Job's Children

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Israel Coble	35
Angeline Coble	40
Sarah Coble	14
Ozell Coble	8
Lorenzo Coble	1

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At an uninformed peruse, it would appear that Angeline, being the mother of 3 children, and the 3 children alive, that Sarah, Ozell (Amos) and Lorenzo would be the three children, but they were not. Lorenzo was only a year old, so his mother had to have died around 1899.

Name:

William Hartsell

Age:

Birth Date:

May 1890

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1900:

China Grove, Rowan, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Male

Relation to Head of House:

Brother in Law
[Brother-in-law]

Marital Status:

Single

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Occupation:

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Ephram Hinson	29
Jennie Hinson	24
Charlie Hinson	7/12
William Hartsell	10
Sherman Watters	22

Angeline's own young son, William F. Hartsell is living with his married sister in China Grove, in Rowan County, while Angeline is caring for step-children on John's River in Cabarrus County. Her oldest son, Houston, at 22, is already married with 2 children of his own. His bride, Dovey, is none other than the sister of Israel S. Coble. Perhaps that is how he met Houston's widowed mother.

Name:

Hurtis R Hartsell
[Heston R]

Age:

Birth Date:

abt 1878

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1900:

Tyson, Stanly, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Male

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Dony F Hartsell

Marriage Year:

1897

Years Married:

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Occupation:

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Heston R Hartsell	22
Dony F Hartsell	21
Kaerry B Hartsell	2
Rosy E Hartsell	2/12

Between 1900 and 1910, something happened, and the two, Angeline and Israel, go their separate ways. The 1910 census finds Angeline living in the household of her oldest son, Houston Monroe, accompanied by her baby boy, William F. This may have been the reason for the split.

Name:

Ansaline Hartsell

Age in 1910:

Birth Year:

abt 1855

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1910:

Big Lick, Stanly, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Mother

Marital Status:

Widowed

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Monroe Hartsell	31
Donia P Hartsell	31
Fairabel Hartsell	12
Ozeller Hartsell	10
Grover L Hartsell	7
Charley L Hartsell	5
Dallie E Hartsell	3
Malinsa A Hartsell	1 [1 2/12]
Ansaline Hartsell	55
William F Hartsell	19

While Angeline is with her children in Big Lick, Stanly County, North Carolina. Israel Coble, ever the traveler, has been on the move again. On January 3, 1907, Israel and a young widow from Stanly County, Rosa Almond Bunting, go to Bessamer City in Gaston County and get married. They give the correct names for their parents, David and Malinda Coble and William and Minta Almond, but they give their birthplace and residence as Bessamer City.

By the 1910 census, Israel and Rosa are living in Charlotte with the 4 youngest of her 6 children. The children were listed in the census as Coble's, but they were not. They were Buntings or "Bunton"s. The name is seen both ways. Rosa was the widow of Calvin Bunton (Bunting).

Name:

Isrial S Cofle
[Isrial S Coble]

Age in 1910:

Birth Year:

abt 1860

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1910:

Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Male

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Rosie Cofle

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Isrial S Cofle	50
Rosie Cofle	45
Grace Cofle	14
Allamica Cofle	15
Luther Cofle	9
James Cofle	6

The Charlotte City Directory has Israel working at Elizabeth Mills as a machine operator.

ame:	Israel S Coble
Gender:	Male
Residence Year:	1910
Street address:	400 E 15th
Residence Place:	Charlotte, North Carolina
Occupation:	Mill Opr
Spouse:	Rosa Coble
Publication Title:	Charlotte, North Carolina, City Directory, 19

Of his own children, Amos was boarding with a Whitley family in Cabarrus County,

Name:

William Whitley

Age in 1910:

Birth Year:

abt 1851

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1910:

Township 1, Cabarrus, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Male

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Molly Whitley

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
William Whitley	59
Molly Whitley	53
Varchey Whitley	16
Amos Cable	18

The other two are not to be found in 1910. Perhaps they were together. Somewhere they may be in a transcription error waiting to be recognized.

And then, by January of 1911, Israel has taken his new wife Rosa and his stepchildren, and has moved to Greensboro.

Tuesday, Jan. 17 1911 edition of the Greensboro Record, Greensboro, NC

January 1911, The Greensboro Record, Greensboro, NC

Israel got in trouble. He had married Rosa without divorcing Angeline, but said he thought she was dead. As much traveling from mill to mill as he was doing, how could anyone have gotten word? The two living wives found out about each other and bam! Israel is in jail for bigamy. He claimed that his first wife (Sarah Murray/Coley) had died of consumption, and the second (Sarah Eugenia Lee) had died suddenly. The Tuesday, January 12, 1911 edition of the Greensboro Record reported that "Wife No 2 got onto his game and was instrumental in causing his arrest...Sheriff Jones from Stanly County says Coble not only has a wife living in that county, but has two wives dead, the intimation being that he put them out of the way". Basically, the assumptions were that Israel may have killed his wives, or some other kind of foul play was involved.

Jan. 24, 1911 The Evening Chronicle, Charlotte, Israel Coble

The papers do not go on to report the outcome of this event, or the determination of any judge, but clearly, Israel did not serve any time, wife Rosa went her own way and Angeline continued to live in Stanly County with her children until her death in 1945. This report of Angeline is from her Find-a-Grave memorial:

Birth:	Nov. 5, 1855 Stanly County North Carolina, USA
Death:	Jun. 20, 1945 Stanly County North Carolina, USA
Jason Hartsell, 79, of Stanfield has fond memories of his great-grandmother, Benona Anceline Hartsell, whom he stayed with when he was young. Benona's health declined following a fall which resulted in a broken hip. She died June 20, 1945. The mother of Benona was a Whitley. The old Whitley records indicated that Benona and her older sister, Rebecca, were buried next to their mother. Elizabeth Carolina Whitley was the 11th child of George Whitley III and Rebecca Cagle. She married Daniel Monroe Furr and with him had eight children, including Rebecca Furr, who was born in 1848, and Benona Anceline Furr, born in 1855. While Rebecca never married and her date of death is unknown, her sister Benona married Franklin Hartsell. Rebecca was buried closest to her mother, Benona buried next to her sister. At 9 a.m. Aug. 27, Jason and Virginia Hartsell, their granddaughter, Anita Hartsell Stevens, and Eldridge Furr, trustee treasurer of Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church, gathered at the grave site as the markers for Benona and her sister were placed. "It pleases me that we can put up a monument," Furr said."

Backing up a bit, Rosa was a bit of a traveler on her own.

Rosa was the second of three children of William C Almond and Minta JuliaAnn Sides. They were married in Stanly County on June 3, 1860.

Name:

William C Almond

Age in 1860:

Birth Year:

abt 1839

Home in 1860:

Stanly, North Carolina

Gender:

Male

Post Office:

Albemarle

Value of real estate:

Household Members:

Name	Age
William C Almond	21
Minta Almond	20

The Civil War came and went and Minta Sides Almond joined the ranks of many other widowed women in the county, but she was fortunate more than most, before the end of the decade, she had found another husband, marrying John F. Hatley on Oct 23, 1869.

Name:

Monty Hatley
[Minty Hattley]

Age in 1870:

Birth Year:

abt 1841

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1870:

Almond, Stanly, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Female

Post Office:

Albemarle

Value of real estate:

Household Members:

Name	Age
John F Hatley	25
Monty Hatley	29
Henry Almond	8
Rosanna Almond	5
Olivia Almond	3

Minty would also have 3 children by her second husband, giving Rosa 3 half-siblings, Lawrence, Lillie and Ella Hatley, in addition to her older brother Henry Almond and younger sister Olivia.

Sandy Sides	Barba	Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1824	North Carolina	Self(Head)
View Record	Barba Sides	Sandy	Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1825	North Carolina	Wife
View Record	Minty Hattley		Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1841	North Carolina	Self(Head)
View Record	Lorance Hattley	Minty	Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1870	North Carolina	Son
View Record	Lillie Hattley	Minty	Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1873	North Carolina	Daughter
View Record	Ella Hattley	Minty	Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1875	North Carolina	Daughter
View Record	Henry Almond		Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1861	North Carolina
View Record	Rosa Almond		Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1865	North Carolina
View Record	Jane Almond		Almonds, Stanly, North Carolina	abt 1867	North Carolina

1880 would find Mintie again a widow, living beside her parents with all 6 of her children. Henry would be counted twice in this census, however, as on another day, he was working for the neighbors and was enumerated a second time with them.

On September 23, 1889, Rosa would become a bride herself, and marry Calvin Bunton, sometimes seen as Bunting, son of Wiley and Sarah. The relationship obviously began prior to the wedding as firstborn Mary J. Bunton (later Mrs. Thomas Holshouser), was born in May of 1885 and William B Bunton was born January 13, 1889. Addia B would follow in 1890, Gracie M in 1895 and Luther was most likelly the infant counted in the 1900 census. Youngest son James would come along in 1904. Rosa is alone with her children in the 1900 census, Mary already married and William missing, and is called a widow. If Calvin was dead, he could not possibly have been the father of James.

Name:

Rose Bunton

Age:

Birth Date:

Jun 1864

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1900:

Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Marital Status:

Widowed

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother: number of living children:

Mother: How many children:

Occupation:

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Rose Bunton	35
Addia B Bunton	9
Gracie M Bunton	4
Bunton	0
Mary J Holsouser	18
Thomas Holsouser	20
Crofford Holsouser	60

So, sometime in between this 1900 census, and the first of the year, January 3, 1907, Rosa ran into Israel Coble. Growing up in Western Stanly County, they may have known each other as children. As the papers said Israel traveled from Cotton Mill to Cotton Mill, maybe Rosa went to work in the cotton mills as well, putting her children to work there, as families in need often did in those days. They took off to Bessamer City, in Gaston County, got married, and then moved to Charlotte, and in 1911, just 4 years later Rosa found out about all Israel's wives and that Angeline was still living and contacted the police.

1920 finds Rosa still using the surname "Coble" and living in Forsyth County with her sons, Will, Luther and James and a young couple boarding with them. The occupation for all of them - Cotton Mill workers.

Name:

Rosa Cobb

Age:

Birth Year:

abt 1865

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1920:

South Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Marital Status:

Widowed
[Widow]

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Rosa Cobb	55
William Bunton	31
Luther Bunton	21
James Bunton	15
Jetus Johnson	24
Lizzie Johnson	21

Rosa, despite now being in her middle years, did not remain single. In 1926, she married widower John Cabin Ayers.

Name:	Rosa Coble
Gender:	Female
Birth Date:	abt 1871
Age:	55
Race:	White
Spouse:	John C Ayers
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Age:	50
Spouse Race:	White
Marriage Date:	3 Jul 1926
Marriage County:	Forsyth
Marriage State:	North Carolina

John C Ayers was from Virginia and so was his parents. Somehow the census taker got it wrong for Rosa in 1930, shown with John, a widower, and his two youngest sons.

Name:

Rosa Ayers

Gender:

Female

Birth Year:

abt 1865

Birthplace:

Virginia

Race:

White

Home in 1930:

South Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina

Map of Home:

View Map

Marital Status:

Married

Relation to Head of House:

Wife

Spouse's Name:

John C Ayers

Father's Birthplace:

Virginia

Mother's Birthplace:

Virginia

Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
John C Ayers	53
Rosa Ayers	65
Victor Ayers	21
Arther Ayers	10

Rosa did not live long after this, she passed away in Forsyth County in 1933, however, she was brought to Stanly County to be buried in the cemetery with her Almond family.

Name:	Mrs Rosa Ayers [Mrs Rosa Almond]
Gender:	Female
Race:	White
Age:	63
Birth Date:	20 Jun 1870
Birth Place:	Stanley, North Carolina, United States
Death Date:	15 Jul 1933
Death Location:	High Point, Guilford
Spouse's Name:	J C Ayers
Father's Name:	William Almond
Mother's name:	Mintie Almond

Her children disregarded her last two changes of name and buried her with theirs.

Name:	Rosa Bunton
Birth Date:	29 Jun 1864
Age at Death:	69
Death Date:	15 Jul 1933
Burial Place:	Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA
URL:	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...

But what about Israel?

He remained the marrying man. On March 24, 1919, Israel S. Coble, now 53, married Lucy A. Kerr, 46, the daughter of Richard F. Kerr and Mary Alice Dunlap Kerr from Charlotte. They were married in Mecklenburg County, but swiftly made for Concord in Cabarrus County, where they showed up in the 1920 census. Israel was again working in a Cotton Mill.

Name:

Lucy A Coble

Age:

Birth Year:

abt 1874

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1920:

Concord Ward 1, Cabarrus, North Carolina

Race:

White

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Wife

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Isreal S Coble

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
Isreal S Coble	53
Lucy A Coble	46

Did he divorce Benona Angeline Furr Hartsell and was his marriage to Rosa declared null and void? Or did he commit his third case of polygamy? In any case, his marriage to this fifth wife did not last long either.

From "The Charlotte News" Dec. 22, 1922 Edition

On December 21, 1922, 49 year old Lucy Kerr Coble passed away. By this time, the state was issuing death certificates and Lucy's said she died of tuberculosis. Her address was given as 407 East 13th Street in Charlotte, so in two years time, Israel had moved again.

At age 56, Israel was single again, but did not remain so long. I did not locate a marriage license for Israel and his sixth wife, Rinda Ruth Smith, but in the 1926 Charlotte City directory, he is listed as single, an employee of Elizabeth Mills, and living near his youngest son, Israel Lorenzo Coble, and wife Geneva.

The 1930 census finds Israel and his sixth wife living in the Mallard Creek area and Israel employed as farm labor on a "General" farm. So the marriage must have ocured between 1926 and 1930. They may have went across the border from Charlotte into South Carolina. Marriages were easy to obtain there and many North Carolina couples did. Records for South Carolina are hard to obtain, however. Rinda or Rindy A. Smith was from Georgia and the daughter of Elijah and Susan.

Name:

I S Coble
[J S Coble]

Gender:

Male

Birth Year:

abt 1865

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Race:

White

Home in 1930:

Mallard Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Map of Home:

View Map

Marital Status:

Married

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Spouse's Name:

Ruth Coble

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

Neighbors:

Household Members:

Name	Age
I S Coble	65
Ruth Coble	58

Rinda Smith Coble died in 1936, leaving Israel a widower once more.


Name:	Mrs Rinda Coble [Mrs Rinda Smith]
Gender:	Female
Race:	White
Age:	64
Birth Date:	6 Mar 1872
Death Date:	16 Nov 1936
Death Location:	Derita, Mecklenburg
Spouse's Name:	Israel Coble
Father's Name:	Elija Smith
Mother's name:	Susanne Abbie

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She had breast cancer and Lucy Kerr Coble had died of TB, so there was no question as to whether Israel played a part in it.

1940, the last available census, finds Israel alone and boarding with the Philemon family.

Name:

Israel Coble

Age:

Estimated birth year:

abt 1865

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Marital Status:

Widowed

Relation to Head of House:

Lodger

Home in 1940:

Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Map of Home in 1940:

View Map

Street:

N Davidson Street

House Number:

1206

Inferred Residence in 1935:

Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

Residence in 1935:

Same Place

Resident on farm in 1935:

Sheet Number:

Attended School or College:

Highest Grade Completed:

None

Weeks Worked in 1939:

Income:

Income Other Sources:

Yes

Neighbors: