The Shemwell Family

Margaret Jane CogginAge: 76 years18501926

Name
Margaret Jane Coggin
Given names
Margaret Jane
Surname
Coggin
Married name
Margaret Jane Loftin
Birth February 19, 1850 28 26
Census October 11, 1850 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Eliza Coggin
February 1855 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Coggin
about 1858 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 9, 1860 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 16 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census July 24, 1870 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a maternal grandmotherCatherine Burrage
June 1, 1880 (Age 30 years)
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 30 years)
Civil marriageJonathan Columbus LoftinView this family
October 31, 1887 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Grover Loftin
November 2, 1889 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 50 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Iris Loftin
October 13, 1918 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 67 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 69 years)
Death April 2, 1926 (Age 76 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1847
2 years
elder brother
2 years
herself
Margaret Jane Coggin
Birth: February 19, 1850 28 26North Carolina, United States
Death: April 2, 1926Randolph, North Carolina, United States
5 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Catherine Coggin
Birth: about 1858 36 34North Carolina, United States
Death:
Family with Jonathan Columbus Loftin - View this family
husband
Jonathan Columbus Loftin
Birth: December 2, 1849North Carolina, United States
Death: April 5, 1929Davidson, North Carolina, United States
herself
Margaret Jane Coggin
Birth: February 19, 1850 28 26North Carolina, United States
Death: April 2, 1926Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: October 31, 1887Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
son
Robert Grover Loftin
Birth: November 2, 1889 39 39North Carolina, United States
Death: March 21, 1959San Francisco, California, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Zachariah Coggins - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Zachariah Cogginshead28MWfarmerNC
Catherine Cogginswife26FWNC
Eli Cogginsson2MWNC
Margaret J Cogginsdaughter4 monthsFWNC
Catherine Carrollmother in law63FWNC

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Zachariah Coggins - Household

Fork, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Zachrry Cogginshead37MWfarmerNC
Catherine Cogginswife34FWNC
Eli Cogginsson12MWNC
Jane Cogginsdaughter10FWNC
Eliza Cogginsdaughter5FWNC
Catherine Cogginsdaughter2FWNC

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Zachariah Coggins - Household

Eldorado Twp, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Coggin, Zachariahhead50MWfarnerNC
Coggin, Catherinewife48FWNC
Coggin, Elison23MWfield laborerNC
Coggin, Janedaughter21FWNC

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Zachery Coggin - Household

Eldorado Twp, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Coggin, ZacheryWM57headMfarmerNCNCNC
Coggin, CatherineWF56wifeMNCNCNC
Coggin, JaneWF26daughterSNCNCNC
Coggin, KatherineWF20daughterSNCNCNC
Keerans, KatherineWF92mother in lawWNCNCNC

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jonathan Columbus Loftin - Household

Randolph, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Loftin, Jonathan headWMNov184950M13NCNCNCfarmer
Loftin, Margaret JwifeWFFeb185050M121NCNCNC
Loftin, GroversonWMNov188910SNCNCNC
Loftin, MaygranddaughterWFMay18982SNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jonathan Columbus Loftin - Household

Randolph, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Loftin, ColumbusheadMW60M224NCNCNCfarmer
Loftin, Margaret JwifeFW62M12421NCNCNC
Loftin, Maudie MgranddaughterFW11SNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jonathan Columbus Loftin - Household

Randolph, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Loftin, Columbus JheadMW70MNCNCNCfarmer
Loftin, Margaret JwifeFW69MNCNCNC