Daughter of James Boyd and Catherine Engle Boyd

Granddaughter of Barbara Garlitz

Birth: 10 MAR 1862 in LaGrange Co., Indiana
Death: 7 MAY 1950 
M. 14 August 1879
George Albert COGER
 b: 11 NOV 1856
 

CHILDREN(10): Minnie, Forest, Orena Gertrude, Ada May, Carrie, Charles, Ruth, Will Bateman, James LeRoy and Minnie

1879-1883 For a few year they lived in LaGrange County, Indiana
1884-     They moved to Cadillac, Mi.
1885-     They moved to a farm East of Sherman, Mi. Later to a farm one mile west of the original.
1929      They moved to a house in Sherman, Mi.
1929      Aug 14th  They celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary.  Attended by friends and      neighbors, their children and grandchildren; Elizabeth Frisbey, Douglas Boyd of LaGrange, In. and the
 Henry Franke family of Grand Rapids.They were members of the Herman M.E.  Church.

Bert liked to fish the streams around his home for trout and they were both full of fun and life, they were very hospitable and one always had a good time at their home.  Douglas, Urias, and Phillip visited Corrinda at the same time and renewed pranks of their youth.

CHILDREN OF CORRINDA (BOYD) &  GEORGE ALBERT COGER
1. (Safrona) Minnie 
b. Dec. 15, 1880, LaGrange, In.
d. Aug. 29, 1881 bur. at Saylor-Bethel Cemetery (no Marker)

2. Forest Coger
b. Jan 24, 1882 farm near LaGrange, In
d. Dec. 31, 1947
m. June 11, 1909, Mesick, Mi.
Bertha Mae Clater
b. Aug. 23, 1892, Mesick, Mi.
d. Dec. 30, 1950, Mercy Hosp., Cadillac, Mi.
buried in Antioch Cemetery east of Mesick, Mi.

Children: Albert Isaac, Ada Mae, Dorothy, Wayne Boyd 

They farmed all of their lives, near Sherman, Mi.

3. Orena Gertrude
               b. April 25, 1884, Cadillac, Mi.
               d. Aug. 8, 1961, rest home, Cadillac, Mi.
               m. Apr.25, 1903, Sherman, Mi.
          George Almond McDonald s/o Angus A. McDonald
               b. Aug. 15, 1875, London Ontario
               d. July 27, 1935
                  buried at Sherman, Mi.

          Children:  None
                Orena was a telephone operator, Sherman, 
                Michigan.  They both worked for the 
                telephone co. in Detroit.  She cared for
                her mother untl her death.
          2nd marriage to:
          Adelbert Jones
               b.

               d.
               m. Aug 23, 1958, Sherman, Mi. 
               they were retired and lived on the homeplace
               at Mesick, Mi.
          1960 Orena was in a rest home at Cadillac.

4. Ada May Coger
               b. July 7, 1886, Sherman, Mi.
               d. Dec 3, 1961 at Mt. Morris, Mi
               m. Nov 24, 1904 Sherman, Mi
          Oliver Winfred Hessam
               b. Dec. 7, 1880, Manistee Co., Mi.
               d. Sept 6, 1907, Cadillac.  He was killed
                  on the railroad.  Buried at Sherman, Mo.
          Children (2):  Orena Bernice & Oliver Winfred, Jr

          2nd marriage to:
          Lewis McClain
               b. May 26, 1885, Wexford co. Mi 
               d. Aug     1977

          Chldren(6): Corrinda Elizabeth, Coger Francis,
                      Ira Fay, Beatrice May, Ralph Edward,
                      and Patricia Joyce

          1911-  They lived at Sherman, Mi
          1927   They moved to Flint, Mi.
          1945   They moved to Mt. Morris, Mi.
                 Lewis was a buick shop worker
          1959   Lewis Retired
 

5. Carrie Coger
               b. June 11, 1888, Wexford Co., Mi
               d. July 23, 1912, farm west of Sherman, Mi
                  buried Sherman, Mi.
               m. June 30, 1908 at mother's home, Wexford
                  county, Mi.
          Fred Skinner s/o Jennie (Young) & James Skinner
               b. Nov. 4, 1871, Marcellus, Mi.
               d. Aug. 19, 1949, Sherman, Mi.
                  buried in Grant emetery, Grant twp.

          Children(2):  Anna May & Jeanie Grace

          They lived on a farm north and west of Sherman,
          where Fred did extensive farming on a large acreage.  Over two years after Carrie's death he married her sister Ruth.

6. Charles Coger
               b. April 5, 1890 farm east of Sherman, Mi
               d.
               m. Dec. 4, 1912, Sherman, Mi.
          Pearl Hoose
               b. 
               d. May 15, 1950, Eaton, NY bur. there

          Children:  Vivan, Mark, Arlene

          They lived at Sherman, Mich.
          They moved to Eaton, NY.
          Charles still lived at Eaton, Ny in 1977

7. Ruth Coger
               b. Sept. 25, 1892, farm East of Sherman, Mi.
               d. Aug. 29, 1950
               m. Sept 27, 1914, Sherman, Mi.
          Fred Skinner
               b. Nov. 4, 1871, Marcellus, Mo
               d. Aug 16, 1949, Sherman, Mi.

          Children: Margaret Ruth, Arlene Carrie, Alice Marie, Frederick William, Jr., Jessie Skinner

8. Will Bateman Coger
                b. May 17, 1896, farm e. of Sherman, Mi.
                d. Nov. 19, 1958, Sherman, Mi.
                   bur. Cornell Cemetery
                m. Oct. 20, 1917, Cadillac, Mi
          Lillian May Hillard
                b. July 30, 1900, Sherman, Wexford co, Mi.
                d.
          Children:
          Arthur, Dewey Evan, Ellen Maxine, Doris, Ilene, Shirley Louise, Kenneth Lloyd, Beverly Jean, Terry Arden

          They lived on a farm NW of Sherman, Mi.
          Later they moved to Willow Run, Mi.

9. James LeRoy Coger
                b. June 8, 1898, farm E. of sherman, Mi.
                d. Nov. 21, 1972, Traverse Hosp, Mi.
                m. Mar 24, 1922, Marilla twp, Manistee,Mi
              Maude Clark c/o Carrie (Bradshaw)& Glenn 
              Clark.  Maude's brother Guy Clark married
              Minnie Coger.
                b. Oct. 5, 1904, Marilla twp., Manistee
                    county Mi.
                d. 
          Children: Raymond LeRoy, Phyllis Marie, Glen Albert

10. Minnie Gail Coger
                b. March 1, 1901, farm E. of Sherman, Mi.
                d. Jan. 25, 1939, near cleo, Mi.
                   bur. Pine Grove Cemetery, Arbella twp, 
                   Tuscola, Mi.
                m. Nov. 19, 1922 
          Guy Clark
                b. Nov. 19, 1902, Marilla Twp,Manistee co
                d. Mar 8, 1927, Sherman, Mi
          Children:  George Allen Clark
          They lived at Mesick and at Battle Creek, Mi.

          2nd marriage:
                m. Feb 19, 1929, Clio, Mi
          George Randolph Robinson
                b. Dec. 14, 1902 Conway, Mi.
                d. Nov 25, 1972, Hosp Flint, Mi.
          Children:   Opal Jean & Marion Grace

          They lived at Clio, Mi.
          George remarried after Minnie died.