Cora Arlette Crossman^{[1, 2]}

1861 - 1944  (82 years)

• Name	Cora Arlette Crossman  [3]
  Birth	16 May 1861	Werner, Wisconsin   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1944	Gahanna, Ohio   [3]
  Person ID	I240474	Shelton
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2002

  
  

  Father	Greenleaf Wells Crossman,   b. 1828, Old Town, Maine d. 20 Mar 1910, New Rochelle, New York (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elvira Jane Moulton,   b. 14 Jan 1834, Cumberland, Maine d. Abt 1895, New Rochelle, New York (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1855	Maine   [3]
  Family ID	F129768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter Channing Coffin,   b. 12 Oct 1862, New Bedford, Massachusetts d. 14 Oct 1953, Vassar Home, Poughkeepsie, New York (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1885	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota   [3]
  Children	1. Everett Sumner Coffin, Sr.,   b. 11 Apr 1886, Oak Park, Illinois d. 25 Oct 1950, San Diego, San Diego, California (Age 64 years) 2. Lucy Ella Coffin,   b. 20 Apr 1889, Oak Park, Illinois d. 18 Nov 1974, Hyde Park, New York (Age 85 years)   3. Herbert Allen Coffin,   b. 13 Oct 1890   4. Grace Coffin,   b. 30 Nov 1893
  Family ID	F129767	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2002

  
  

• Notes

  Cora was born in 1861 in Werner WI a small town north of Mauston in Juneau County. Her parents must have been passing through for no census records show any Crossmans in the county. She had two brothers, one older and one younger. She was a patient hard woker, mother of four. Lucy was her oldest. The family moved frequently as Walter sold houses and planned new deals. She managed the food and clothing money thriftily and was an excellent seamstress. It is said that the family could not sit down to supper until Walter came home. He was often late. Grace remembers that she liked to eat a piece of bread after dessert at the end of a meal. I remember her sitting in a rocker and doing needlework at Lucy's home in La Grangeville. She must have had a hard life living with Walter. She died in Gahanna, Ohio at the home of her daughter Grace Black in 1944. Cora's ancestors can be traced through published information back to royalty in Europe. Her father, Greenleaf Wells Crossman, was bald, had a red beard and wore pin striped trousers, tails and a silk hat. He was born in Old Town ME. Her grandmother Mary Woodman True also came from Maine. The next four generations of Trues get back to Jane Bradbury True whose mother was convicted as a witch in Salem MA in 1692. She escaped from jail through the efforts of her uncle Robert Pike, a famous lawyer. A wall chart shows Jane's ancestry back to royalty. I have a 1988 book by J. B. Threlfall entitled "The ancestors of Thomas Bradbury and his wife Mary Perkins Bradbury" which documents the ancestry.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2380] ftw4-716. [S12728] robfinnigan. [S39] Br, World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 23, 1996).