Born Ellen Barbara Coffield in 1859. She married Jesse Allen Norris after 1872, in Wake County, North Carolina and had six children.[1] She died in 1889 at age 30 and is buried in Apex Cemetery, Apex, Wake County, North Carolina.
??F: Cornelius Harnett Coffield M: Henrietta Rhodes Shephard
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Residence 1860: Harnett County, North Carolina as E B Coffield (1, F) in household of C H Coffield (39, M) with H R Coffield (37, F), J A Coffield (15, M), Jennett Coffield (11, F), Robt P Coffield (9, M), and E J Coffield (7, F)."United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD63-MTS : accessed 11 April 2016), E B Coffield in entry for C H Coffield, 1860.
Death: 1889, age 30
Burial: Apex Cemetery, Apex, Wake County, North Carolina.[2]
Additional References: Cited with spouse Jesse A Norris in marriage record of daughter Stella Nox Norris (1908). [3] Cited with spouse Jesse A Norris in death record of son Jesse Raymond Norris (1968); [4] Stella Nox Harman (1956); [5] Maybelle H Norris (1966); [6] and Maude Norris (1971). [7]
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJQ-TYKR : accessed 11 April 2016), Ellen B Norris in entry for John Calvin Harmon and Stella Nox Norris, 1908.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG79-FLQ : accessed 11 April 2016), Ellen Cofield in entry for Jesse Raymond Norris, 07 Feb 1968; citing Wake, North Carolina, v 7B cn 7516, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,983,196.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGSZ-P24 : accessed 11 April 2016), Ellen Coffield in entry for Stella Nox Harmon, 07 May 1956; citing Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, cn 13501, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,927,385.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP97-5C8 : accessed 11 April 2016), Ellen Herrita Coffield in entry for Maybelle H. Norris, 07 Apr 1966; citing Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, v 14A cn 14182, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,727.
↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP71-H8W : accessed 11 April 2016), Ellen Barbara Coffield in entry for Maude Norris, 18 Sep 1971; citing Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, 33098, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,983,574.
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