Husband: Richard Franklin COKE
Birthdate:September 12, 1848
Birthplace: Tennessee
Death date: December 21, 1914
Place of death: Brush Creek Community, Alcorn County, Mississippi
Burial: Brush Creek Cemetery, Alcorn County, Mississippi
Father: Spilsby COKE
Mother: Myra Louise BAIRD

Marriage date: 1866
Marriage place: Tippah County, Mississippi

Wife: Melinda Ann BURROW
Birthdate:September 10, 1847
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: September 18, 1905
Place of death: Brush Creek Community, Alcorn County, Mississippi
Burial: Brush Creek Cem., Alcorn County, Mississippi
Father: William Louis BURROW
Mother: Martha Jane SMITH

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John Lewis COKE
Sex: M
Birthdate: February 27, 1868
Birthplace: Mississippi
Death date: March 6, 1940
Place of death:
Burial: Brush Creek Cem. Alcorn County, Mississippi
Marriage date:
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Spouse's name: Minnie unknown

Child No. 2: Myra Martha COKE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1869
Birthplace: Wenasoga, Alcorn County, Mississippi
Death date: 1959
Place of death: Alcorn County, Mississippi
Burial: Hopewell Methodist Church Cem., Alcorn County, Mississippi
Marriage date: July 14, 1898
Marriage place: Alcorn County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: Van Lansing CRUM

Child No. 3: Henry Thomas COKE
Sex: M
Birthdate: February 10, 1872
Birthplace: Brush Creek Community, Alcorn County, Mississippi
Death date: September 3, 1946
Place of death: Glen, Alcorn County, Mississippi
Burial: Hopewell Methodist Cem., Alcorn County, Mississippi
Marriage date: June 5, 1892
Marriage place: Alcorn County, Mississippi
Spouse's name: Sarah Adeline CRUM

Child No. 4: Amanda E. COKE
Sex: F
Birthdate: ABT 1875
Birthplace:
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Documentation:
* Fought for the state of Arkansas in the Civil War as part of the Infantry. He was in the Battle of Corinth.
* 1878 Alcorn Co., MS educable school children page 153 Moccasin school district
COKE, Franklin, age 20, white male
William age 17
Mollie age 14
James age 11
John age 9
Thompson age 5
John age 10
Martha age 7
Henry T. age 6
* 1880 Alcorn Co., MS census District 5
COAKE Richard F., farmer age 39 born TN father born TN mother born NC
Malindia A. Coake, keeping house, wife age 32 MS TN TN
John L. Coake, laborer, son age 12 MS TN MS
Miria M. Coake, daughter, age 9 MS TN MS
Henry T. Coake, son, age 8 MS TN MS
Amanda E. Coake, daughter, age 5 MS TN MS

Notes:
* John Lewis Coke 2-27-1868-Ms. 3-6-1940 Wife-Minnie Coke Daughter-Susie Wilson Father-Frank Coke-Ms. Mother-Malinda Burrow-Ms. Brush Creek Church Cem. Page-80.