Martha Vandilla (Cooley) Skipper (1845 - 1918)

Born 5 Mar 1845 in Dale, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Cofield Skipper Jr — married 1865 in alabama

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1918 at age 73 in Samson, Geneva, Alabama, USA

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Biography

Martha was born in 1845 in Alabama to John and Eliza Cooley (aka Coolie). In 1860, the family was living in Dale County, Alabama.^[1]

She married John C Skipper. In 1900, they were living in Dothan (excl. Dothan town), Henry County, Alabama.^[2] By 1910, they were in Dothan, Houston, Alabama.^[3]

Martha and John were mentioned in the death records of their children:

• Theodocia Skipper Hargrove, died 05 Jun 1963^[4]
• Henry C. Skipper, died 02 Aug 1943^[5]

Martha passed away in 1918. Her death certificate states her death was on 12 Mar 1918.^[6] However, her grave states 13 Mar 1918, and spells her middle name as Vandaley. Burial was in the Dothan City Cemetery in Dothan, Houston, Alabama.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD8-C97 : 13 December 2017), Vandilla Coolie in entry for John Coolie, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98G-B6J : accessed 26 February 2018), Martha V Skipper in household of John C Skipper, Precinct 3 Dothan (excl. Dothan town), Henry, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84, sheet 12B, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,018.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQP-NH9 : accessed 26 February 2018), Martha V Skipper in household of John J Skipper, Dothan Ward 2, Houston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 2A, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 16; FHL microfilm 1,374,029.
4. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXXY-BDH : 15 February 2018), Martha Cooley in entry for Theodocia Skipper Hargrove, 05 Jun 1963; citing reference 14498, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,909,055.
5. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD1R-N4H : 15 February 2018), Vandalia Cooley in entry for Henry C. Skipper, 02 Aug 1943; citing reference cn 15359, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,628.
6. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDVF-XNL : 15 February 2018), Martha Vandalia Skipper, 12 Mar 1918; citing reference cn 42, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,194.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8259113