NameEleanor(Atha Ellen) ROE, GGG Grandmother
Birth16 Aug 1821, Grayson, Carter, Kentucky
Death10 Aug 1871, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois
BurialDanville, Vermilion, Illinois (Old Atherton Cemetery)
OccupationKeeping House
FatherEdward ROE (1790-1880)
MotherEleanor (Atha) LITTLETON (1795-~1860)
Misc. Notes
Last name spelled Coake at time of death, 49y11m25d

Note: !BIRTH,MARRIAGE,DEATH: Email from gg granddaughter Rita Coake<coakerita@hotmail.com>.(John Donohow)
Spouses
1Henry J. COCKE(COX)(COAKE), GGG Grandfather
Birth14 Sep 1818, Lee-Scott,Virginia
Death29 Jun 1893, Danville, Vermilion, Illinois
BurialDanville, Vermilion, Illinois (Old Atherton Cemetery)
OccupationFarmer
FatherHenry COCKE(COX) (1776-1831)
MotherRebecca FLANARY (1787-1834)
Misc. Notes
Real Estate Value 1850(CarterCo,KY): $200
Rebecca age 8 living with Rebecca(Flannery)Cox may be Henry’s child
Real Estate value 1870(Vermillion Co, IL):$4000;Personal $521

* Note: Will filled Oct 14 1893 listed son David as executor. Married Atha Ellen Roe. Also married Evaline Cox Sept 21, 1872 after first wife died. Buried in Atherton Cemetary Danville illinois. His brother Odom who Married Fannie McKinney Was a Civil War veteran. Enlisted Oct 1861 Volunteer Infantry Ky Discharged Pvt march 1865.(per Jimmy McKinney)

The name of COCKES changed from COCKES to COX by an act of Ta Lisgen Eaton _____ 1835
Known as Coake in Illinois!

Tombstone says b 18 Aug 1818

(SE quarter, SW quarter of Section 10, Twp. 19 North , Range 11 West. Deed fecord 12 -page 409.) Rita Coake

Deed dated 8Jan1866 Henry Coake of Vermilion Co, IL bought 80 acres from George and Sarah Atherton for $2200, description “The South West quarter of the South East quarter, and the South East quarter of the South West quarter of Section No Ten(10) in Township No Nineteen(19) North Range Eleven(11) West containing Eighty(80) acres more or less.
John C Short, Clerk of the County Court. Warranty Deed

(The land for the cemetery was purchased by Henry Atherton in 1829 who records show came from Ohio. We believe he is the father of my gggfather Benjamin F. Atherton. Some additional land was purchased in 1832 with a William Atherton. We don't know what their connection was, but they could have been brothers or cousins.)
Marriage9 Sep 1839, , Carter, Kentucky
ChildrenOdom “Adam” (1841-1926)
 Malinda Ann (1843-1926)
 James H. (1846-1886)
 David (1848-1911)
 Rebecca (1849-1857)
 John F. (Died as Child) (1853-1857)
 Mary E. (1856-)
 Sarah (1858-1870)
 Samuel (1863-)
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