Mary Ann "Mollie" Coday

Female 1868 - 1939  (70 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann "Mollie" Coday 
    Birth 11 Sep 1868  Wright County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 3 Sep 1939  [2
    Burial Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Wright County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I27077  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 15 May 2015 

    Father Eli Coday,   b. 20 Mar 1839, Mansfield, Wright County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1914, Mansfield, Wright County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Alsey Caroline Yeager,   b. 6 Apr 1844, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Oct 1929, (Wright County) Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1860  Wright County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F7564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James K. P. Coday,   b. 17 Apr 1860, Wright County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1934, Wright County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2
    Children 
     1. Ernest Coday
    Family ID F15424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Sep 1868 - Wright County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Wright County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The Mansfield Mirror, Thursday, Sept 28, 1939

      Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church for Mrs. Mary A Coday, 71, life long Wright county resident and long a prominent member of the Mansfield community, who died at her home here Saturday evening at 8 o'clock following a lingering illness. The Rev. C. A. Stephenson officiated and interment was in the Mansfield cemetery under direction of Steffe Funeral Home.

      Mrs. Coday had been in declining health for several years and had been seriously ill for the past few weeks.

      She was born in Wright county Sept. 11, 1868, the oldest daughter of a family of eleven children. She was married to the late Jas. K. P. Coday, who operated the Mansfield Drug Co. here for many years, Nov 3, 1889. Mr and Mrs Coday moved to Mansfield in 1890.

      Her husband preceded her in death Feb 24, 1934. A daughter, Maude, also preceded her in death, Dec 1, 1918.

      She had been a member of the Methodist church ever since she moved to Mansfield and had served on the official board of the church.

      A large crowd gathered at the church to pay last tribute to the pioneer resident who was on of the last of the early residents of Mansfield.

      Pallbearers at the services were Hadan Coday, Walter Coday, Oren Ballow, of this city and Paul McMahan, Evan McMahan and Alfred Pyatt of Seymour.

      Mrs. Coday is survived by one son Ernest Coday of Seymour; a grandson Robert of this city; three brothers, Hosea Coday of Mansfield, John Coday of Mansfield, Calvin Coday of Seattle, Wash; and four sisters, Mrs. Andy Milsap of Mansfield, Mrs. Docia Whitaker of Hartville, Malissa Coday of Mansfield, and Mrs. E. V. Quillan of Norwood. [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S36089] 1870 Wright Co.,AR Census,Hartville PO,abstracted by Ginger Turner,29 Oct 2001.

    2. [S6454] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13108417.

    3. [S28487] "HENNESSEE",by Barbara Rippee Claxton,appeared in "Wright County,MO History", p. 360.

    4. [S6452] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13211049.