William M. Coday (1834 - 1920)

Born 30 May 1834 in Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1920 at age 85 in Mansfield, Wright, Missouri, United States

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Biography

William M. Coday was born May 30, 1834, in Indiana.

The 1850 U.S. Census for Wright County, Missouri, finds the following family: James Cody, age 40, male, farmer, born GA; Milly Cody, age 36, female, born GA; William Cody, age 16, male, farmer, born IN; Elizabeth Cody, age 14, female, born IN; Nancy Cody, age 12, female, born MO; Louisa Cody, age 10, female, born MO; Emily Cody, age 8, female, born MO; Elizabeth Cody, age 2, female, born MO. *

Above them is another family: William Cody, age 38, male, farmer, born KY; Dorcas Cody, age 36, female, born TN; John Cody, age 17, male, born IA; Samuele Cody, age 16, male, born IA; Lucinda Cody, age 15, female, born IA; Nancy Cody, age 15, female, born TN; Margrett Cody, age 12, female, born TN; Mary Cody, age 11, female, born TN; William Cody, age 10, male, born MO; Harrison Cody, age 8, male, born MO; Elizabeth Cody, age 6, female, born MO; Isaac Cody, age 1, male, born MO. Below them is the family of Johnathan Moody.

William married Sarah Rhoe.

The 1870 U.S. Census for Wright County, Missouri, finds the following household: Wm. R. Coday, age 35, white male, farmer, real estate valued at $150, personal property valued at $250, born IN, cannot read/write; Sarah S. Coday, age 30, white female, keeping house, born TN; John Coday, age 7, white male, born MO; Adeline Coday, age 3, white female, born MO; Eddie Coday, age 1, white male, born MO; Thos. Coday, age 18, white male, schoolboy, born MO. *The Riggs family is just below them.

The 1880 U.S. Census for Hartville, Wright County, Missouri, finds the following family: William Coday, white male, age 46, married, occupied in farming, born IN, cannot read/write, father born KY, mother born IN; Sarah A. Coday, white female, age 42, wife, married, keeping house, born TN, father born VA; John Coday, white male, age 17, son, farming, attending school within the year, cannot write, born MO; Adaline Coday, white female, age 12, daughter, keeping house, attended school within the year, cannot write, born MO; Edward Coday, white male, age 11, son, attended school within the year, cannot write, born MO; Nancy A. Coday, white female, age 9, daughter, attended school within the year, born MO; Eli Coday, white male, age 6, son, attended school within the year, born MO; Thomas Coday, white male, age 3, son, born MO; James Coday, white male, age 1, son, born MO; Mary Ellen Coday, white female, age 3 months, born February, daughter, born MO; Louisa Riggs, white female, age 30, sister, widowed, keeping house, cannot read/write, born MO.

The 1900 U.S. Census for Hart Township, Wright County, Missouri, finds the following household: William Coday, head, white male, born Jan 1836, age 64, married 33 years, born TN, farmer, cannot read/write; Sarah Coday, wife, white female, born Mar 1840, age 60, married 33 years, nine children born/six living, born TN, parents both born TN, can read/write; James Coday, son, white male, born Mar 1879, age 21, single, born MO, can read/write; Mary E. Coday, daughter, white female, born Mar 1880, age 20, single, born MO, can read/write; Alta Benton, grand daughter, white female, born Aug 1893, age 6, born MO, father born MO, mother born TN, Isaac Gann, servant, white male, born June 1878, age 21, single, born MO. *A Gann family is just below the Codays.

Sources

• United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LDQ-8SP?cc=1401638&wc=95R4-2JM%3A1031312801%2C1032156801%2C1032156802 : 9 April 2016), Missouri > Wright > Wright county > image 66 of 120; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QY9-FPW?cc=1438024&wc=KPYP-JWL%3A518659401%2C519110401%2C519965401 : 13 June 2019), Missouri > Wright > Wright County, part of > image 8 of 141; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NV-RQV : 14 January 2022), Edward Coday in household of William Coday, Hart Township, Wright, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6323-7P?cc=1325221&wc=9B7Y-ZJC%3A1030552401%2C1035216601%2C1035708501 : 5 August 2014), Missouri > Wright > ED 148 Hart Township Hartville city > image 6 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Missouri Death Certificate for William Coday

• Obituary, Mansfield Mirror, 22 Apr 1920 - William Coday

• Find-A-Grave Memorial for William M. Coday