Melvin Coggins^[1]

1903 - 1945  (41 years)

• Name	Melvin Coggins
  Born	4 Aug 1903	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1940	District 10, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	18 Jun 1945	Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Buried	21 Jun 1945	Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I80024	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Harrison Coggins,   b. 23 Feb 1867, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Oct 1956  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Katherin Grindstaff,   b. Abt 1871, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jan 1956, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1894
  Family ID	F29407	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Maggie Raines,   b. 5 Nov 1906, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Feb 1944, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 37 years)
  Married	29 May 1926	Cocke County, Tennessee   [6]
  Children	+ 1. Claude Gordon Coggins,   b. 19 May 1927, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Apr 2015, Physicians Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)   2. Hugh Coggins,   b. Abt 1929, Tennessee  (Age ~ 95 years)   3. Reba Coggins,   b. Abt 1932, Tennessee  (Age ~ 92 years)   4. Josephine Coggins,   b. Abt 1935, Tennessee  (Age ~ 89 years) + 5. Carl Coggins,   b. 1 Jun 1937, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Jun 1994, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F29424	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Aug 1903 - Tennessee Census - 1920 - Cocke County, Tennessee Married - 29 May 1926 - Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 18 Jun 1945 - Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 66. [S112] Census, 1920. Name: Melvin Coggins Residence: , Cocke, Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1904 Age: 16 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Son Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Film Number: 1821733 Digital Folder Number: 4390325 Image Number: 00410 Sheet Number: 2 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF Ben Coggins M 54y Tennessee WIFE Mary Coggins F 48y Tennessee DAU Cara Coggins F 19y Tennessee SON Melvin Coggins M 16y Tennessee SON Almond Coggins M 14y Tennessee DAU Mattie Coggins F 11y Tennessee SON Bob Coggins M 8y Tennessee DAU Beckie A Coggins F 6y Tennessee DAU Ida Coggins F 3y6m Tennessee Katharine Rose F 68y Tennessee Joe Rose M 29y Tennessee [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Melvin Coggins Titles & Terms: Event: Census Event Year: 1940 Event Place: Civil District 10, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 36 Marital Status: Married Race (Original): Race (Standardized): White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Head Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1904 Residence in 1935: Same House Enumeration District Number: 15-21 Family Number: 32 Sheet Number and Letter: 2B Line Number: 77 NARA Publication Number: T627 NARA Roll Number: 3881 Digital Folder Number: 005461287 Image Number: 00619 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Melvin Coggins M 36 Tennessee Wife Maggie Coggins F 34 Tennessee Son Claud Coggins M 13 Tennessee Son Hugh Coggins M 11 Tennessee Daughter Reba Coggins F 8 Tennessee Daughter Josephine Coggins F 5 Tennessee Son Carl Coggins M 2 Tennessee [S87] Death Certificate. Name: Melvin Coggins Event Type: Death Event Date: 18 Jun 1945 Event Place: Cocke County, Tennessee Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Age: 41 Birth Year (Estimated): Birth Date: 04 Aug 1903 Birthplace: Tenn. Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Ben Coggins Father's Birthplace: Tenn. Mother's Name: Mary Grindstoff Mother's Birthplace: Tenn. Occupation: Farmer Address: Residence Place: Hartford, Cocke, Tennessee Cemetery: Raines Burial Place: Hartford Burial Date: 21 Jun 1945 Informant's Name: Additional Relatives: X Digital Folder Number: 004184899 Image Number: 01526 GS Film number: 2137359 Reference ID: cn 11315 [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 108666377). [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Melvin Coggins Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 30 May 1926 Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States Age: Birth Year (Estimated): Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Maggie Rains Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Age: Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: 474 GS Film number: 1928647 Digital Folder Number: 004485962 Image Number: 00280