Margaret (Childs) Cotham (1862 - aft. 1910)

Born Oct 1862 in Missouri, United States

Wife of Stephen Chaney — married 1877 in Arkansas, United States

Died after 1910 after age 47 in Stone County, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Margaret (Childs) Cotham is a part of US Black heritage.

Margaret Childs was born in October 1862 in Missouri, daughter of Rose Anna ______.

She married Stephen Cheney about 1876. They had 5 children. In 1880, she was in Hixson Township, Stone, Arkansas. She was a keeping house.^[1]

In 1900, she was in Harris Township, Stone, Arkansas.^[2]

In 1907, she remarried to Ollie Cotham and they continued living in Hixson, Stone, Arkansas.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," citing Volume: 2; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00101; Digital film/folder number: 005157275; FHL microfilm: 1254057; Image number: 705; Sheet number: 197; Sheet letter: B, FamilySearch Record: MNW5-JX4 (accessed 3 April 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBW-9VL8, Name Margaret Chaney, Marital Status Married, Race Black, Occupation Keeping House, Birth Date 1861, Birth Place Arkansas, United States, Census Date 1880, Census Place Hixson Township, Stone, Arkansas, United States, Relationship To Head Wife, Mother Birth Place Arkansas, United States, Father Birth Place Arkansas, United States, Source Person Nbr 1, Age 19 years, Record Nbr 40896285, Vis Status VISIBLE, System Of Record SLS.

   Steven Chaney M 24 Married Head Servant Arkansas

   Margaret Chaney F 19 Married Wife Keeping House Arkansas

   Joseph Chaney M 3 Single Son At Home Arkansas

   Alice Chaney F 2 Single Daughter Arkansas

   Moriah Davis F 44 Other Labors On Farm Arkansas

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 68; Digital film/folder number: 004119772; FHL microfilm: 1240077; Image number: 928; Sheet number: 1; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00816-0, FamilySearch Record: M3XZ-VWX (accessed 3 April 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6P77-CPW, Name Margaret Chaney, Census Date 1900, Census Place Harris Township, Stone, Arkansas, United States, Birth Date Oct 1862, Birth Place Missouri, Race Black, Marital Status Married, Relationship To Head Wife, Mother Birth Place Tennessee, Cnt Living Children 4, Father Birth Place Missouri, Cnt Children 4, Cnt Years Married 24, Age 38, Marriage Date (Original) 1876, Vis Status VISIBLE, Record Nbr 44694, System Of Record SLS.

   Stephen Chaney M 46 Married Head Arkansas

   Margaret Chaney F 38 Married Wife Missouri

   Joseph Chaney M 21 Single Son Arkansas

   Ola Chaney F 18 Single Daughter Arkansas

   Alfred Chaney M 15 Single Son Arkansas

   Richard Chaney M 10 Single Son Arkansas

   Rosina Childs F 70 Single Mother-in-law Tennessee

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 004970242; FHL microfilm: 1374077; Image number: 61; Sheet number: 8; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03326-6, FamilySearch Record: MKV1-ZQD (accessed 3 April 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRNX-5D2, Name Margrette Gothem, Marital Status Married, Race Black, Census Date 1910, Census Place Hixson, Stone, Arkansas, United States, Birth Date 1865, Birth Place Missouri, Mother Birth Place Tennessee, Relationship To Head Wife, Record Nbr 2936, Father Birth Place Tennessee, Age 45, System Of Record SLS.

   Ollie A Gothem M 35 Married Head Arkansas

   Margrette Gothem F 45 Married Wife Missouri

   Martha Wease F 14 Single Grandchild Arkansas

   Horace Wease M 12 Single Step-grandson Arkansas

   Rosa A Childs F 80 Widowed Mother-in-law Tennessee

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