U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Coyner, Frances Virginia (b. 1906) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 412-413 FRANCES VIRGINIA COYNER, born October 4, 1906, the daughter of Eric Christian Corner, son of A. T. Coyner and Sarah Pence. Eric C., is a grandson of David E., son of Christian, son of Michael, the first Coyner to settle in America in 1740. In that part of Pennsylvania included in Augusta County, Va. Michael Coyner's wife was Margaret Diller of Pennsylvania, and his birth is dated 1720. Michael was son of Conrad, son of Jacob, Jr., son of Michael, Sr., son of Jacob, Sr., of Germany, the first Coyner known in history. This gives a lineal descent for ten generations back. Christian Coyner and his wife Jane (Ervin) Coyner, moved from Augusta County, Va., to Upshur in 1846. He died November 25, 1857, their children were: Joseph, Nancy E., Jacob, Margaret, Catherine, Elizabeth, Annie, Michael, Robert, David E., Mary B., and Jane L. David E., born June 6, 1818, in Augusta County, Va., with his wife, whose maiden name was Mariah F. Long of Virginia, came and settled in Upshur, at the same time his father did. 1876 he moved with his family to Tennessee where he died, April 11, 1872. His widow returned to Upshur with her family, where she died March 21, 1890. Children: A. T. Coyner, whose children are Eric C., Russell David, and Henry Augustus, David F., married Bettie Lee Stephens, daughter of Richard Stephens of Virginia and their children are Mary M., born November 8, 1895; Martha Virginia, born January 23, 1897, and Mark E., born June 22, 1900. David F., is a farmer and live stockman. The second living child of David E., is Frances Elizabeth, widow of Dr. J. R. Blair. A. T. and David F., have been draymen for the U. S. Express Company and mail carriers of the R. R. for twenty-five years in Buckhannon. Eric Christian married Martha Jenette Tallman, daughter of Richard Tallman and Virginia Totten, December 26, 1905. The Coyners are all Democrats. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Births, Upshur County, WV (Page 181) [Corrected July 1, 1942] NAME: Frances Virginia Coyner BIRTH-DATE: October 4, 1906 BIRTH-PLACE: Buckhannon MOTHER: Martha Jeannette Tallman FATHER: Erric Christian Coyner INFORMANT: C. E. White (mother of Frances Virginia Coyner) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #15255 FULL-NAME: Martha J. Coyner BIRTH-DATE: January 4, 1889 BIRTH-PLACE: West Va. DEATH-DATE: November 28, 1949 at age 60y-10m-24d DEATH-PLACE: 8 Lightburn St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 8 Lightburn St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Richard Tallman MOTHER: Mirah J. Totten CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage / Valvular Heart Disease INFORMANT: Erric C. Coyner - Husband BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------