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Christine Sevier Kever

Christine Sevier Kever

Posted: 12 Jun 1999 9:41PM GMT
Edited: 28 Jun 2001 12:31PM GMT
I am trying to find information on my great grandmother, Christine Sevier Kever. She may have gone by the name of Tennie. She married Edward Ellis Sherrill, bore him 1 daughter, Mary Elizabeth Sherrill (1906). Christine died while Mary was just a small child.

no Info, just questions

Robin Summers (View posts)
Posted: 30 Aug 1999 8:37PM GMT
Would you know about where she was from?
Would you know if Sevier is her real middle
name, maiden name or perhaps her mothers
maiden name? The reason I ask is that in our
family tradition, my grandfather had his mothers
maiden name for a middle name, which just
happened to have been Kever. And I have Seviers
on the other side of my family too. I just wonder
if your Kever's had the same traditions and/or
if they might connect somewhere.

Christine Kever

Posted: 6 Jul 2000 6:55AM GMT
Edited: 15 Jun 2006 12:27PM GMT
Try the Keever message boards. Deb

Re: no Info, just questions - Christine Sevier Kever

Victoria Clingman (View posts)
Posted: 16 Dec 2005 2:38AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Kever, Fox, Sherrill, Sevier
I only just now discovered your posting from 1999. My Great grandmother was known as 'Tenie' Kever. It has been handed down that her actual name was Christine, middle name Sevier, Kever, and yes, it is also a tradition in my family to carry a last name as a middle name. She was born in October of 1870, in Buncombe Co. NC.. She died September 14, 1911, NC. Tenie was the daughter of James Milton Kever and Sarah Elizabeth Fox. Tenie married Samuel Cunningham 10-21-1982, and she married Edward Ellis Sherrill 05-31-1903. She died under unknown circumstances, perhaps in a sanitorium, when my grandmother was but 5 years old.

COE, Luther Edward, b. May 7, 1873, Schuyler Co MO USA

Posted: 21 Dec 2005 11:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: COE, CRAPSON
Victoria,

I understand you have been researching Mary Jane Blansett of Schuyler County, MO. I also understand that she had a brother Benjamin Franklin Blansett born in 1873 in Schuyler County.

I find this information fascinating. I also understand that it is believed that Benjamin Franklin Coe of Schuyler County was the father of Benjamin Franklin Blansett. Equally interesting is the fact that he was born out of wedlock and in 1873 in Schulyer County, MO.

There was another illegitimate child born that year in Schuyler County, also thought to have been fathered by Frank Coe or his brother Lewis Wetzel Coe. Please see the information below.

Luther Edward Coe was born Luther Edward Crapson, May 7, 1873, in Schulyer County, MO. He was also known as Edward H. Cole and Luther E. Cole. He was raised by Charles and Melvina Hale of Fabius Township, Schuyler County, and is listed in their home as a seven-year-old servant in the 1880 census (1880 US Census, Schuyler County, MO, ED 154:27). He changed his name to Coe before 1898.

He married August 2, 1898, in Randolph County, MO, Mary S. Walker, born May 1874 in Schuyler County, MO, daughter of Thomas and Patience (Roup) Walker (Randolph County, MO, Marriages, 6:139). He lived at Cairo, MO, at the time of marriage. They were married at the Walker home by William Baker, Justice of the Peace.

Thomas Walker was a son of Hampton and Mary (Hicks) Walker of Tuckers Crossroads, Wilson County, TN (1860 US Census, Wilson County, TN, District 8, p. 314). His sister Lucy Mae Walker, born June 5, 1854, in Wilson County, TN, married John G. Gillispie, born March 1, 1849, in Schuyler County, MO, and settled in Randolph County, MO. John Gillispie’s brother Daniel Marion Gillispie married (1) Sarah Elizabeth Crapson and (2) Clara Crapson, first cousins of Luther Edward Coe.

Luther, Mary and daughter Dorothy Coe are listed in the 1900 census of Moniteau Township, Randolph County. Luther’s birth is listed as May 1873 in Missouri. Mary is listed as born in May 1874 in Missouri. Luther’s parents are listed as having been born in Missouri. Mary’s parents are also listed as being born in Missouri. They are listed as married for two years, with one child. Both are listed as able to read and write. They lived in a rented house. Luther’s occupation is listed as day laborer. Interestingly, they are living next door to John G. and Lucy Mae (Walker) Gillispie, Mary Coe’s aunt and uncle (1900 US Census, Randolph County, MO, ED 132:17a-b).

Mary (Walker) Coe died January 11, 1906, at her home near Randolph Springs, Randolph County. She died in bed on a Thursday afternoon. The children were with her and went to neighbor Marvin Lawrence’s home after she rolled out of bed onto the floor. Luther was working a couple of miles away at a sawmill. An obituary appears in the January 19 edition of the "Huntsville Herald." The obituary reports that burial was at Clifton. Family members believe she was buried near her parents in Hagar Cemetery, Huntsville. No headstone has been found in either cemetery.

After Mary’s death, the children lived with members of the Roup family. Daniel Roup, who was born Aug. 31, 1852, in Greene County, PA, settled at Cairo, Randolph County, MO. He married March 29, 1877, in Schuyler County, MO, Mary Elizabeth Tucker, born April 9, 1850, in Wilson County, TN, died Jan. 14, 1926, at Cairo, MO, daughter of Andrew Jackson and Paulina (Walker – sister of Thomas Walker and Lucy Mae [Walker] Gillispie) Tucker. Patience Roup, who was born March 8, 1839, in Greene County, PA, married Thomas Walker, born Feb. 18, 1842, in Warren County, TN, and settled at Huntsville, MO. Daniel and Patience (Roup) Walker were children of Henry and Susannah (Martin) Roup of Greene County, PA, Henry County, IA, and Newton County, MO. Daniel and Mary Roup are buried at Grand Prairie Cemetery, Cairo. Thomas and Patience (Roup) Walker are buried at Hagar Cemetery, Huntsville, MO.

Luther Coe’s age is listed as 35 in the 1910 census. His occupation is listed as coal miner. His place of birth is listed as Missouri. The birthplace of his parents is listed as unknown (1910 US Census, Randolph County, MO, ED 147:4b).

Luther lived in Moberly, MO, in 1918, but worked as a farmhand for Clay Powell of Cresbard, SD (WW I Draft Registration Card, Randolph County, MO).

With brown hair, blue eyes, medium height and build, Luther named Osborne M. Crapson of Queen City, Schuyler County, as his nearest relative when he registered for the draft during WW I. A barber, Osborne Crapson was born May 28, 1856, in Schuyler County, son of Greenberry and Susanna (Duvall) Crapson. He married May 4, 1884, Louisa J. Williams, born May 4, 1856, in Logan County, IL, died January 6, 1906, in Queen City. He died May 11, 1938, in Queen City. Burial was at Tarr Cemetery.

In the 1870 census of Salt River Township, Schuyler County, Osborne M. Crapson, age 14, is living in the home of his mother Susanna (Duvall) Crapson. The father Greenberry Crapson died in 1859. Also in the home were children Julia Ann and Greenberry Baldwin Crapson, as was grandson William Grisham, son of daughter Susan Crapson who married William A. Grisham. Julia Ann Crapson was a 24-year-old single woman. The family of Lewis Wetzel Coe lived a couple of houses away (1870 US Census, Schuyler County, MO, p. 390).

Lewis Wetzel Coe was born December 8, 1837, in Marshall County, VA, oldest son of Benjamin Franklin and Annie (Kerr) Coe. Marshall County, VA, is the same county where the Crapsons lived before heading West (1850 US Census, Marshall County, VA, p. 312). Marshall County borders Greene County, PA, where the Roups and Crapsons lived before moving to Marshall County. The next county south is Wetzel County, named for frontiersman Lewis Wetzel. Lewis Wetzel Coe married Elvira A. Brown, Dec. 10, 1865, in Schuyler County.

Also in Schuyler County was Civil War veteran Thomas Richardson Coe, uncle of Lewis Coe. Born November 27, 1822, in Marshall County, VA, Thomas Coe’s son George Washington Coe, who was born July 13, 1856, at Brighton, IA, rode with Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War. He later wrote the book “Frontier Fighter” (University of New Mexico Press, 1934) about his adventures with the Kid. Lewis Coe and his brothers moved to New Mexico with George W. Coe in the 1870s and were also involved with Billy the Kid. Thomas Coe died May 2, 1902, in Queen City. Burial was at Tarr Cemetery, not far from Osborne M. Crapson. Frank Coe was loosely played by Charlie Sheen in the movie "Young Guns."

Luther Coe died July 20, 1935, in San Antonio, TX (Bexar County, TX, Deaths, 6:471). No parents are listed on the death certificate. The cause of death is listed as heart disease. His body was taken to Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County, MO, for burial. The funeral was conducted at 6:30pm, Wednesday, July 24, 1935 ("Moberly Monitor," July 24, 1935).

From what I understand you have been researching Mary Jane Blansett's family for some time. Do you have any insights into researching orphans or children born out of wedlock in Schulyer County?

I hope that the above is somehow helpful. If you have any information that might help unravel Luther Edward Crapson's relationship to the Coe family and why he changed his name to Coe, I would be delighted to hear from you.

Thank You,
Carl Robert Coe
Marysville, OH 43040-9012

Re: COE, Luther Edward, b. May 7, 1873, Schuyler Co MO USA

Victoria Clingman (View posts)
Posted: 22 Dec 2005 4:10AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coe, Blansett, Crapson
Dear Carl...

I think we should correspond more directly, and given your surname and the information you supplied, we are, by some measure, related. Please contact me at vclingman@hotmail.com.

Looking forward to conversing,
Sincerely,
Victoria
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