Mary (Luffman) Cockerham (1848 - 1927)

Born 25 Dec 1848 in Thurmond, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1927 at age 79 in Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Father also born in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Residence

• Fact: Residence (1880) Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
• Fact: Residence (1900) Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA
• Fact: Residence (1910) Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA

Research Notes

The death certificate of son, Monroe, says she was born in Thueman, N.C. There is a Thurmond in Wilkes County, so using that location for now as birth.

Sources

See also:

• Ancestry Profile accessed 1 July 2018, profile for Mary Luffman.
• 1880 United States Federal Census
• 1900 United States Federal Census; Ancestry Record 7602 #56821579; Name: Mary E Cockerham; Age: 49; Birth Date: Mar 1851; Birthplace: North Carolina; Home in 1900: Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina; Sheet Number: 8; Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 150; Family Number: 154; Race: White; Gender: Female; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Hugh Cockerham; Marriage Year: 1874; Father's Birthplace: North Carolina; Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina; Mother: Number of Living Children: 6; Mother: How Many Children: 7; Can Read: Yes; Can Write: No; Can Speak English: Yes; Household Members: Name Age: Hugh Cockerham 56; Mary E Cockerham 49; James M Cockerham 25; John F Cockerham 18; Spencer F Cockerham 16; Delpha C Cockerham 9; Andrew M Cockerham 2. Image
• 1910 United States Federal Census
• North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976; Ancestry Record 1121 #85489; Name: Mary Cockerham; Gender: Female; Race: White; Age: 80; Birth Date: abt 1847; Birth Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; Death Date: 29 Dec 1927; Death Place: Glade Creek, Alleghany, North Carolina, USA; Father: Luffman (of Wilkes County); Spouse: Hugh Cockerham (previously deceased); Informant: Delphia Cockerham of Barrett, North Carolina. Image
• North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930
• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
• Find A Grave: Memorial #104327658; Headstone says died December 23, but death certificate says December 29. Headstone says born December 25, 1848 and death certificate says aged about 80.
• North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930; Ancestry Record 60090 #256085; Name: Monroe Cockerham; Gender: Male; Age: 45y 11m 18d; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Farmer; Birth Date: 14 Nov 1876; Birth Place: Barrett, N.C.; Death Date: 22 Nov 1921; Death Place: Glide Creek Twp, Alleghany, North Carolina; Burial Date: 18 Nov 1921; Cemetery: Family Graveyard; Father: Hugh Cockerham of Barrett, N.C.; Mother: Mary Luffman of Thueman, N.C.; Spouse: Rena Evans; Reference ID: fn 659 cn 93; FHL Film Number: 4215978. Image