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Descendants of Abraham Cofer

Generation No. 2

2. LOUISA JANE² COFER (ABRAHAM¹) was born May 11, 1831, and died January 18, 1918 in Roane County, Tennessee. She married WILLIAM ALFONSO TEDDER November 18, 1851 in Roane County, Tennessee. He was born June 24, 1828, and died May 17, 1884 in Roane County, Tennessee.

More About LOUISA JANE COFER:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetary in Roane County, TN

Notes for WILLIAM ALFONSO TEDDER:
1870 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
16TH DISTRICT
136-134
TEDDER, Wm. A.; 43; m; w; farmer; 1500; 800; TN
Louisa; 39; f; w; keeping house; TN
Ben A.; 17; m; w; TN
Elizabeth F.; 15; f; w; TN
Jas. L.; 13; m; w; TN
Mary L.; 10; f; w; TN
Martha M.; 8; f; w; TN
Sallie B.; 5; f; w; TN
Alice A.; 3; f; w; TN
Nancy C.; 2/12; f; w; TN (b. May)

1880 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
16th CIVIL DISTRICT, JUNE 1, 1880 BY W. A. TEDDER, ENUMERATOR
1-1
Tedder, Wm. A., w, m, 51, head, farmer, TN NC VA
Louisa J., w, f, 49, wife, TN NC TN
Benajah A., w, m, 27, son, farmer, TN TN TN
James A. S., w, m, 23, son, farmer, TN TN TN
Tilla M., w, f, 17, dau, TN TN TN
Sarah B., w, f, 15, dau, TN TN TN
Alice A., w, f, 13, dau, TN TN TN
Nannie C., w, f, 10, dau, TN TN TN
Silvey, Samuel, w, m, 30, boarder, farm laborer, TN TN TN

More About WILLIAM ALFONSO TEDDER:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetary in Roane County, TN

Marriage Notes for LOUISA COFER and WILLIAM TEDDER:
Surety was James C. Yost, married by William Bowers, MSGS
MB 2, 215-216

Children of LOUISA COFER and WILLIAM TEDDER are:

8.	i.	BENAJAH A.³ TEDDER, b. September 10, 1852; d. January 22, 1930.
	ii.	ELIZABETH F. TEDDER, b. Abt. 1855; d. Unknown.
	iii.	JAMES A. S. TEDDER, b. Abt. 1857; d. Unknown.
	iv.	MARTHA M. TEDDER, b. Abt. 1862; d. Unknown.
	v.	TILLA M. TEDDER, b. Abt. 1863; d. Unknown.
	vi.	SARAH B. TEDDER, b. Abt. 1865; d. Unknown.
9.	vii.	ALICE A. TEDDER, b. July 09, 1867, Tennessee; d. March 07, 1921.
10.	viii.	NANCY C. TEDDER, b. May 1870, Tennessee; d. Unknown.

3. MARY MANERVA² COFER (ABRAHAM¹) was born Abt. 1833 in Tennessee, and died Unknown. She married LORENZO HAYWOOD CROW 1854, son of WILLIS CROW and NANCY ?. He was born 1827 in Tennessee, and died Bef. 1870.

Notes for MARY MANERVA COFER:
1870 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
3RD DISTRICT
69-68
CROW, M.M.; 37; f; w; keeping house; 1500; 200; TN
S.C.; 14; f; w; TN
J.M.; 12; m; w; TN
M.C.; 11; f; w; TN

1880 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
43-43 Crow, Mary M., w, f, 47, widow, TN TN TN
John W., w, m, 23, son, TN TN TN
Susan, w, f, 12, niece, TN TN TN

Notes for LORENZO HAYWOOD CROW:
1860 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
3RD DISTRICT, KINGSTON, TN
378-344
CROW, Lorenzo H.; 31; m; w; Farmer; 2500; 500; TN
Mary M.; 27; f; w; TN
Sarah C.; 4; f; w; TN
Jno. W.; 3; m; w; TN
Mary C.; f; w; TN

Children of MARY COFER and LORENZO CROW are:

11.	i.	SARAH C.³ CROW, b. 1856, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
	ii.	JOHN W. CROW, b. 1857; d. Unknown.
12.	iii.	MARY C. CROW, b. 1859, Tennessee; d. Unknown.

4. SUSAN CATHERINE² COFER (ABRAHAM¹) was born November 13, 1834, and died July 04, 1879. She married (1) JAMES PLEASANT TEDDER October 06, 1857 in Roane County, Tennessee, son of JAMES TEDDER. He was born 1832, and died 1868. She married (2) LEWIS F. ABSTANT January 14, 1872 in Roane County, Tennessee. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for SUSAN CATHERINE COFER:
1870 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
16TH DISTRICT
37-36
TEDER, Catherin; 34; f; w; keeping house; TN
Wm.; 12; m; w; Farm Laborer; TN
George W.; 9; m; w; farm laborer; TN
John; 5; m; w; TN
Susan; 2; f; w; TN

More About SUSAN CATHERINE COFER:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetery, Harriman, TN

Marriage Notes for SUSAN COFER and JAMES TEDDER:
James is listed as Joe P. Tedder in marriage records. Married by W. W. Margrave, J.P.

Children of SUSAN COFER and JAMES TEDDER are:

13.	i.	WILLIAM STEPHEN³ TEDDER, b. October 1858, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
	ii.	GEORGE TEDDER, b. Abt. 1861; d. Unknown.
	iii.	JOHN PURRIS TEDDER, b. Abt. 1865; d. Unknown.
	iv.	SUSAN ALICE TEDDER, b. Abt. 1868; d. Unknown; m. W. B. LITTLETON, September 03, 1884, Roane County, Tennessee; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

5. FRANCIS MALVINA² COFER (ABRAHAM¹) was born February 25, 1837, and died June 10, 1919. She married STEPHAN A. GEASLAND November 25, 1858 in Roane County, Tennessee. He was born January 04, 1828, and died January 14, 1900.

More About FRANCIS MALVINA COFER:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetery, Harriman, TN

Notes for STEPHAN A. GEASLAND:
1870 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
DISTRICT 16
128-126
GEASLAND, S. A.; 34; m; w; farmer; 500; TN
Francis M.; 32; f; w; keeping house; TN
Wm. A. L.; 10; m; w; TN
Caroline; 6; f; w; TN
S. J.; 3; m; w; TN
H. P.; 1; m; w; TN
BUSH, Alex; 17; m; w; farm laborer; TN
HEDRIC, Mary E.; 12; f; w; domestic servant; TN

Stephan A. Geasland and family are listed in the 1880 Roane County Census living next door to Abraham Cofer, William J. and his wife Mary and children.

1880 ROANE COUNTY CENSUS
123-123
Geasland, S. A., w, m, 51, head, farmer, TN NC NC
Frances M., w, f, 42, wife, TN NC TN
William A. L., w, m, 20, son, farm laborer, TN TN TN
Caroline, w, f, 16, dau, TN TN TN
Stephen J., w, m, 13, son, farm laborer, TN TN TN
Haywood P., w, m, 11, son, farm laborer, TN TN TN
John S., w, m, 7, son, TN TN TN
Frances L., w, f, 3, dau, TN TN TN
Lewis P., w, m, 2, son, TN TN TN

GEASLAND, Stephen A., Co. B, 2nd TN Inf. Buried Bowers-Geasland Cemetery, Roane Co., TN.

More About STEPHAN A. GEASLAND:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetery, Harriman, TN
Military service: August 12, 1861, Enlisted in Co. B, 2 TN Volt.

Marriage Notes for FRANCIS COFER and STEPHAN GEASLAND:
Married by William Bower, M.G.

Children of FRANCIS COFER and STEPHAN GEASLAND are:

WILLIAM A. L.³ GEASLAND, b. May 30, 1860; d. May 05, 1935.

Notes for WILLIAM A. L. GEASLAND:
Copied from the book, "Roots of Roane County"
William was an architect whose work left an imprint in Roane County. He designed many of the early buildings in Rockwood and Harriman. William built the old Rockwood Hotel (later the Mourfield) and most of the big houses on Kingston Avenue in Rockwood. He built his mother and father a home near the Azariah Cooper home at Cooper's Landing. William did all of the concrete work in the Bowers-Geasland Cemetary in Swan Pond, including the tall monuments with crossed rifles, concrete steps and concrete fences. The cemetary, at last report, was badly overgrown with trees, vines and undergrowth.

William shares a headstone with his sister. Sister and Brother are on the stone.

More About WILLIAM A. L. GEASLAND:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetery, Harriman, TN

ii.

CAROLINE S. GEASLAND, b. May 30, 1864; d. April 26, 1935.

Notes for CAROLINE S. GEASLAND:
According to Caroline's death certificate, her death date was October 10, 1837. That which is listed is from the headstone.

More About CAROLINE S. GEASLAND:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetery, Harriman, TN

	iii.		STEPHEN J. GEASLAND, b. Abt. 1867; d. Unknown.
	iv.		HAYWOOD P. GEASLAND, b. June 19, 1869; d. January 01, 1883.

More About HAYWOOD P. GEASLAND:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetary in Roane County, TN

JOHN S. GEASLAND, b. December 06, 1871; d. April 17, 1900.

More About JOHN S. GEASLAND:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetary in Roane County, TN

	vi.	FRANCES L. GEASLAND, b. Abt. 1877; d. Unknown.
14.	vii.	LOUIS PURRIS. GEASLAND, b. April 24, 1878, Tennessee; d. February 15, 1954, Roane County, Tennessee.
	viii.	MOLLIE G. GEASLAND, b. May 02, 1881; d. October 06, 1882.

More About MOLLIE G. GEASLAND:
Burial: Unknown, Bowers-Geasland Cemetary in Roane County, TN

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