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Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker

Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker

Female 1868 - 1957  (89 years)

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  • Name Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker  [1] 
    Born 25 Jan 1868  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Probably born in Hickman County, where the family was found in 1870.
    Gender Female 
    Census 13 Jun 1870  Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • 1. Walker, H. R., 42, male, white, work on farm, real estate value $250, personal $800, Tennessee
      2. _____, Elizabeth, 32, female, white, keeping house, Tennessee
      3. _____, Docia, 15, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee
      4. _____, William, 14, male, white, work on farm, Tennessee, [can read, implied], cannot write
      5. _____, Thos. N., 12, male, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
      6. _____, Mary C., 10, female, white, work in cotton mill, Tennessee, cannot write
      7. _____, Sarah A., 8, female, white, Tennessee
      8. _____, Beeda E., 4, female, white, Tennessee
      9, _____, Coantha L., 2, white, female, white, Tennessee
      10. _____, Martha J., 5 months, white, female, Tennessee, born in January
      11. Thornton, Beeda, 54, female, white, Tennessee
    Census 19 Jun 1880  Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • 1. Walker, R. Helton, white, male, 51, married, farmer, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee
      2. _____, E. Easter, white, female, 42, wife, married, keeping house, Alabama, North Carolina, North Carolina
      3. _____, B. Etta, white, female, 14, daughter, at home, attending school, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
      4. _____, C. Lenora, white, female, 12, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
      5. _____, J. Martha, white, female, 10, daughter, at home, attending school, cannot write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
      6. _____, R. More, white, male, 9, son, at home, attending school, cannot read or write, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama
      7. _____, A. Helton, white, male, 6, son, at home, cannot read or write, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama
      8. _____, T. W. Theodore, white, male, 4, son, at home, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri
    Census 25 Jun 1900  Chapel township, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 1. Koonce, Robert, head, white, male, November 1867, 32, married 9 years, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, laborer, saw mill, can read and write, renting house
      2. _____, Nora, wife, white, female, January 1868, 32, married 9 years, 5 children 4 living, Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee, can read and write
      3. _____, Bessie, daughter, white, female, May 1892, 8, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      4. _____, Effie, daughter, white, female, October 1893, 6, did not attend school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      5. _____, Minnie, daughter, white, female, June 1896, 3, Missouri, illinois, Tennesse
      6. _____, Wesley, son, white, male, June 1898, 1, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
    Census 26 Apr 1910  Union township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • 1. Koonce, Robert H., head, male, white, 42, first marriage, married at age 19, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, farmer, own account, can read and write, owns farm with mortgage, farm schedule no. 57
      2. _____, Nora L., wife, female, white, 42, first marriage, married age 18, 10 children 8 living, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, can read and write
      3. _____, Bessie V., daughter, female, white, 17, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      4. _____, Effie E., daughter, female, white, 16, single, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      5. _____, Jennie M., daughter, female, white, 12, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      6. _____, Wesley R., son, male, white, 11, Missouri, illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      7. _____, Virgie E., daughter, female, white, 8, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      8. _____, Emma EE., daughter, female, white, 5, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, attending school, can read and write
      9. _____, Lula M., daughter, female, white, 3, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      10. _____, Willis W., son, male, white, [7 months], Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
    Census 23 Jan 1920  Chandler township, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • 1. Koonce, Robert H., head, renting, male, white, 52, married, can read and write, Illinois, Tennessee, Illinois, farmer, operator, own account, farm schedule no. 100
      2. _____, Coantha L., wife, female, white, 51, can read and write, Tennessee, Alabama, Tennessee
      3. _____, Wesley R. son, male, white, 20, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      4. _____, Virginia, E., daughter, female, white, 18, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      5. _____, Lula M., daughter, female, white, 13, attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      6. _____, Willis W., son, male, white, 10, attending school, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Tennessee
      7. _____, Basil T., son, male, white, 6, attending school, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee
      8. Walker, Alvin W., nephew, male, white, 17, single, not attending school, can read and write, Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, labor, farm
    Census 3 Apr 1930  415 E. 8th St., Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 1. Koonce, Lenorah, head, renting, $15, has radio set, not a farm, female, white, 62, widowed, can read and write, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
      2. _____, Willis, son, male, white, 20, single, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Tennessee, stock keeper, utilities corporation
      3. _____, Basil, son, male, white, male, white, 16, can read and write, Oklahoma, Illinois, Tennessee
    Census 4 Apr 1940  303 Dewey Ave., Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • 1. Thomas, John W., head, renting, $15, not a farm, male, white, 48, completed 3 years college, Missouri, lived same place 1935, works for pay, has a job, worked 48 hours, county superintendent of schools, Lincoln County, worked 52 weeks, income $1290
      2. _____, Bessie V., wife, female, white, 48, married, completed 2 years college, Missouri, same place (1935), not working for pay
      3. _____, Lorane, daughter, female, white, 19, single, attending school, completed 1 year college, Oklahoma, same place (1935)
      4. Koonce, Nora, mother in law, female, white, 70, widowed, completed grade 8, Tennessee, same place (1935)
    Died 24 Nov 1957  Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    NEWS 27 Nov 1957  Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    The Lawton Constitution:

    "Services held Tues. for Coantha LaNora Koonce

    Coantha LaNora Koonce was born January 25, 1868 in the state of Tennessee to Helton and Elizabeth Walker. She passed away at Chandler, Oklahoma on November 24, at the age of 89 years and 10 months.

    She moved to Howell county, Missouri, with her family at the age of 5 years. At the age of 23, she was united in marriage to Robert Houston Koonce on August 14, 1891. To this union was born 11 children, Three of whom preceded her in death.

    She leaves to mourn her passing, her 8 children: Mrs. J. W. Thomas, Mrs. Roba Key, Mrs. Perry Hinkle, Wesley Koonce, Willis Koonce and Basil Koonce, all of Chandler. Mrs. L. B. Hale of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Dale Phillips of Lovington, New Mexico. 24 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren,

    Her husband preceded her in death on April 15, 1928.

    Coantha LaNora and her husband brought their family to Oklahoma in 1907. Very early in life she was united with the Methodist church, the Walker's chapel church which had been named for her father, a Methodist preacher.

    She retained this membership until the family moved into the Union Friend's church community north of Chandler in 1921 and at that time she transferred her church membership to the Friends church where it remained until her death.

    Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 26, at 2:00 p.m. in the Friends church at Chandler with the Rev. Ray Leffler conducting the rites. Burial was in the New Zion cemetery." 
    Buried New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • East of Chandler, Oklahoma.
    Person ID I3492  Full | ProgenitorWalker
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2020 

    Father Helton Rutherford Walker,   b. 21 Oct 1828, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1901, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Esther Elizabeth Thornton,   b. 1 Oct 1837, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1908, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1854  Hickman County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Family ID F1072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Houston Koonce,   b. 18 Nov 1867, Norris City, White, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 15 Aug 1891  Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Children 
    +1. Bessie Viola Koonce,   b. 31 May 1892, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1960, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +2. Effie Etta Koonce,   b. 15 Oct 1893, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1973  (Age 80 years)
     3. William T. Koonce,   b. 12 Jun 1895,   d. Jul 1896  (Age 1 years)
    +4. Minnie Jane Koonce,   b. 6 Jun 1896, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1940  (Age 44 years)
    +5. Robert Wesley Koonce,   b. 14 Mar 1899, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1989, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    +6. Virginia Ethel "Virgie" Koonce,   b. 9 Jun 1902, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1974, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     7. Emma Eudocia Koonce,   b. 27 Sep 1905, Trask, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1913, Hutton Valley, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 8 years)
    +8. Lula Maye Koonce,   b. 27 Mar 1907, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 2004  (Age 97 years)
    +9. Willis Walker Koonce,   b. 27 Aug 1909, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1986, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +10. Basil Theodore Koonce,   b. 26 May 1913, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1986, Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2012 
    Family ID F1180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2561] 1870 U.S. census, Hickman County, Tennessee, population schedule, Pine Wood (post office), 6th Civil District, pp. 18-19 (penned), p. 531B-532A (stamped), dwelling 135, family 133, H. R. Walker household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 1538. .

    2. [S2837] "New Zion Cemetery, Davenport, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 Oct 2012), entry for Coantha Lenora "Nora" Walker Koonce (1957), memorial no. 22503713, posted by "Okiebran" [no email address], 28 October 2007.

    3. [S2838] John Lehr (submitter), "New Zion Cemetery, Lincoln County, Oklahoma," database and digital image,Oklahoma Cemeteries (http://www.okcemeteries.net/ : accessed 27 October 2012), entry for Coantha L. Koonce (1868-1957), with photo of cemetery marker. .

    4. [S2562] 1880 U. S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Goldsberry township, enumeration district (ED) 52, p. 25 (penned), p. 469 (stamped, recto), dwelling 199, family 199, R. Helton Walker [Helton R. Walker] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Sept 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 691; FHL film no. 1,254,691.

    5. [S2833] 1900 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 20B (penned), p. 42 (stamped, verso), dwelling 394, household 396, Robert Koonce household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 860.

    6. [S2834] 1910 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Union township, enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 4A (penned), p. 118 (stamped, recto), dwelling 71, household 71, Robert Koonce household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1259.

    7. [S2835] 1920 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Chandler township, enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 6B (penned), p. 42, (stamped, verso), dwelling 111, family 111, Robert H. Koonce household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1469.

    8. [S2836] 1930 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Chandler (415 E. 8th St.), enumeration district (ED) 41-5, sheet 4A, p. 201 (stamped, recto), dwelling 54, family 54, Lenorah Koonce household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1911.

    9. [S2844] 1940 U.S. census, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Chandler (303 Dewey Ave.), enumeration district (ED) 41-4 sheet, 3B, p. 19, household 56, John W. Thomas household, detail for Nora Koonce; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Oct 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3306.

    10. [S6119] "Services Held Tues. for Coantha LaNora Koonce" The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Oklahoma), 27 November 1957, p. 1, col. 4; digital image Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 3 October 2020).

    11. [S311] Helton Rutherford Walker obituary, photo copy of undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, sent to the author by Harold Reeves (Riverton, Wyoming), about 1990. Mr. Reeves is now deceased. The State Historical Society of Missouri has searched their microfilm collection of West Plains and Mountain View (Howell County) newspapers for the obituary without success.

    12. [S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.

    13. [S38] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 3 & 4, 1889 - 1893 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1992), Book 4, Page 7 (Reliability: 3).
      Robert H. Koonce to Cautha [sic] L. Walker, on 15 August 1891, by Samuel T. Proffitt, Minister.

    14. [S2832] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Oct 2012), Howell County, marriage license no. 1648 [loose papers, jacket only, no return], for Robert H. Koonce-Coantha L. Walker (1891); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .


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