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Coburn, Edgar Lamar (1847-1913)
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Pages 411-412

EDGAR LAMAR COBURN, a native of Barbour County, light first shone
upon him 1847, his parents were James Coburn and Ann Mariah White,
natives of Harrison County, and his grandfather was Jonathan
Coburn, Sr., who was a German. One generation removed from
Pennsylvania emigrant of the 18th century.

The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm attended school
during winter months, and at the age of eighteen began a career of
teaching which lasted for seven years, his first school was taught
on Truby's Run, Upshur County, his other schools were taught in
Barbour County, on No. 1 certificate. For six or eight years after
leaving the school room his energy was applied to farming and he
quit this occupation to enter the mercantile business at Peel Tree,
where he lived four years. In 1882 he moved to French Creek, Upshur
County, where he farmed. In 1884, he was elected assessor of
personal property of the 2d district of Upshur County. In 1889, he
moved to Buckhannon and was appointed in the same year, assessor of
the real estate for Upshur County by his Excellency, Governor G. W.
Atkinson. In the fall of 1869, he took for a wife Miss Emma Young,
daughter of William Young, and their children are: Clara Edna, wife
of F. H. Knabenshue; Grace, wife of F. E. Brooks; Nellie R., wife
of A. B. Brooks; Cecil L.; Houston B., and Fern.

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Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Pages 280-281)
FULL-NAME: Edward L. Coburn
DEATH-DATE: December 26, 1913 at age 66y-6m
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon
MARITAL-STATUS: Married
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer

(wife of Edgar Lamar Coburn)
From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #3424
FULL-NAME: Mary Emma Coburn
BIRTH-DATE: August 15, 1850
BIRTH-PLACE: Harrison County, W.Va.
DEATH-DATE: March 28, 1945
DEATH-PLACE: 120 Pocahontas St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
USUAL-RESIDENCE: 120 Pocahontas St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Widow
OCCUPATION: Housewife
FATHER: William Young (born in Va.)
MOTHER: Hettie Griffith (born in Va.)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Hemiplegia  / Cardio Vascular disease / Senility
INFORMANT: Mrs. A. B. Brooks (of Buckhannon, W.Va.)
BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va.
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There are tombstones in Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, WV
   Edgar L. Coburn (1847-1913)
   Emma Young Coburn (1850-1945)
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