cemetery.
From Jared Olar: Nancy's death record says she was born and died in the city of Davenport, Iowa. The 1900 U.S. Census shows Nancy living in Davenport with her mother Rebecca Marshall and older sister Mattie Marshall -- the census record says Nancy was born in July 1880 in Iowa.
Nancy's mother was Mary Rebecca (Webster) Marshall, ex-wife of Charles H. Marshall who afterwards married Pernicia Ann Busey. The Scott County, Iowa, birth registers show that Rebecca gave birth to a daughter "Emma Cosley" on 20 July 1881 in Davenport -- the birth record says Emma's father was William Cosley, formerly of Pekin, Illinois, a horse trainer, and also says Emma was Rebecca's 5th child.
Significantly, the 1900 U.S. Census record says Rebecca Marshall had five children, with only three of them still living in 1900. We know that two of those living daughters were Anna and Mattie, and the third still living was Nancy. That, along with Nancy Marshall's date of birth in the census records, indicates that Nancy is the "Emma Cosley" of the Scott County birth register. Emma's father William Cosley (a.ka. Costley, Costly, Corsely, Cosy, Crosby, Crossley, etc.) is known to have married a Maggie Hartman in Davenport in 1883, and moved to Minnesota in 1886, dying there in 1888 -- so it is unlikely that Emma ever knew her father, and so would have been raised by her mother Rebecca Marshall, and thus bore her mother's married surname of Marshall instead of Cosley. Thus, Nancy Marshall's date of birth would be 20 July 1881.
Emma's father William Cosley, a Union Civil War veteran and an eyewitness to the first Juneteenth in 1865, was the eldest son of Nance Legins-Costley/Cosley (1813-1892) of Pekin and Peoria, Illinois, known to history as the first African-American slave freed by Abraham Lincoln.
Thank you to Jared Olar for providing a link to Nancy's father
OBITUARY
Marshall.
At her home, 330 West Fifth street, occurred the death of Nancy Marshall, a young colored woman, at the age of 22 years. She is survived by her mother, residing in Chicago, and two sisters, one in Clinton and one in West Superior, Wis. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Boies undertaking rooms, with interment at Oakdale cemetery.
From Jared Olar: Nancy's death record says she was born and died in the city of Davenport, Iowa. The 1900 U.S. Census shows Nancy living in Davenport with her mother Rebecca Marshall and older sister Mattie Marshall -- the census record says Nancy was born in July 1880 in Iowa.
Nancy's mother was Mary Rebecca (Webster) Marshall, ex-wife of Charles H. Marshall who afterwards married Pernicia Ann Busey. The Scott County, Iowa, birth registers show that Rebecca gave birth to a daughter "Emma Cosley" on 20 July 1881 in Davenport -- the birth record says Emma's father was William Cosley, formerly of Pekin, Illinois, a horse trainer, and also says Emma was Rebecca's 5th child.
Significantly, the 1900 U.S. Census record says Rebecca Marshall had five children, with only three of them still living in 1900. We know that two of those living daughters were Anna and Mattie, and the third still living was Nancy. That, along with Nancy Marshall's date of birth in the census records, indicates that Nancy is the "Emma Cosley" of the Scott County birth register. Emma's father William Cosley (a.ka. Costley, Costly, Corsely, Cosy, Crosby, Crossley, etc.) is known to have married a Maggie Hartman in Davenport in 1883, and moved to Minnesota in 1886, dying there in 1888 -- so it is unlikely that Emma ever knew her father, and so would have been raised by her mother Rebecca Marshall, and thus bore her mother's married surname of Marshall instead of Cosley. Thus, Nancy Marshall's date of birth would be 20 July 1881.
Emma's father William Cosley, a Union Civil War veteran and an eyewitness to the first Juneteenth in 1865, was the eldest son of Nance Legins-Costley/Cosley (1813-1892) of Pekin and Peoria, Illinois, known to history as the first African-American slave freed by Abraham Lincoln.
Thank you to Jared Olar for providing a link to Nancy's father
Davenport Daily Republican Saturday January 3, 1903
OBITUARY
Marshall.
At her home, 330 West Fifth street, occurred the death of Nancy Marshall, a young colored woman, at the age of 22 years. She is survived by her mother, residing in Chicago, and two sisters, one in Clinton and one in West Superior, Wis. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Boies undertaking rooms, with interment at Oakdale cemetery.
From Jared Olar: Nancy's death record says she was born and died in the city of Davenport, Iowa. The 1900 U.S. Census shows Nancy living in Davenport with her mother Rebecca Marshall and older sister Mattie Marshall -- the census record says Nancy was born in July 1880 in Iowa.
Nancy's mother was Mary Rebecca (Webster) Marshall, ex-wife of Charles H. Marshall who afterwards married Pernicia Ann Busey. The Scott County, Iowa, birth registers show that Rebecca gave birth to a daughter "Emma Cosley" on 20 July 1881 in Davenport -- the birth record says Emma's father was William Cosley, formerly of Pekin, Illinois, a horse trainer, and also says Emma was Rebecca's 5th child.
Significantly, the 1900 U.S. Census record says Rebecca Marshall had five children, with only three of them still living in 1900. We know that two of those living daughters were Anna and Mattie, and the third still living was Nancy. That, along with Nancy Marshall's date of birth in the census records, indicates that Nancy is the "Emma Cosley" of the Scott County birth register. Emma's father William Cosley (a.ka. Costley, Costly, Corsely, Cosy, Crosby, Crossley, etc.) is known to have married a Maggie Hartman in Davenport in 1883, and moved to Minnesota in 1886, dying there in 1888 -- so it is unlikely that Emma ever knew her father, and so would have been raised by her mother Rebecca Marshall, and thus bore her mother's married surname of Marshall instead of Cosley. Thus, Nancy Marshall's date of birth would be 20 July 1881.
Emma's father William Cosley, a Union Civil War veteran and an eyewitness to the first Juneteenth in 1865, was the eldest son of Nance Legins-Costley/Cosley (1813-1892) of Pekin and Peoria, Illinois, known to history as the first African-American slave freed by Abraham Lincoln.
Thank you to Jared Olar for providing a link to Nancy's father
OBITUARY
Marshall.
At her home, 330 West Fifth street, occurred the death of Nancy Marshall, a young colored woman, at the age of 22 years. She is survived by her mother, residing in Chicago, and two sisters, one in Clinton and one in West Superior, Wis. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from the Boies undertaking rooms, with interment at Oakdale cemetery.
From Jared Olar: Nancy's death record says she was born and died in the city of Davenport, Iowa. The 1900 U.S. Census shows Nancy living in Davenport with her mother Rebecca Marshall and older sister Mattie Marshall -- the census record says Nancy was born in July 1880 in Iowa.
Nancy's mother was Mary Rebecca (Webster) Marshall, ex-wife of Charles H. Marshall who afterwards married Pernicia Ann Busey. The Scott County, Iowa, birth registers show that Rebecca gave birth to a daughter "Emma Cosley" on 20 July 1881 in Davenport -- the birth record says Emma's father was William Cosley, formerly of Pekin, Illinois, a horse trainer, and also says Emma was Rebecca's 5th child.
Significantly, the 1900 U.S. Census record says Rebecca Marshall had five children, with only three of them still living in 1900. We know that two of those living daughters were Anna and Mattie, and the third still living was Nancy. That, along with Nancy Marshall's date of birth in the census records, indicates that Nancy is the "Emma Cosley" of the Scott County birth register. Emma's father William Cosley (a.ka. Costley, Costly, Corsely, Cosy, Crosby, Crossley, etc.) is known to have married a Maggie Hartman in Davenport in 1883, and moved to Minnesota in 1886, dying there in 1888 -- so it is unlikely that Emma ever knew her father, and so would have been raised by her mother Rebecca Marshall, and thus bore her mother's married surname of Marshall instead of Cosley. Thus, Nancy Marshall's date of birth would be 20 July 1881.
Emma's father William Cosley, a Union Civil War veteran and an eyewitness to the first Juneteenth in 1865, was the eldest son of Nance Legins-Costley/Cosley (1813-1892) of Pekin and Peoria, Illinois, known to history as the first African-American slave freed by Abraham Lincoln.
Thank you to Jared Olar for providing a link to Nancy's father
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