Cora Etta Searcy (Rogers)
Contributors
Cora Etta Searcy (Rogers)
People Buried Here
Epitaph
Wife of F. M. Searcy (Appears on both sides with the respective spouse's information)
Description
Francis Marion Searcy was married three times:
Spouses:
Susan Ann Barton Searcy (1850 - 1888)
Cora Etta Rogers Searcy (1867 - 1896)
Susan Elizabeth Webb Searcy (1849 - 1926)
Children of Francis and Susan Searcy:
Benjamin Franklin Searcy (1872 - 1944)
Effie May Searcy (1875 - 1931)
Fred Moore Searcy (1883 - 1916)
Myrtle A. Searcy Stone (1884 - 1918)
Francis was the son of Ambrose William Searcy (1815 - 1892) and Mary Ann Moore Searcy (1824 - 1915).
Parents of Cora Etta Rogers Searcy were Susan Elizabeth Webb and George Washington Rogers. Her mother married her daughter's husband, Francis Marion Searcy, on November 11, 1909, several years after Cora Etta's death.
Note: No information remains on the obelisk marker of Francis Marion Searcy and his third wife but the cemetery records and the death certificate indicate that they were buried here. Missouri Death Certificate #1148. Further support for this information: "Vital Historical Records of Jackson County, Missouri 1826 - 1876, Collected, Compiled and Published 1933-1934 by The Kansas City Chapter Daughters Of The American Revolution."