The Family of Charles A. Coykendall and Mary E. Pulver Coykendall

The Parents of Charles A. Coykendall

Jotham Coykendall I and Maria Haines Coykendall

The Parents of Mary E. Pulver

Henry W. Pulver and Mary A. Northrup Pulver

Coykendall Family Tree

Haines Family Tree

Pulver Family Tree

Northrup Family Tree

Marriages of Charles A. Coykendall

Marriage to Mary E. Pulver in 1857

Marriages of Mary E. Pulver

Marriage to Charles A. Coykendall in 1857

A Biography of Charles A. Coykendall

From the “History of Ontario County, NY” by Lewis C. Aldrich, p44.

Coykendall, Charles A., Canadice, was born in Yates county, October 16, 1830. When he was two years of age his father, Jotham, moved with his family to this town. His grandfather, Emanuel, came from New Jersey to Yates county at an early day.

Jotham was born in 1805, and married in 1826 Maria Haynes, of Starkey, Yates county, who bore him eleven children, as follows: Lydia, born in 1828; Charles, born in 1830; Coe, born in 1833; Mary, born in 1835; Squire, born in 1836, died in 1844; Jotham, born in 1838; Arnold G., born in 1847; Sarah, born in 1841; Phila A., born in 1845; Squire, born in 1849; and Isaac W., born in 1852. Jotham was assessor for many years, and died in 1888, his wife dying four years earlier. His son Charles was educated at the district schools and remained at his father’s home until after twenty-one years of age, then went to Ohio and worked at jobbing on a railroad and farming two years.

He (Charles A.) returned to Canadice, and in 1857 married Mary E. Pulver, daughter of Henry W. and Mary (Northrup) Pulver, who were early settlers of this town, her father coming from Kinderhook, where he was a schoolmate of Martin Van Buren, and her mother from Saratoga county.

Mr. Coykendall has one daughter. Flora, born March 20, 1866, wife of Dr. W. D. Becker, Jr., both graduates of the Normal School of Geneseo, class of 1887. Dr. Becker is also a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. Miss Coykendall accepted a position as preceptress of the Union School at Livonia, where she remained three years, Dr. Becker being in New York. They have one child, Ruth L. E., born in 1892.

Mr. Coykendall is a farmer on the old place, owning 128 acres and farming 228. He has recently introduced Dakota spring rye, of which he has grown 449 bushels from twenty-seven bushels sown. He is a Republican.

The Obituary of Charles A. Coykendall

16 October 1830 - 28 June 1911

No obituary found.

The Obituary of Mary E. Pulver Coykendall

11 February 1834 - 8 March 1915

From the Livonia Gazette, 19 March 1915

Elizabeth Pulver Coykendall died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Becker, 8 Franklin Square, Rochester, on the evening of March 8th.

She leaves this daughter, Mrs. Becker, and two grandchildren, Ruth L. and Willard C. Becker. The funeral services were from the home in Rochester Thursday, March 11th, and the burial in the family lot in the Union cemetery, Livonia.

She was born in the town of Canadice February 11th, 1834, the daughter of Henry Wendell Pulver and Mary Northrup. She was one of nine children, of whom she was the last survivor. During her girlhood she lived in the family home on Bald Hill, and on November 12th 1857, became the wife of Charles A. Coykendall. Their life together was long and beautiful. Most of it was spent in that same home until about eight years ago, when they went to live with their daughter in Rochester. There, June 28, 1911, her husband’s death occurred, and never since that time has she been in her former good health. For the last two and a half years she was confined most of the time to her room, though, with her characteristic vigor and ambition, she fought against the time when she must give up her activity. Her whole life was filled with unselfish and untiring devotion and service to others.

The Burial of Charles A. Coykendall

Union Cemetery in Livonia NY

The Burial of Mary E. Pulver Coykendall

Union Cemetery in Livonia NY

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