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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: snickersnee on Friday 14 August 20 22:34 BST (UK)
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Seeking information about L.S. Colvin or Colven, who married Kate Robinson in 1893 in Georgia, and then disappeared from existence by 1898. The marriage is recorded, but by 1898, Kate Robsinson had married someone else. Trying to find out what happened to him - death, left her - that freed her to re-marry. No children apparently of the marriage.
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For info
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWZL-SJD
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What name did she remarry under?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BZC-CP5?cc=1927197
- here's the image. I'm not convinced the name is Colvin - I think it's Cohen - look at the way the h in "Charlton" is written.
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Jorose, I agree with you, it looks like "Cohen". If so, I've found the following:
Atlanta Constitution
24 Dec 1899
Shooting Scrape at Fort Gaines
Fort Gaines, GA: Dec. 23 (special) At about 11 o'clock last night a difficulty occurred beween J S & J C Sutton (brothers) & L S Cohen in which Cohen was shot in the left breast with a 32-caliber pistol and his condition is critical.
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Similar report The Macon Telegraph Macon, Georgia 24 Dec 1899, Sun Page 2
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57381428/l-s-cohen-24-december-1899/
Sandra
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So how did Kate remarry in 1898 if Cohen was only shot/died late 1899?
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJF-Q2G
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I think he survived the gunshot and they must have divorced prior to the "difficulty" involving the Sutton brothers. I'm trying to trace a L S Cohen who lived in Fort Gaines, possibly owning part of a drugstore and maybe investing in a bank.
We haven't received any information on "Kate's" vitals, but there is a Kate/Catherine Robinson living in the household of Noah and Harriet Robinson in Charlton county, GA in 1880 and 1900. She is listed as a widow with a 1 month old son, Clifford Edgar Price. Clifford's father appears to be Samuel Edgar Price and in the 1910 census, Kate appears to have married 3rd, Duncan H Rhoden and they are living in Baker county, FL.
I just found a Lewis Cohen living in Fort Gaines in 1880 with his mother and siblings: Sarrah, mother, Bell, Lewis, Teresa, Carrie Mike, and Jacob Coughman (Kaufman?), Sarah's father. The interesting part is, the Sutton bros. are enumerated right after the Cohen family.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65115855/sarah-cohen
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64551680/jacob-kaufman
1900 census, there is a Louis S Cohen who is an "inmate" in the St. Joseph Infirmary in Savannah, GA on June 1, 1900. He is listed as single, was born Sep 1971 and his occupation is a Trade Salesman. His parents are listed as having been born in Georgia. Also, on June 2nd 1900 there is a Louis Cohen who is living in the household of Morris and Belle (Louis' sister who states she was born in Fort Gaines) Seligman in Columbus, GA. This Louis states he is single, a salesman, b. Sep 1871 in GA and parents b. Prussia and Bavaria, which matches the Louis of 1880. Are these 2 listings for the same person?
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Blakely Early County News 4 Jan 1900 reports that the friends of L S Cohen were delighted that he was fast recovering. It mentions that he was a travelling salesman for Messrs Kern & Loeb.
Columbus , Georgia , City Directory 1900
Luke S Cohen trav. sales Kern & Loeb , address Fort Gaines , GA.
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So at last we have his christian name. Strange that the marriage and shooting report only referred to him by his initials
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From a tree on anc. it appears his name may have been Louis Sol Cohen.
from https://www.myheritage.com/names/sol_cohen
Louis Sol Cohen, b. 1871, Georgia
m. Lily Edwards, 1904, Greensboro, NC
d. 1932, NY
ch. Louis S C Edwards
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NYC Municipal Deaths
https://tinyurl.com/y6o7rwe2
Louis Solis Cohen:
b. 28 Sep 1871, GA
d. 9 Oct 1932, Manhattan, NY
father: Solomon Cohen
mother: Sarah Kaufman
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Sorry for the length of this post.
The name on the marriage license is clearly Colvin, not Cohen. The L is distinctly separate from the V that follows.
Moreover, it is highly unlikely that Kate Robinson, from a longtime Protestant Charlton Co family (her brothers served in the Confederal Army), would have married a Jewish person. She was about 16/17 at the time of the marriage (born 1876). It is more likely the L.S. Colvin was approximately the same age as she, meaning he was born ca. 1870s.
To be more clear, Kate Robinson age 16/17 married L.S. Colvin in October 1893 in Charlton, where her family lived for several generations. There were apparently no children of this marriage (or they died in infancy). By 1898/99, something happened such that she married Samuel Edgar Price (no marriage record has been found), born 1873/74. His family origin is not disputed, can be traced back in NC to the 1840s.
She could only have been able to marry Samuel Edgar Price if Colvin was dead, or had deserted her, or gotten a divorce (highly unlikely). The only record we have thereafter is the 1900 census, which lists Kate Price and her son Clifford Price, she is a widow (of Samuel Edgar Price, not Colvin), and is back living with her family in Charlton Co. Her later history is clear -- 3rd marriage to Hansford Rhoden, etc.
We actually have 2 mysteries here -- what happened to L.S. Colvin such that she was able to re-marry S.E. Price? And what happened to Samuel Price to leave her a widow by 1900?
Family lore says he "died in the Okeefenokee Swamp." The only record I can find of someone matching his description (S.E. Price, white, age 25, occupation a GUARD, is a Voter Registration book from Bulloch Co., listed him as from the town of Echo. It is possible that Samuel and Kate lived in Bulloch Co, and after his death, she returned to her family in Charlton Co.
There is no marriage record for Samuel and Kate, and Georgia does not have death records as early as 1899.
The only listing I can find re L.S. Colvin is an abscure death in Florida in 1917, in which L.S. Colvin, a laborer, committed suicide, being about 40 years old. This is unlikely to be him, as it would have meant a desertion or a divorce back in the 1890s.
I hope that clears up my predicament.
Thanks for all the suggestions, but the name is Colvin (or Colven), not Cohen.
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So do you have this? https://tinyurl.com/y5mq2e29
Liveous/Livious Calvin
It seems to match in with his brother, WH from the Tampa obit.
He is in the 1880 census with parents and siblings. There is also a link to him, Livious S Colvin, having enlisted in Co.A, 2nd NC Inf for the Spanish American War.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=2nAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA497&lpg=PA497&dq=Livious+S+Colvin&source=bl&ots=IKd1g60twX&sig=ACfU3U2JvIbxcvu8Z6Xn8ostxfHp_OTrqA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWv_6Vgp7rAhXaB50JHTipAysQ6AEwDHoECAgQAQ
States Livious S Colvin: wounded, Co. F, 29th Inf, U.S.V
https://tinyurl.com/yyauqwol slight wound in the hip
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The Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomery, Alabama
30 Sep 1900
I can't open this paper, so I don't know what this in reference to--seems to be a listing of servicemen.
Corporal Livious S. Colvin, Jacksonville, Fla.
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The Montgomery Advertiser
Montgomery, Alabama
30 Sep 1900
I can't open this paper, so I don't know what this in reference to--seems to be a listing of servicemen.
Corporal Livious S. Colvin, Jacksonville, Fla.
That's right. It was a roster of men comprising company F lost or captured in the Philippine Islands -
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57409722/roster-of-company-f-30-september-1900/
Sandra
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Information on Samuel Edgar Price asked for on a second thread -
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=835920.new#new
Sandra
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https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vanrcwisner/hillobit.html
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https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00mcal/page/n11/mode/2up?q=Livius
Genealogical Descendants of Col. Alexander McAllister of Cumberland Co., NC
by, Rev. D. S. McAllister
printed, 1900, Richmond, VA
page 151: Thomas R Colvin married Eliza Jones
ch: Livius A
Mary
William
Thomas
Henry
James
Flora
Elizabeth
Margaret
page 153: Livius A Colvin married in Georgia; wife dead; now of the U.S.A.
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https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57516386/obituary-for-eliza-a-colvin-aged-66/
https://tinyurl.com/yyjvwz29
Pender Co., NC
1910 Census: William H Colvin, 35, single
Eliza A, mother, 60, widow, mother of 9, 3 living
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I will add the other clippings - Funeral of L S Colvin - The Tampa Times Tampa, Florida
12 Sep 1917, Wed Page 8
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57516126/funeral-of-l-s-colvin-12-september/
The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida 11 Sep 1917, Tue Page 7
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57515853/w-h-colvin-brother-of-l-s-colvin-11/
Sandra
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Brother Thomas Francis Colvin - The Wilmington Morning Star Wilmington, North Carolina
27 Aug 1907, Tue Page 1
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57517445/thomas-franklin-colvin-27-august-1907/
Sandra
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https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57516386/obituary-for-eliza-a-colvin-aged-66/
https://tinyurl.com/yyjvwz29
Pender Co., NC
1910 Census: William H Colvin, 35, single
Eliza A, mother, 60, widow, mother of 9, 3 living
FIND A GRAVE
Willie Colvin - 1866 - 1939
Eastern State Hospital Cemetery Williamsburg, Williamsburg City, Virginia.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8974943
Sandra
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Death Certificate: L S Colvin
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SK3-MF3?cc=1595003&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFPSH-24D
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http://www.learnwebskills.com/dademar/index.htm
Marriage: Miami, FL 1909
L S Colvin of Atkinson, NC/Pearl Turner of Miami, FL
1910 Census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVR-H2G
Shows S Samuel Colvin, but the "S" is probably an "L"
Florida, County Marriage Records, 1823-1982
Name: Pearl Colvin (marries as Mrs. Pearl Colvin)
Marriage Date: 10 Apr 1916
Marriage Place: Putnam, Florida
Spouse: J E Giddings (John Effel)
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Well done Genealiza, I can go along with that scenerio. :)
Sandra
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City Directory:
1915 Palatka, Florida
Colvin, Mrs. Pearl, (wid), nurse, 508 N 5th