FOURTH GENERATION

51. EMMA WIGHT was born in 1853 in around Greenville, Wayne Co, MO. She died in 1934 in JONESBORO, CRAIGHEAD CO. ARKANSAS. The Wayne County, Missouri census of 1870, shows Emma as 17 years of age,
living with Joseph Atkiss and family and lists her occupation as
"serving in family".

Information taken from 1870 U. S. Census records of Wayne County,
Missouri..

She was married to PHILLIP A. COHEN (son of Simon COHEN and Flora) on 28 Jan 1874. PHILLIP A. COHEN was born in 1839 in ROGASEN, GERMANY (Prussia?). He died on 26 Feb 1919 in FREDRICKTOWN, MISSOURI. Phillip passed away in 1919 and is buried at a cemetery in St. Louis,
Missouri.

Article (no title on copy) about Madison County area:
The Tavern Hotel was on the northeast corner and was operated for many years by Louie Cohen. His father, Phillip Cohen, Sr., was born in 1839 in Prussia; he came to Madison County and established a general store. He became the postmaster in 1868, using his store, where the hotel is now located, as the post office. In the preceding fifty years, the post office was moved to various locations with each new postmaster, but in 1920 it was moved back to the Cohen Building. This was the site when Phillip's grandson, Phillip Stokes Cohen, became the postmaster in 1935. (Phillip Stokes cohen married Phyllis Huskey). In the 1920's, the old Cohen building was remodeled and second and third stories were added for hotel rooms. EMMA WIGHT and PHILLIP A. COHEN had the following children:

+142 i. WILLIAM ANDREW COHEN.
143 ii. LOUIS W. (Louie) COHEN was born on 17 Jan 1885. He died on 18 May 1949.
+144 iii. OSCAR THURMAN COHEN.

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