Cumberland County NcArchives Obituaries.....Coffren, Margaret October 1857
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Sat. Oct. 31, 1857   North Carolina Argus.
    DISTRESSING  DEATH OF MISS MARGARET COFFREN
  MISS MARGARET COFFREN, of Nottingham District, Cumberland County, was burnt 
to death in a shocking manner on Friday last, at the residence of her father, 
MR. FRANCIS COFFREN. While stooping over the hearth the skirt of her dress 
took fire, in a few moments her garments were in a blaze. Three or four men 
were in the immediate vicinity, on whom she called for aid; but so alarmed 
were they that their presence of mind entirely forsook them, and instead of 
enveloping her in a blanket, they advised her to run to the spring. She 
reached the Spring, but was so much burnt that she expired on Saturday evening 
or Sunday morning. The deceased was an amiable lady, and much beloved by all 
who knew her. 

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