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Rufus Kokernot

Male Abt 1873 - 1883  (~ 10 years)


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  • Name Rufus Kokernot 
    Born Abt 16 Jan 1873  Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Jun 1883  Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Buried Kokernot Cem, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3111  Barber
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2012 

    Father Levi Moses Kokernot,   b. 6 Jun 1836, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1914, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Sarah E. Littlefield,   b. 16 Mar 1848, Old River, Chambers County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1874, Big Hill, Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 4 Dec 1866  Gonzales County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Family ID F815  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 16 Jan 1873 - Gonzales County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Jun 1883 - Gonzales County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Kokernot Cem, Gonzales County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Burial from Findagrave.com, which gives dob as "1872" and dod as "1882"

  • Sources 
    1. [S79] Gonzales County History, Gonzales County Historical Commission, (Dallas: Curtis Media, 1986), KOKERNOT FAMILY, BY MRS W B DENMAN, P384 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S79] Gonzales County History, Gonzales County Historical Commission, (Dallas: Curtis Media, 1986), KOKERNOT FAMILY, BY MRS W B DENMAN, P384 (Reliability: 3).
      "killed in an accident at the age of ten;"

    3. [S99] Newspaper, "ON SATURDAY A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY...," GALVESTON DAILY NEW S , 19 JUNE 1883, 1. (Reliability: 3).
      On Saturday a nine-year-old boy, son of L. M. Kokernot, one of our most prominent cattlemen, was killed by another boy near Moulton, in Lavaca county. It is supposed that the slayer was under the impression that the pistol was not loaded, and was snapping it in the face of young Kokernot when it was discharged, and instant death resulted.

    4. [S150] Letter, GARDIEN TO BELLE COOK25 JUNE 1975, P 4 (Reliability: 3).
      "Poor little Rufus was shot and killed accidentally by a playmate."

    5. [S126] Texas Vital Records, MARRIAGE CERT, GONZALES COUNTY, #907 (Reliability: 3).
      license issued 12/4/1866
      executed 12/6/1866, D. W. Fly, J. G
      recorded Book B p 205

    6. [S21] Gonzales marriage records, Texas. Gonzales., MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE NO. 907 (1866), KOKERNOT-LITTLEFIELD. (Reliability: 3).
      from FHL film #1310948


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