Cora Electra Lafferry1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 17322, (1878 - 1943)
FatherJohn W. Lafferry5,6 (1856 - 1925)
MotherEmma P. Baily5,6 (abt 1857 - bef 1887)

Key Events:

Birth: 23 Jan 1878, Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas7,8,9
Marriage: 1 Apr 1900, Logan Co., Arkansas, Oscar Christopher Mims (23 Jan 1869 - 11 Jun 1944)10,11
Death: 11 Feb 1943, Charleston, Franklin Co., Arkansas7,9
Burial: Forest Park Cemetery, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas12

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Cora Electra Lafferry was born on 23 Jan 1878 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas.7,8,9 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Logan Twp., Logan Co., Arkansas, in the household of her parents, John W. Lafferry and Emma P. Baily.13
     Her mother apparently died before 1887, when Cora was young, as her father re-married in 1887. An undocumented tree on Ancestry.com shows she died in 1883, when Cora was about five years old.14,15
     Cora married Oscar Christopher Mims, son of John M. Mims and Margaret Makinro Warren, on 1 Apr 1900 in Logan Co., Arkansas, with W. B. Ritchie, justice of the peace, officiating.10,11 She seems to have mainly gone by her middle name, Electra, or the nickname Lectra, by the time of her marriage.16,17,18,19
     Cora and Oscar appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Six Mile Twp., Logan Co., Arkansas, enumerated 1 Jun 1900, reporting they were renting their farm.20
     Electra and Oscar appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Clark Twp., Logan Co., Arkansas, enumerated 10 Apr 1910. Their children Omar, John, Lester, Ocie and Oscar were listed as living with them.21
     Electra and Oscar appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Charleston, Franklin Co., Arkansas, at Branch Rd., enumerated 3 Jan 1920, reporting they were renting their home. Their children John, Lester, Ocie, Oscar, Ola, Austin, Mary and Mitzie were listed as living with them.22
     Electra and Oscar appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Charleston, Franklin Co., Arkansas, enumerated 3 Apr 1930, reporting that they owned a home valued at $1,500 but did not own a radio. Their children Ocie, Ola, Austin, Mary and Mitzie were listed as living with them.23
     Electra and Oscar appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Charleston, Franklin Co., Arkansas, enumerated 6 Apr 1940, reporting they were renting their home for $4 per month, and had lived in the same house in 1935.24
     She was working as a seamstress in a WPA sewing room in 1940, reporting she had worked 18 weeks the prior year earning $220.24
     Cora died on 11 Feb 1943 in Charleston, Franklin Co., Arkansas, at age 65.7,9 She was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas.12

Children:
     Children with Oscar Christopher Mims:

  • Omar Marcus Mims5,25 (18 Mar 1901 - 11 Nov 1963)
  • John Powell Mims25,26,27 (9 Mar 1903 - 26 Feb 1937)
  • Lester Lee Mims25,26,5 (21 Dec 1904 - 29 Dec 1925)
  • Ocie Belle Mims28,29,30 (21 Feb 1907 - 20 May 1990)
  • Oscar Bill Mims25,26,5 (4 Feb 1909 - 15 Jun 1980)
  • Ola Irene Mims29,31,5 (3 Dec 1910 - 12 Jul 1947)
  • Austin August Mims26,32,5 (2 Nov 1912 - 2 Nov 1986)
  • Mary Christine Mims29,31,5 (21 Jan 1915 - 18 Mar 2002)
  • Mitzie Pearl Mims29,31,33 (12 Dec 1916 - 19 Nov 1994)

Citations

  1. [S1972] Glass, "Descendants of John M. Mims", shows name as Cora Electra La Ferry.
  2. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Pearl M Child, Soc. Sec. No. 456-05-6976, shows name as Cora E. Laverrye.
  3. [S885] "California Death Index, 1940-1997," Ancestry.com, record for Mitzie Pearl Child, Soc. Sec. No. 456-05-6976, shows mother's maiden name as LaFerry.
  4. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 69883191, Cora Electa Lafferry Mims, includes tombstone photo showing name as Cora Electra Mims.
  5. [S1972] Glass, "Descendants of John M. Mims."
  6. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Electa Lafflarry Mims, Soc. Sec. No. 432-05-9062.
  7. [S1972] Glass, "Descendants of John M. Mims", shows date, town, county, state.
  8. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Electa Lafflarry Mims, Soc. Sec. No. 432-05-9062, shows date, Morrison Bluff, and state.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 69883191, Cora Electa Lafferry Mims, shows year and includes tombstone photo.
  10. [S7482] Marriages Records, Logan Co., Arkansas, E:551, O. C. Mims and Electic Laferry, shows date and officant.
  11. [S7484] Oscar C. Mims household, 1900 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas, shows married 0 years.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 69883191, Cora Electa Lafferry Mims, includes tombstone photo.
  13. [S7481] John Lafery household, 1880 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas.
  14. [S7482] Marriages Records, Logan Co., Arkansas, B:275, J. W. Lafferry and Sallie J. Smith, shows married 5 May 1887.
  15. [S7483] Fredacruse, "Cruse Family Tree" family tree, Ancestry.com, shows death in 1883 in Arkansas, with no supporting sources.
  16. [S7482] Marriages Records, Logan Co., Arkansas, E:551, O. C. Mims and Electic Laferry.
  17. [S7476] Ocher C. Mims household, 1910 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas, shows name as Lecta Mims.
  18. [S7477] O. C. Mims household, 1920 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas, shows name as Electa Mims.
  19. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Electa Lafflarry Mims, Soc. Sec. No. 432-05-9062, also shows name as Electa Lafflarry Lafflarry.
  20. [S7484] Oscar C. Mims household, 1900 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas.
  21. [S7476] Ocher C. Mims household, 1910 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas.
  22. [S7477] O. C. Mims household, 1920 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas.
  23. [S7479] Oscar C. Mims household, 1930 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas.
  24. [S7480] O. C. Mims household, 1940 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas.
  25. [S7476] Ocher C. Mims household, 1910 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  26. [S7477] O. C. Mims household, 1920 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas, shows him as the son of her husband.
  27. [S7478] J. Powell Mims, Standard Certificate of Death.
  28. [S7476] Ocher C. Mims household, 1910 U.S. Census, Logan Co., Arkansas, shows the girl as daughter of Lecta's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  29. [S7477] O. C. Mims household, 1920 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas, shows the girl as daughter of Electa's husband.
  30. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Ocie Mims Davis, Soc. Sec. No. 431-18-7878.
  31. [S7479] Oscar C. Mims household, 1930 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas, shows the girl as daughter of Cora's husband.
  32. [S7479] Oscar C. Mims household, 1930 U.S. Census, Franklin Co., Arkansas, shows him as the son of her husband.
  33. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Pearl M Child, Soc. Sec. No. 456-05-6976.