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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Martha J. (Hooton) Coakley, sister Margaret (Hooton) Haughey, 8 South 43 West



" Levi Hooton was born February 1837 in Indiana; married Nancy Jane Harmon 14 Oct 1858 in Madison County, IA. She was born in Tennessee in 1840. They had Sarah, (1860-1861) Benjamin Franklin,(1861 - lived one month) George,(1862) Martha,(1864 - married John Coakley April 1882) John, (1886) Levi,((1886) an infant born and died in 1869, Auppilia,(1868) Almida,(1871) Marteva (born and died in 1873) Bernie (1879) and Ora (1880). Levi was brother to James Madison Hooton, and their parents were John and Susan Watson Hooton."

Levi Frank Hooton (John , John , Thomas , John, John) was born February 10, 1837 in Hendricks Co, IN, and died January 27, 1924 in Omaha, NE.He married Nancy Jane Harmon October 14, 1858 in Madison Co, IA.She was born June 4, 1840 in Knoxville, Knox Co, TN, and died February 20, 1921.
Burial: January 29, 1924, Omaha, NE
Marriage: October 14, 1858, Madison Co, IA
Children of Levi Hooton and Nancy Harmon are:
i. George Marion Hooton, born February 5, 1862.
ii. Martha J. Hooton, born November 5, 1863.
iii. John W. Hooton, born August 13, 1865.
iv. Levi W. Hooton, born August 13, 1865.
v. Auphelia Magdella Hooton, born November 11, 1867.
vi. Almeda Angeline Hooton, born November 27, 1870.
vii. Bert Tillman Hooton, born February 22, 1874.
viii. Ora R. Hooton, born September 7, 1879.
ix. Fay D. Hooton, born April 27, 1883.

In 1870 Madison County, Iowa, Levi is 33, Nancy 30, George 8, Martha 6, John and Levi both 4, and Magdala 2.

In 1880 Madison County, Levi is 43, Nancy 40, George M. 18, Martha J. 16, John W and Levi W. 14, Auppelia M. 12, Almeda A. 9, Bertie 6, and Ora R. eight months.

Ora had married A.W. Kelly, and in 1910 Red Cliff Colorado is 30, a city clerk,
Ora and A.W. are in Eagle in 1920, and in 1940 Ora is widowed, a clerk in Denver.
One tree said Ora died in Denver in 1961.

Another sister Almeda Angeline "Meda" (Hooton) Ball 1871-1943 is buried in Salt Lake City # 159440.

Martha, born in Madison County, age 19, married John S. Coakley, 23, born in New Brunswick to Jeremiah Coakley and Susan Stevens, a farmer, on April 11, 1882 in Winterset, Iowa.
In 1900 Omaha, Nebraska, Martha is widowed, born March 1862 in Iowa, with Grace M. Agus 1882 a shoe clerk. Pearl H. March 1886 and Vernon June 1892 were born in Iowa.

John Coakley, born Feb 1863 in Canada, is in Adams County, Iowa in 1900, living with brother Josh Coakley Oct 1859 in Canada. John said he had been married 19 years.
John Swanton Coakley, husband of Mary Elizabeth Coakley, born Feb 25, 1861 in New Brunswick to Jeremian and Susana Coakley died in Cumberland, Cass County, Iowa on Sept 26, 1940.
He was to be buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Mt. Etna, Iowa.
The informant was Ena Coakley of Cumberland.

June 1911 "Mrs. L. M. Rathbun returned last week from Garrison, Kan., where she went to attend the funeral of her father, Mr. O. S. Walker. Mrs. Rathbun was accompanied by Mrs. M. J. Coakley."

Martha claimed a quarter in section 4, 8S 43W in 1912.

December 1910 "Mrs. Arthur Wilson of Denver, a former resident of this city, is spending the week with Miss Pearl Coakley and other Burlington friends."

August 1912 "Mrs. B. L. Harris and two children, of Ogden, Utah, are spending a few weeks with Mrs. M. J. Coakley and daughter, Miss Pearl. Mrs. Harris is a daughter of Mrs. Coakley."

December 1912 "Vernon Coakley, who has been absent for the past year, is spending a few weeks with his mother, Mrs. M. J. Coakley."

In 1920 Burlington, Martha J. Coakley is operating a hotel, 57 widowed, a partner of Henry Schell 43 of Illinois. Pearl H. Coakley is working at the hotel, 34.
Also living in the hotel is Joshua A. Haughey, who had married Martha's sister Margaret Hooton in Hamilton County, Nebrasks on Dec 28, 1904. Joshua was born in Centralia, Illinois about 1863 to Stephen G. and Anna M. Haughey.
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Martha J. (Hooton) Coakley 1863-1942 # 24857674 is buried in Burlington.
It says her husband was John S. Coakley 1859-1942??? # 127343511.

PEARL

Pearl H. Coakley and H.C. Schell married in Arapahoe County December 31, 1924.

Pearl is in Burlington in 1930, married to Henry Schell, both 42, operating the hotel. Martha is with them, Phyllis Coakley, 11, a niece, is with them.

Pearl and Henry are operating the Montezuma Hotel in 1940 BUrlington.

Both are buried in BUrlington, Henry 1870-1947 and Pearl 1885-1972.

GRACE
Madison County, Iowa birth record:
Coakley, Grace Mae, 18 Aug 1882, ot John Swanton & Martha Jane [(Hooton) (Coakley)

Grace M. Coakley 19, born at Macksburg, Iowa, married Levi W. Harris on July 2, 1901 in Omaha.

In 1910 Grace is in Ogden, Utah, 28, married to Levi W. Harris, 34. They have Bernice 5 and Clyde 3.

Levi, 42, son of George W. and Helena Harris, married Hazel Lunday on July 22, 1927 in Vancouver, Washington.

Levi is a telegraph operator in 1940 San Diego, 65, married to Hazel L. 42 born in Wisconsin.

Levi W. Harris, born March 27, 1875 in Utah, died Sept 28, 1945 in SAan Diego County.

Grace died in March 1971, last residence San Francisco.

VERNON

Vernon was born January 27, 1892 in Underwood, Pottawattamie County, Iowa to John S. Coakley of Nova Scotia and Martha Jane Hooton of Underwood.

Vernon O. Coakley and Isabel Skinner married in Kit Carson County on August 19, 1916.

" Coakley, V. O., Farmer and Breeder of Registered Holstein Cattle and Poland China Hogs, S. 7, T. 7, R. 43, P. O. Burlington. Mr. Coakley was born in Iowa in 1892, settled in the county in 1904, and married Isabelle Skinner. They have one child. "

In 1930 Kit Carson County, Vern is farming, 38 born in Iowa, with Belle 37 Kansas. Phyllis L. is 11, Kenneth L. 7.

Vernon Coakley 1892-1960 is buried in Burlington. # 24857457.

Belle Coakley 1892-1951 is also buried in Burlington # 41009551.

So is Kenneth 1922-1992.

Phyllis L. (Coakley) Havalat 1919-1999 is buried in Burlington # 89261334.

JOSHUA and MARGARET

In 1870 Appanoose County, Iowa, Stephen Haughey is a lumber merchant, 43, Anna M. 33, and Frank C. 14, all three born in Ohio. Ida M. 12, Alice C. 9, Joshua M. 7, and Stephen 5 were born in Illinois, Isiah W. 2 in Iowa.

"Stephen lived first in southern Illinois, then in Davis County, Iowa then at Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa. He was buried by the I.O.O.F. of Moulton."

"Haughey, Annie M., residence West street, Moulton; born in Fayette Co., Ohio, in 1837, her maiden name being Irvin; her father, Stephen M. Irvin, was born in Bedford Co., Va., Oct. 3, 1780; afterward settled in Bedford Co., Ky., and, in 1813, left that county and travels north to seek a home where American slavery was prohibited by law, and settled in Fayette Co., Ohio, in a perfect wilderness of very heavy timber, erected a cabin and cleared off a garden spot, the nearest trading point, Hillsboro, being thirty miles distant he again saw the privation of a pioneer life as he had before seen it in Kentucky, having to beat a portion of his food in a mortar, formed by hollowing out one end of a log of wood, and a pestle made by splitting one end of a stick, and inserting the iron wedge with rings to hold, made the thing complete. He raised seven girls and seven boys; five of his sons became ministers, one died in a rebel prison, of starvation, and the other lives at Atlanta, Ill.; the daughters all live in different portions of the West. The subject of this sketch married S.G. Haughey, in 1854, and with him came to Southern Illinois the same year, where he engaged in farming and brickmaking for two years, when they moved to Davis County, this State, and purchased a farm, remaining there until 1858, and cam to Moulton, this county, where he was engaged in the lumber trade for three years, and again started the brick and tile business, his yard being in the eastern part of the village; the remains are still standing as a memento of former and better days of Moulton. Mr. Haughey was born in Green Co., Ohio, and died at Moulton, in 1876, being kindly attended to his last resting-place by the Lodge, I.O.O.F., of Moulton; he left six children - Frank E., Ida M., Clara A., Joshua A., Burnet and Willie. They were members of the Christian Church. He was a member of the I.O.O.F., having joined one of the first lodges organized in Ohio. Mrs. H. owns her residence, also property in East Moulton."

In 1880 Appanoose County, Anna is 43, Frank 24, Joshua A. 17, Barnett S. 14, and I. Willie 12.

In 1885 Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska, Ida W. is 27, married to D.E. Baum 29, a store clerk. Lutius L. is one. Ida's brothers J. A. Haughey 22, and I.W. Haughey 17 are carpenters, living with them.

Ida was a representative in the Omaha W.C.T.U. in 1911.

Ida is buried in Los Angeles 1857-1943 # 167824804, with Daniel E. Baum 1856-1888 buried in Osceola # 68226630.

January 1, 1905 Omaha, Nebraska

In 1910 Douglas County, Nebraska, Joshua is a carpenter, 45, with Margaret 42 and William A. 4.

Hope Congregational Church eleven miles north of Bethune "During the ministry of Rev. C.E. Maedche the congregation voted to erect a new church. The basic contract was awarded to Mr. J.A. Haughey of Burlington, Colorado. He completed this work for $5,494.00. The total cost of the finished structure was $7,500.00 including furnishings. The new church was dedicated to the service of the Triune God on September 2, 1928."

Joshua A. Haughey and wife sold a lot in Omaha on Webster St. east of 49th St. to Gerthrude Ruhnka in 1921.

Joshua 66, Margaret 62, and William 24- a postal clerk - are in Burlington in 1930.

Joshua 1863-1947 is buried in Burlington # 124234282, with Margaret 1867-1943 # 124234316.

In 1940 William is still a postal clerk, 34, married to Ruth 33, with Carol J. 2and James A. 1

ISAAC WILLIAM HAUGHEY

"Stephen G. and Annie M. (Irvin) Haughey were natives of Ohio where they were reared and married. On leaving the Buckeye state they became residents of Illinois and about 1867 removed to Iowa where the death of the father occurred, while the mother passed away at the home of her son. Dr. Haughey, in Aurora. The father was a brick manufacturer and for a long period conducted a brick yard at Moulton, Iowa. During the latter part of the Civil war he served with the Union army. His people came from Ireland, while the ancestors of Dr. Haughey in the maternal line were from Scotland. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Haughey were members of the Christian church and he was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his political belief was that of the republican party. Dr. Haughey was the youngest of the family of six children, five of whom are living. His education was pursued in the schools of Moulton, Iowa, and he was graduated from the high school with the class of 1885. He afterward took a medical course in the State University of Iowa and is numbered among its alumni of 1889. He then located for practice at Palmer, Nebraska, where he continued for a few months and then removed to Elmwood, Cass county, there residing for three years. In 1893 he took up his abode in Hampton, where he continued in practice for eight years and since 1901 has made his home in Aurora. Here he remained in general practice until 1920, since which time he has specialized in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He has taken post- graduate work at Harvard University on the eye and in the Children's Hospital on the throat. He also pursued a course at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, during the period of the World war. He enlisted for service in the army, reporting for duty August 7, 1918, and was discharged on the 6th of December following, having spent nine weeks at Camp Greenleaf, two weeks at Camp Sevier, North Carolina, and the remainder of the time at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia.
On the 12th of March, 1891, Dr. Haughey was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Humphreys who was born in Davis county, Iowa, a daughter of Lewis Humphreys who in an early day removed to Otoe county, Nebraska. He was a minister of the Christian church for a number of years and preached in various places through a period of three decades, being regarded as one of the able repre- sentatives of the Christian ministry in this section of the country. Two children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Haughey : Irene E., who attended the high school and spent a part of one year at Simpson College at Indianola, Iowa, and is now at home; Lois H., who also completed the high school course and for a part of a year was a student in the State University at Nebraska.
Dr. Haughey gives his political allegiance to the republican party and was a member of the park board of Aurora for a number of years. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, belonging to the Royal Arch Chapter, while in the consistory he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Eite and has also become a member of the Mystic Shrine. He filled the master's chair for three terms and was also high priest for three terms. He and his wife are active mem- bers of the Christian church, taking a helpful interest in all that pertains to its growth and Dr. Haughey is also a member of the Eotary Club and along strictly professional lines is connected with the Hamilton County, the Nebraska State and the American Medical Associations and has served as secretary of the County organization. He is interested in all that pertains to the profession and in anything that tends to bring to man a key to the complex mystery which we call life. He is continually broadening his knowledge through study and experience and his ability is widely recognized, especially along the line upon which he is now concentrating his thoughts, efforts and attention. "

Joshua's brother Isaac William is in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1930, 61, with Mary 55, both born in Iowa. Mary's mother Rhoda Humphries, 75, born in Indiana, is with them. In 1880 Otoe County, Nebraska, , Lewis Humphries was 28, Rhoda M. 25, Mary J. 6, Charles E. 3, and Walter L. six months.

Lewis, a minister, and Rhoda are alone in 1910 Memphis, Hall County, Texaws.
Commerce, Texas 1915 "Christian Church, corner Park and Sycamore streets. Preaching1 every Sunday at a, m. Bible School at a. m. Communion service at a. m- Junior Endeavor p. m. Senior Endeavor p. m. Ladies' Aid Society meets every Mon- day at p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. L. H. HUMPHRIES, Pastor."

"May 4, 1916 (64) Sulphur Springs, TX, United States (Collapsed in pulpit in Sept. and died in Nov.)"

Probably he's the L. H. Humphreys 1851-1916 buried in Aurora, Nebraska # 156007980....
Rhodie M. Humphreys 1854-1938 is also buried there # 156007979.

Their son Charles E. Humphrey 1877-1941 is buried in Denison, Iowa # 144365940.

Still Fort Collins in, 1940, William an oculist, 72, with Mary 67, both born in Iowa.
Dr. I. W. Haughey 1868-1945 is buried in Fort Collins # 102169977, with Mary J. Haughey 1873-1971.



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