Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cofer, I. Delvin, 1905 

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Delvin Cofer. 

(Special to The Times-Dispatch) 

  SUFFOLK, VA., Jan. 14.- Delvin Cofer, 
a well known citizen of Isle of Wight 
county, died yesterday, aged eighty-eight 
years. 


Isaac Delvin COFER, landlord, former blacksmith, 
Surry Co. native, d. 13 Jan 1900, age 70*, 
interred in Ivy Hill Cemetery**, Smithfield, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Jan. 15, 1905 (Whole No. 16,741.), 
   p. 13B, col. 7 [LoC "Chronicling America" Image 25] 

**The cemetery list gives "Issac Deloraine"; 
   for son John Isaac (Sr.), son of Isaac D. & Lucy A." 
Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Ivy Hill list: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Ivy%20Hill_Old%20Stage%20Rd_Cemetery2.doc 

His marriage record - 

I. Delvin Cofer, 31, single, b. Surry, res. Smithfield, 
   sn/o Isaac & Mary, Blk. Smith 
S. A. Adams, 25, single, b. Isle Of Wight, res. Smithfield, 
   dt/o Ro. & Lucinda 
m. 17 Dec 1865, Smithfield, by M.S. Colonna 
(Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy} 1865, p. 120 #23) 
[note: initals clearly written J & S, respectively; 
 apparent {common} error by clerk or his deputy, 
 in copying from the marriage license] 

*The 1900 Census gives b. Nov 1834, which agrees with the marriage register, 
   and the cemetery list, which gives b. 10 Nov 1834. 
   (Newport Dist. {#15}, dwl 192/fam 204, sheet 9B #88) 


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