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Female Mary Ellen Coen Click to view Mary Ellen Coen in the family tree

Mary Ellen was born on September 27th, 1865 in Morristown, Rice Co., MN.  Mary Ellen's father was William Gatton Coen and her mother was Lydia Ressler.  Her paternal grandparents were Levi Coen and Sarah Elizabeth Gatton; her maternal grandparents were Jacob Ressler and Caroline Geedy. She had seven brothers and three sisters, and also two siblings of unknown gender, named Samuel Arther, Jacob Eldon, William Steven, Jesse Calvin, Benjammin Franklin, Leonard Adam, Abideen Evert, Lydia Armettie, Ada Mabel, Ida Rose, UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN.  She was the oldest of the thirteen children.  She died  due to childbirth at the age of 20 on August 23rd, 1886 in Broken Bow, Custer Co., Nebraska.


Mary Ellen's family with Humphrey Tappen

‌Mary Ellen and Humphrey were married in a religious ceremony on October 4th, 1885.

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