The Coker's of Georgia & Tennessee:Information about John C Coker
John C Coker (b. April 17, 1866, d. September 15, 1934)
Notes for John C Coker:
John C. Coker, 1870 and 1880 Gonzales County, Texas Census, 1920 McLennan
County, Texas Cemetery, White Rock Cemetery in McLennan County, Texas,
McLennan County Death Records Volume 7, Fall and Puckett Funeral Records, Roots
Web, World Connect
Notes for JOHN C. COKER:
John C. Coker was the eighth and last known child born to James Coker and
Rebecca Ann Bonner. He was born in Texas, likely Gonzales County, April 17,
1866. Strange enough, John married a niece, Nancy Elizabeth Caraway in Gonzales County June 18, 1885. She was the daughter of Henry Caraway and Nancy Coker. Nancy, the Mother, was a sister of Nancy Caraway's husband John.Nancy, the wife, was born in Texas or Mississippi, more likely the latter.
John and his family moved from Gonzales County to Waco in McLennan County, Texas in the 1890s or early 1900s. John died in Waco September 15, 1934 and is believed to be buried at the White Rock Cemetery in an unmarked grave. Nancy died several years before John on August 21, 1924. Though her grave is unmarked it is documented in Fall Puckett Funeral Records.
The actual listing is as follows:
More About John C Coker and Nancy Elizabeth Caraway:
Marriage: June 18, 1885, Gonzales Co., Tx.
Children of John C Coker and Nancy Elizabeth Caraway are:
- +Henry Milton Coker, b. April 1886, Leesville, Gonzales Co., Tx, d. December 07, 1933.
- +Clemon C Coker, b. December 05, 1887, Leesville, Gonzales Co., Tx, d. February 20, 1988, McGregor, McLennan Co., TX.
- +George Washington Coker, b. April 27, 1890, d. February 16, 1948, Gonzales Co., Tx.
- Lucy Coker, b. July 1891, d. date unknown.
- +Frank E Coker, b. December 13, 1892, d. 1918.
- Arthur Coker, b. July 23, 1897, d. date unknown.
- +Stella Coker, b. June 1899, d. date unknown.
- Virgil Coker, b. Aft. 1899, d. date unknown.
- +Zella Coker, b. Aft. 1900, d. date unknown.