Edward Koker born to Samuel and Malinda Koker in Missouri on March 26, 1875. Siblings: Thomas H Koker B-1864, George F Koker B-1872, John W Koker B-1860, and Francis A Koker B-1866.
Ed met Emma Beveridge in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a young man with a reputation for being a little wild and slightly unreliable. They met at a singing for one of Ed's sisters and he was smitten. It was a hard sell but she but she finally agreed to marry him on 25 December 1901.
They moved to little farm in Custer County Colorado in about 1918. In 1922 a little girl lost her mother. Her father, Al Mingus was left alone to raise his three children. The baby, Grace was a sickly child and living in remote area was more than he could deal with. He took the baby down the mountain to his friends Ed and Emma Koker. The Kokers never has children of their own but little Grace stole their heart. They took her to raise.
After the war Grace and her new husband bought the next door farm. In 1946 Grace welcomed her husbands neice and nephew to stay with them for awhile. "Mr. Koker" knew ever thing. He could tell you when the mulberries were ripe on the tree that down by the creek without ever leaving the porch. He was never to busy to spend time with a little boy telling tales of the "Indian Troubles" or the "Cattle Thieving". He knew every one good guys and bad guys. What I would not give to spend another afternoon on the front porch just to lessen to Mr. Koker.
Ed met Emma Beveridge in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a young man with a reputation for being a little wild and slightly unreliable. They met at a singing for one of Ed's sisters and he was smitten. It was a hard sell but she but she finally agreed to marry him on 25 December 1901.
They moved to little farm in Custer County Colorado in about 1918. In 1922 a little girl lost her mother. Her father, Al Mingus was left alone to raise his three children. The baby, Grace was a sickly child and living in remote area was more than he could deal with. He took the baby down the mountain to his friends Ed and Emma Koker. The Kokers never has children of their own but little Grace stole their heart. They took her to raise.
After the war Grace and her new husband bought the next door farm. In 1946 Grace welcomed her husbands neice and nephew to stay with them for awhile. "Mr. Koker" knew ever thing. He could tell you when the mulberries were ripe on the tree that down by the creek without ever leaving the porch. He was never to busy to spend time with a little boy telling tales of the "Indian Troubles" or the "Cattle Thieving". He knew every one good guys and bad guys. What I would not give to spend another afternoon on the front porch just to lessen to Mr. Koker.
Edward Koker born to Samuel and Malinda Koker in Missouri on March 26, 1875. Siblings: Thomas H Koker B-1864, George F Koker B-1872, John W Koker B-1860, and Francis A Koker B-1866.
Ed met Emma Beveridge in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a young man with a reputation for being a little wild and slightly unreliable. They met at a singing for one of Ed's sisters and he was smitten. It was a hard sell but she but she finally agreed to marry him on 25 December 1901.
They moved to little farm in Custer County Colorado in about 1918. In 1922 a little girl lost her mother. Her father, Al Mingus was left alone to raise his three children. The baby, Grace was a sickly child and living in remote area was more than he could deal with. He took the baby down the mountain to his friends Ed and Emma Koker. The Kokers never has children of their own but little Grace stole their heart. They took her to raise.
After the war Grace and her new husband bought the next door farm. In 1946 Grace welcomed her husbands neice and nephew to stay with them for awhile. "Mr. Koker" knew ever thing. He could tell you when the mulberries were ripe on the tree that down by the creek without ever leaving the porch. He was never to busy to spend time with a little boy telling tales of the "Indian Troubles" or the "Cattle Thieving". He knew every one good guys and bad guys. What I would not give to spend another afternoon on the front porch just to lessen to Mr. Koker.
Ed met Emma Beveridge in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a young man with a reputation for being a little wild and slightly unreliable. They met at a singing for one of Ed's sisters and he was smitten. It was a hard sell but she but she finally agreed to marry him on 25 December 1901.
They moved to little farm in Custer County Colorado in about 1918. In 1922 a little girl lost her mother. Her father, Al Mingus was left alone to raise his three children. The baby, Grace was a sickly child and living in remote area was more than he could deal with. He took the baby down the mountain to his friends Ed and Emma Koker. The Kokers never has children of their own but little Grace stole their heart. They took her to raise.
After the war Grace and her new husband bought the next door farm. In 1946 Grace welcomed her husbands neice and nephew to stay with them for awhile. "Mr. Koker" knew ever thing. He could tell you when the mulberries were ripe on the tree that down by the creek without ever leaving the porch. He was never to busy to spend time with a little boy telling tales of the "Indian Troubles" or the "Cattle Thieving". He knew every one good guys and bad guys. What I would not give to spend another afternoon on the front porch just to lessen to Mr. Koker.
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