Mary's Death Certificate says Rollins and tombstone spells it Rawlings but her husband John's tombstone and birth certificate both say Rollings.
Mary was first married to John L Cooper on Sep 30, 1877 in Stoddard County, Missouri and all her children are by John. She then married a man with the last name of Logan. One of her sons, Robert, took on the Logan name and all the rest remained Coopers. Then she married John Rollins/Rawlings on Oct 22, 1895.
Her grave was unmarked for years and on Lema Laviece "Chiss" Koengeter's 85 birthday, Barry, Chiss and I went to all the grave yards she knew of to take pictures of family stones. Chiss said we would never find her grandmother's grave because it was unmarked. Before leaving the cemetery, I needed to take a picture of the Langston grave on the back row. I just happen to glance beside there grave and seen a Mary Cooper Rawlings stone and yelled for them to come over. Chiss was shocked, she had tombstone! After much discussion with some other family members, we came up with the solution that her grandson, Roy L. Cooper must have purchased the stone and had it set before his death and he never told anyone. The stone has the same drawings as his in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Chiss said he was real close to her and couldn't stand the fact that her grave was unmarked.
Mary was first married to John L Cooper on Sep 30, 1877 in Stoddard County, Missouri and all her children are by John. She then married a man with the last name of Logan. One of her sons, Robert, took on the Logan name and all the rest remained Coopers. Then she married John Rollins/Rawlings on Oct 22, 1895.
Her grave was unmarked for years and on Lema Laviece "Chiss" Koengeter's 85 birthday, Barry, Chiss and I went to all the grave yards she knew of to take pictures of family stones. Chiss said we would never find her grandmother's grave because it was unmarked. Before leaving the cemetery, I needed to take a picture of the Langston grave on the back row. I just happen to glance beside there grave and seen a Mary Cooper Rawlings stone and yelled for them to come over. Chiss was shocked, she had tombstone! After much discussion with some other family members, we came up with the solution that her grandson, Roy L. Cooper must have purchased the stone and had it set before his death and he never told anyone. The stone has the same drawings as his in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Chiss said he was real close to her and couldn't stand the fact that her grave was unmarked.
Mary's Death Certificate says Rollins and tombstone spells it Rawlings but her husband John's tombstone and birth certificate both say Rollings.
Mary was first married to John L Cooper on Sep 30, 1877 in Stoddard County, Missouri and all her children are by John. She then married a man with the last name of Logan. One of her sons, Robert, took on the Logan name and all the rest remained Coopers. Then she married John Rollins/Rawlings on Oct 22, 1895.
Her grave was unmarked for years and on Lema Laviece "Chiss" Koengeter's 85 birthday, Barry, Chiss and I went to all the grave yards she knew of to take pictures of family stones. Chiss said we would never find her grandmother's grave because it was unmarked. Before leaving the cemetery, I needed to take a picture of the Langston grave on the back row. I just happen to glance beside there grave and seen a Mary Cooper Rawlings stone and yelled for them to come over. Chiss was shocked, she had tombstone! After much discussion with some other family members, we came up with the solution that her grandson, Roy L. Cooper must have purchased the stone and had it set before his death and he never told anyone. The stone has the same drawings as his in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Chiss said he was real close to her and couldn't stand the fact that her grave was unmarked.
Mary was first married to John L Cooper on Sep 30, 1877 in Stoddard County, Missouri and all her children are by John. She then married a man with the last name of Logan. One of her sons, Robert, took on the Logan name and all the rest remained Coopers. Then she married John Rollins/Rawlings on Oct 22, 1895.
Her grave was unmarked for years and on Lema Laviece "Chiss" Koengeter's 85 birthday, Barry, Chiss and I went to all the grave yards she knew of to take pictures of family stones. Chiss said we would never find her grandmother's grave because it was unmarked. Before leaving the cemetery, I needed to take a picture of the Langston grave on the back row. I just happen to glance beside there grave and seen a Mary Cooper Rawlings stone and yelled for them to come over. Chiss was shocked, she had tombstone! After much discussion with some other family members, we came up with the solution that her grandson, Roy L. Cooper must have purchased the stone and had it set before his death and he never told anyone. The stone has the same drawings as his in the Memorial Park Cemetery. Chiss said he was real close to her and couldn't stand the fact that her grave was unmarked.
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