Minnie Haley

1898 - 1961  (62 years)

• Name	Minnie Haley
  Birth	26 Sep 1898	Summers Co., WV   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	22 Jun 1900	Quinnimont, Fayette Co., WV   [2]
  	1900
  	Henry was 37, a widower, born Aug 1862 in Virginia, a coal miner. Also living in his household were his children: Nora (age 15, born Mar 1885 in Virginia); Ethel (age 12, born Jan 1888 in Virginia); Jenny (age 7, born Jul 1892 in West Virginia); Cary (age 5, born May 1895 in West Virginia); John (age 3, born Mar 1897 in West Virginia); and Minnie (age 1, born Oct 1898 in West Virginia). Role: Household Member
  Census	20 Apr 1910	Trap Hill, Raleigh Co., WV   [3]
  	1910
  	J. W. Saunders was 60, born in Tennessee, a timber cutter. Also living in his household were his wife, Mary (age 59, born in Virginia), and granddaughters, Carrie Haley (age 16, born in West Virginia) and Minnie Haley (age 11, born in West Virginia). J. W. and Mary had been married for 14 years. Mary was noted as having given birth to 1 child, 1 child living. Role: Household Member
  Census	9 Apr 1930	Glen White, Raleigh Co., WV   [4]
  	1930
  	Floyd Accord was 51 years old, a team driver for a coal mine. Also living in his household were his wife Minnie (age 31); sons George A. (age 5/12), Hicks (age 28, a motor man for a coal mine), Willard (age 22, a track layer for a coal mine), and Tommy (age 17); step-daughter Freda Cozart (age 10); step-son Watts Cozart (age 3); and grandmother, Mary Saunders (age 79, widow, born in Virginia). Aside from Mary, all household members were born in West Virginia. The family lived at 324 Fifth Street. Role: Household Member
  Death	11 Apr 1961	Crab Orchard, Raleigh Co., WV   [1]
  	Cause: heart disease
  Burial	Canaday Cemetery, Glen View, Raleigh Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I16340	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	Henry Virgil Haley,   b. 10 Sep 1861, Brush, Lee Co., VA d. 11 Sep 1934, Clear Creek, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mildred "Millie" Greeley,   b. 1871, Mercer Co., WV d. 15 Oct 1898, Wiggins, Summers Co., WV (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1892	Summers Co., WV   [5]
  	Married by W. D. English.
  Family ID	F7099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Andrew Jackson "Jack" Cozart,   b. 23 Jul 1889, Wyoming Co., WV d. 2 Mar 1922, Bolt, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1915	Baylor, Raleigh Co., WV   [6]
  Children	1. Carrie Freda Cozart,   b. 10 Feb 1920, Bolt, Raleigh Co., WV d. 12 Jul 1998, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 78 years)  [Father: Stepchild]
  Family ID	F7109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 2	George Floyd Acord,   b. 12 Aug 1878, Raleigh Co., WV d. 12 Mar 1937, Glen White, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1928	Surveyor, Raleigh Co., WV   [7]
  Children	1. George Alfred Acord,   b. Oct 1929, Glen White, Raleigh Co., WV d. 6 Nov 1946, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 17 years)   2. Clara Alice Acord
  Family ID	F6852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 3	Governor Watts "Gove" Cannaday,   b. 28 Apr 1898, Raleigh Co., WV d. 12 May 1927, Trap Hill, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 29 years)
  Other-Begin	24 Apr 1926  [8]
  	Raleigh Co., WV
  Children	1. Gove Watts Cozart,   b. 21 Mar 1927, Raleigh Co., WV d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Sep 1898 - Summers Co., WV  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Raleigh Co., WV MB 19, p. 358 lists a marriage license dated 24 April 1926 between Gove D. Canaday (age 27) and Minnie Cozort (age 29, born in Summers Co.). There was no minister's return and the marriage never took place. The Raleigh Register, 11 April 1961 Mrs. Minnie Acord Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Mrs. Minnie Acord, 62, who died at 8:15 a.m. today at her home at Crab Orchard following a year's illness. Rites will be held in the Bethel Church at MacArthur with the Rev. Johnny Spencer in charge. Burial will follow in the Cannady Cemetery at Glen View. Born Sept. 26,1898, at Surveyor, she was the window of Floyd Acord. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Freda Balaskey, Crab Orchard, and Mrs. Alice Halliwell, Calloway Heights; a son, Gove Cozort, Crab Orchard; four stepchildren, Mrs. Bessie Cook, Crab Orchard; Willard Acord, Canton, Ohio; Ira Acord, Baltimore, and Tom, Glen White; two sisters Mrs. Carey Worles, MacArthur, and Mrs. Virginia Phipps, Marfrance; two half sisters, Mrs. Nora Berry, Beckley, and Mrs. Goldie McGowan, Pennsylvania; and five grandchildren. The body will remain at the Webb and Neal Funeral Home until the hour of the service.

  
  

• Sources

  [S912] Obituary: The Raleigh Register, Beckley, WV. [S1875] West Virginia, Fayette County, FCR: Fayette Co., WV 1900, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2004), T623, roll 1758, Quinnimont, enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 11A, p. 272, dwelling 204, family 207, Henry Haley, accessed 30 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S1559] West Virginia, Raleigh County, FCR: Raleigh Co., WV 1910, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), T624, roll 1695, Trap Hill, enumeration district (ED) 180, sheet 8B, p. 253, dwelling 134, family 136, Mary Saunders, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S1376] West Virginia, Raleigh County, FCR: Raleigh Co., WV 1930, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 2553, Glen White, enumeration district (ED) 41-26, sheet 21A, p. 297, dwelling 191, family 194, Mary Saunders, accessed 31 Oct 2025 (Reliability: 3). [S1661] West Virginia. Summers County., Summers Co., WV Marriage Register, (Digital images. West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Vital Research Records. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ : 2010.), marriage register, 2: 10, line 5, Haley-Greeley, 1892; accessed 30 Oct 2025. (Reliability: 3). [S962] Raleigh Co., WV MB 11. [S966] Raleigh Co., WV MB 21, p. 89 (Reliability: 3). [S965] Raleigh Co., WV MB 19, p. 358 (Reliability: 3). A marriage license was issued, but the marriage never took place.