might want to check kansas territory mid 1800's i found a coker that been their since 1818 out around dodge city but area was almost empty mid ways thru that state very few people mostly forts were doing census then. gary e. coker ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Coker] James Wesley COKER Shirley I have an Ophelia Bell ABBOTT who married a Jim COKER. I have been told that Jim's whole name is James Wesley,b 3/13/1887 and died 2/6/1969,and that his parents were James Thompson COKER and Elizabeth Mahalia BOYD. I have not confirmed this but Jim and Ophelia lived in Texas and N.M. If anyone has anything on these people please email me. [email protected] Thank you. Homer Hodges ==== COKER Mailing List ==== http://www.egroups.com/group/Coker/ SUBSCRIBE: [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com