Willard Napoleon Coles Sr. (1876 - 1959)

Born 1 Dec 1876 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Apr 1959 at age 82 in Graves, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Willard Napoleon Coles was born on 1 Dec 1876 in Tennessee, United States. He was the son of Napoleon Coles and Mary Coulter. Willard first married Daisey Melvin around 1902 in Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, and together they raised a family. Willard later married Berry Drake on 14 Feb 1916 in Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, and together they raised a family. He passed away on 10 Apr 1959 in Graves, Kentucky, United States.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M94H-V1B : accessed 16 August 2020), Willard N Coles in household of Nepolian Coles, Magisterial District 6 (excl. Mayfield city), Graves, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 97, sheet 10B, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,523.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DS-49T : accessed 16 August 2020), Willard N Coles, Mayfield Ward 3, Graves, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 25B, family 543, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 475; FHL microfilm 1,374,488.
• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWTZ-NJ9 : 12 January 2020), Willard Coles, 1916.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K35V-J3J : 23 August 2019), Willard Coles, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM6L-83J : accessed 16 August 2020), Willard Coles, District 6, Graves, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 32, sheet 10B, line 61, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 746; FHL microfilm 2,340,481.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TM-K81 : 28 February 2020), Willard Coles, Magisterial District 6, Graves, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-34, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1309.
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-D283 : 9 January 2019), Willard Coles, 10 Apr 1959; citing Death, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,973,387.
• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCM-YYHN : 11 February 2018), Willard Coles, 10 Apr 1959; citing Death, Graves, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.