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    1. [SACKETT] Death correction for W# 12612-Juliann (Sackett) Coffelt
    2. Thurmon
    3. Another Adventure in Research. Yesterday, while working on the family of Caster B. Tindall and Isabel Sackett, I found the following in the 1910 census: 1910 > INDIANA > JAY > 2-WD PORTLAND Series: T624 Roll: 358 Page: 270 SD No.8' ED No. 83; Sheet No. 8A; 20 April, 1910 915 W. Race 186/196 Bailey, James, Head, M, W, 24, M1, 4, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, Laborer, Stone ?Road? Bailey, Nancy I., Wife, F, W, 28, M1, 4, 3-2, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, None Bailey, Clarence P., Son, M, W, 3, S, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, None Bailey, Samuel A., Son, M, W, 1 4/12, S, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana, None Coffelt, Julla A., Great Aunt, F, W, 64, Wd, 0-0, Indiana, Virginia, Ohio, None Seeing a gr-aunt Julia A Coffelt listed, I checked for her in the database. What??? To see why I was so surprised, check at: http://sackettfamily.info/tekdatabase/g4/p4467.htm Yep, she was supposed to have died 17 Mar 1897 !! In the Notes for her there is this source: "Tombstone of Julia Ann Sackett. Backesto Cem. Inscriptions, (http://www.indyrad.iupui.edu/public/appldorn/geneal/cemetery/backesto.htm), Julia A. Sackett, wife of David B. Coffelt, b Sept 4, 1846, dMarch 17, 1897 Cindy Torres Owens" I ran a check on the URL given and it is no longer valid. Through a Google search I found the same information posted on Genealogy Trails with the following source given: "Cemetery records of Adams County, Indiana" Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter, D.A.R. Date: 1961. Transcribed for Genealogy Trails. In the notes for Juliann (Sackett) Coffelt, there is a link to a Find A Grave Memorial which contains the same information, However, since Michelle Marolis created the memorial in 2008, a picture of the headstone has been added on 11/13/2010; by Barbara Baker Anderson. The inscription on the headstone reads: "Julia A. Sackett Wife of David B. Coffelt Sept 4 1846 Mar 7 1917" How her death date got so messed up, will probably never be known. But Julia lived almost 20 years longer than previously believed. Without seeing the headstone picture, we would still be guessing how she managed to appear in the census in 1910 when she had died in 1897 !! For further evidence; I found her listed in the 1900 Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMBW-3R4 1900 Census; ED 15 Washington Township (south part) Decatur city Ward 1-2, Adams, Indiana SD No. 8; Sheet No. 5B; 5 June, 1900 115/127 Atz, Jacob B., Head, W, M, June 1864, 35, M, 6, Indiana, Germany, Germany, Merchant Atz, Annie E., Wife, W, F, Jan, 1867, 33, M, 6, 3-3, Indiana, Germany, Germany, --- Coffelt, Julia, Servant, W, F, Sept, 1846, 53, W, 0-0, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Servant House However, that isn't the end of the incorrect information we had for Julia A. (Sackett) Coffelt. Briefly, David B. Coffeld married Emma Streets on 25 Apr 1861, in Greene Co., Ohio, and she is listed as his wife with three children in the 1870 census. On 9 Mar 1875, David B. Coffelt and Julia A. Sackett were married in Randolph Co., Indiana. So then, as she reported in the census for 1900 and 1910, she had no children Diggin' for details, Thurmon

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