Arabella Letitia (Graham) Coddington (1842 - 1920)

Born 1842 in Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ninnian H Tannehill — married 17 Apr 1862 in Davis, Iowa, United States

Wife of Eli H. Coddington — married 24 Dec 1866 in Davis, Iowa, United States

Died 1920 at about age 78 in Iowa, United States

Biography

Arabella Letitia ("Belle") Graham was born in 1842 in Ohio, United States, daughter of William Carson Graham and Sara Malinda Patterson. She was the first of five children. By 1850, her family was domiciled in Davis County, Iowa as seen in the 1850 US Census. Her mother died in 1857. Her father later married Ann E Yost, and Belle was a half-sister to four more siblings.

Miss Graham married a farmer, Ninnian Tannehill in April 1862. After five months of marriage, Ninnian enlisted with the 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment. On February 10, 1863, Pvt. Tannehill was struck down by typhoid fever in Louisiana and was buried at Vicksburg, Tennessee. In March 1864, Mrs. Tannehill applied for duty as a nurse to the US Sanitary Commission and was ordered to the Benton Barracks Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. She was later assigned to duty at Nashville, Tennessee, where she served until the end of the war. However, Mrs. Tannehill saw that there was remaining work to be done for the soldiers, and volunteered to serve with the US Christian Commission; the USSC ended operations at the close of the war. The final assignment was once again at the Benton Barracks until December 3, 1865.

Belle returned home to Iowa and marred Eli H Coddington, a disabled veteran and a recent graduate of Iowa Wesleyan University on Christmas Eve, 1866. The couple had four children: Clinton Graham,1867; Ernest Mansfield, 1871; Laura Lucinda, 1872; and Manley, 1876. Reverend Coddington died in 1877. She participated in the 1890 US Census, collecting data in two wards in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Mrs Coddington never married again. She died in 1920.

Sources

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 4; Digital film/folder number: 004181030_013_M9CW-BVT; FHL microfilm: 7791; Image number: 25; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00955-0
  FamilySearch Record: MZ48-6RP (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D489-37Q
  Name: Luticia Graham; Census Date: 1850; Census Place: Union Township, Davis, Iowa, United States; Birth Date: 1844; Birth Place: Delaware; Race: White; Age: 6 years; Source House Nbr: 40; Record Nbr: 18974; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
  citing Page: 125; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005166278; FHL microfilm: 803317; Image number: 275; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01716-2
  FamilySearch Record: M82N-1BF (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GB9V-2ZM
  Name: Irabella Graham; Race: White; Birth Date: 1843; Birth Place: Ohio; Census Date: 1860; Census Place: Union Township, Davis, Iowa, United States; Age: 17; Record Nbr: 10176; System Of Record: SLS.
• Marriage: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 968,466
  FamilySearch Record: XJDM-G6L (accessed 13 November 2023)
  Name: Arabella Graham; Betrothed: N. H. Tanihill; Marriage Date: 17 Apr 1862; Marriage Place: , Davis, Iowa, United States.
• Marriage: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 968,466
  FamilySearch Record: XJD9-MY9 (accessed 13 November 2023)
  Name: Latitia A. Tannehill; Betrothed: Eli H. Coddington; Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1866; Marriage Place: , Davis, Iowa, United States.
• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
  citing Page: 89; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 27; Digital film/folder number: 004263542; FHL microfilm: 000545894; Image number: 384; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01435-4
  FamilySearch Record: MDVW-79Z (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QXW-CYC
  Name: Bell Coddington; Race: White; Census Date: 1870; Census Place: Center Township, Henry, Iowa, United States; Birth Date: 1843; Birth Place: Ohio; Age: 27 years; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Record Nbr: 15005; System Of Record: SLS.
• Death of spouse Rev Eli H Coddington: "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998"
  citing Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States, The State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.; FHL microfilm 2,168,495
  FamilySearch Record: Q2QV-XDFJ (accessed 13 November 2023)
  Name: Belle Graham.
• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00084; Digital film/folder number: 005160606; FHL microfilm: 1254344; Image number: 217; Sheet number: 326; Sheet letter: B
  FamilySearch Record: MD2V-Z6K (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBZ-997W
  Name: Bell Coddington; Birth Date: 1843; Birth Place: Ohio, United States; Census Date: 1880; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, 1st Ward, Henry, IA, United States; Marital Status: Widowed; Occupation: Keeping House; Race: White; Age: 37 years; Source Person Nbr: 0; Relationship To Head: Head; Mother Birth Place: Tennessee, United States; Father Birth Place: Tennessee, United States; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Record Nbr: 9600676; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1885 Census: "Iowa State Census, 1885"
  citing Page: 33; Line: 25; Digital film/folder number: 004539604; FHL microfilm: 1021476; Image number: 157; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00987-6
  FamilySearch Record: HZ5W-HPZ (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 939Z-YPSQ-1G
  Name: Bell Coddington; Residence Date: 1885; Residence Place: Mount Pleasant, Center, Henry, Iowa; Birth Date: 1843; Census Date: 1885; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Henry, IA, United States; Record Nbr: 4312; Age Years: 42; Age: 42 years; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1895 Census: "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  citing Page: 135; Line: 10; Digital film/folder number: 004236844; FHL microfilm: 1020361; Image number: 143; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N04392-4
  FamilySearch Record: VT34-9BG (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DTY7-WJ2
  Name: Belle Coddington; Birth Date: 1843; Census Date: 1895; Census Place: Henry, Iowa, United States; Record Nbr: 4028; Age: 52; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 23; Digital film/folder number: 004119860; FHL microfilm: 1240436; Image number: 645; Sheet number: 7; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00867-7
  FamilySearch Record: M9KT-78H (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DYK7-KJ3
  Name: Belle Coddington; Birth Date: Dec 1842; Birth Place: Ohio; Census Date: 1900; Census Place: Center Township Mt. Pleasant city Ward 1 & 3, Henry, Iowa, United States; Race: White; Marital Status: Widowed; Age: 58; Mother Birth Place: Tennessee; Relationship To Head: Head; Father Birth Place: Tennessee; Cnt Living Children: 1; Cnt Children: 4; Record Nbr: 31128; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T624; Digital film/folder number: 004971418; FHL microfilm: 1374418; Image number: 629; Sheet number: 4; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N03361-2
  FamilySearch Record: MGM3-Z21 (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RVW-CQP
  Name: Belle Coddington; Birth Date: 1843; Birth Place: Ohio; Census Date: 1910; Census Place: Center, Henry, Iowa, United States; Marital Status: Widowed; Race: White; Age: 67; Record Nbr: 29538; Mother Birth Place: Tennessee; Relationship To Head: Head; Father Birth Place: Tennessee; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Line: 57; Digital film/folder number: 004964285; FHL microfilm: 1820104; Image number: 1161; Sheet number: 7; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01880-4
  FamilySearch Record: MHQ8-GF4 (accessed 13 November 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R64-48P
  Name: Arabella Coddington; Birth Date: 1843; Birth Place: Ohio; Census Date: 1920; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States; Marital Status: Single; Race: White; Father Birth Place: Tennessee; Mother Birth Place: Ohio; Relationship To Head: Sister; Age: 77; Record Nbr: 55557; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.

See Also:

• Holland, Mary A Gardner. Our Army Nurses. Boston: B. Wilkins & Co. 1895. pp.110 Archive.org
• "Rev. Eli H. Coddington" in Biographical Review of Henry County, Iowa. Chicago: Hobart Publishing Co. pp. 216. Archive.org
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #68608297 (accessed 11 November 2023)
  Memorial page for Arabella Letitia “Belle” Graham Coddington (30 Dec 1842-26 Dec 1920), citing Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, USA (plot: Cb row 7); Maintained by rob morton (contributor 47669956).
• FamilySearch Person: MNY1-GGV
• Wikipedia:Belle_Coddington
• Wikidata: Item Q66948605