Delilah “Dillie” Ganeitta Coble Breedlove Kinney Henry Woodell 1840-1913

Abram Fox Coble and Maria Sophia Hagey Coble were survived by the following children: Dillie Coble was the seventh child of the couple.

Abner Coble and wife Nancy Ingold
William M Coble and wife Lucetta Gullette
Joel George Coble and wife Polly Bishop
Alfred Coble and wife Charlotte Lottie Allred
Elias Coble and wife Adeline Long
John Coble and wife Martha Jane Breedlove
Delilah Ganeitta Coble‘s first husband was Daniel Breedlove who died in 1863. She married Peter Kinney in 1864. She was later married to John Henry and then to Matthew Woodell
Letitia Coble’s husband Robert Hanner died in 1872.

Dillie Coble was eight years old in the 1850 census. Her father was already dead.

Delilah “Dillie” Coble first married Daniel William Breedlove on May 31 1860 in Randolph County, North Carolina.[1] In the 1860 census she was living with Daniel’s family in Southern Guilford.

Daniel William was the son of William Breedlove and Margaret Chappell. He resided in Guilford County, North Carolina and enlisted in Company C (Guilford Light Infantry), 45th North Carolina Infantry at Drewry’s Bluff, Virginia at the age of 21 on September 20, 1862, for the duration of the war.[2] Daniel was reported under arrest through December 1862. The reason he was arrested was not reported. He died in Eastern District Hospital in Richmond, Virginia on January 29, 1863 of pneumonia. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.[3]

[1]Ancestry.Com. North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868

[2] Find A Grave at Pvt Daniel W. Breedlove (1840-1863) – Find a Grave Memorial accessed February 19, 2024.

[3] Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia – Find a Grave Cemetery accessed February 19, 2024.

Peter Kinney married Dillie Coble on February 26, 1864, It was his third and final marriage. He was 59 years old. Dillie was a 24 year-old widow.[1] Her husband Daniel William Breedlove died on March 31, 1863 at Richmond, Virginia in the service of the Confederate army. Dillie and Daniel William Breedlove had one daughter before he died. Her name was Mary Elizabeth Breedlove Causey Deviney. She had no children. In the 1870 census, Dilly, Peter, Mary, William Henry, and Robert Florentine were living at Patterson’s Store in Alamance County.

[1] Ancestry.Com. North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004.

Peter Kinney and Dillie Coble had five children together.

Those children were:

William Henry Kinney 1864-1930 married Eliza Ann McPherson 1863-1952

Robert Florentine Kinney 1867-1925 married Martha Emma Shue 1870-1925

Annie Jane Kinney 1871-1951 married Lindsey Evans 1860-1944

Jennie Selina Kinney (Twin) 1875-1951 married Wilson M Liner 1876-1920

Esther Delina Kinney 1875-1941 married James W Burke 1873-1942

In the 1880 census, Peter is reported to have been disabled by rheumatism.[1] They lived in Liberty in Randolph County. Peter Kinney died in 1884. There is no documentation found about where he is buried. Dilley Coble married John Henry in 1886 in Alamance County, North Carolina.[2] In the 1900 census, the couple is living with her daughter Esther Kinney Burke in Graham in Alamance County. John Henry was a peddler of dry goods.[3] John Henry died in 1903.[4] In 1910, Dillie Coble was living near her son Robert Kinney in Grant Township.[5] The census appears to be Dillie Kinney but it is indexed Dillie Young. Dillie Coble married her final husband Matthew Alvis Woodell on June 4, 1910.[6] Sometime before she married Mr Woodell, Dillie made a memorial to her husbands, Daniel Breedlove, Peter Kinney, and John Henry. This memorial was at Ursula Kinney York’s bedroom until her death. It then was in Odelia Kinney Luck’s living room. Presently it is at Martha Kinney Rogers den. Dillie and Alvis lived on the old Burrow place which is where Martha and Darrell’s house is now. His wife was Hannah Moore who had been married to William Milton Burrow. Hannah Moore Burrow Woodell died on May 12, 1910.[7]

[1] Ancestry.Com.1880 United States Federal Census.

[2]Ancestry.Com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011.

[3] Ancestry.Com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011

[4] Find A Grave at John Henry (1834-1903) – Find a Grave Memorial accessed February 19, 2024.

[5] Ancestry.Com. 1910 United States Federal Census.

[6] Ancestry.Com. North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004.

[7] Newspapers.com – The Courier – 12 May 1910 – Page 6.

This is the site of the Old Burrow Place. Ursula York, the grand daughter who would have been around seven or eight in 1910 said she remembered when her grandmother Dillie lived here. She said she remembered her walking to church. She said that Dillie was always well dressed and a neat lady. At one point, Hannah Moore Burrows owned this land. On March 23, 1886, Joseph Spoon and wife Sarah Feree Spoon deeded Hannah Burrow 85 acres more or less.[1] Joseph Spoon was the owner of Spoon Gold Mine. On May 9, 1905, Alvis and Hannah Woodell sold Charley Parsons and wife Rachel Jane Stout Parsons 85 acres.[2] On November 15, 1912, Richard Orlando Burrow and his wife Emma Leah Stout Burrow mortgaged 20 ¾ acres belonging to Charley Parsons and wife Rachel Jane Stout Parsons. Emma and Rachel Jane were sisters. The amount of the mortgage was $250. On February 2, 1925, Charley Parsons and wife Rachel Jane Stout sold three tracts of land to Roy Smith.[3] One of these joined the Kinney line. On July 26, 1946, Roy Smith and his wife Lucille sold Vernon Burrow and wife Mabel Smith Burrow, four tracts of land two of them joining the Kinney line.[4] On July 5, 1961, Vernon Burrow and his wife Mable sold two tracts of land to June and Margie Kinney.[5] On September 14, 1963 sold two J U Kennedy and Agnes Kennedy two tracts totally five acres.[6] On June 10, 1964, J U Kennedy and wife Agnes sold two tracts totaling five acres to Johnny W and Pearline Hicks.[7] On December 10^th 1965, Johnny and Pearline Hicks sold to Roy Odell Allred two tracts totaling five acres.[8] On October 22, 1970 Roy Odell Allred and Wife Linda Faye Allred sold two tracts totaling five acres to Joe Farlowe and his wife Margie.[9] On October 30^th 1975, Joe and Margie Farlowe sold two tracts totaling five acres to Maxton Darrell and Martha Rogers.[10] On March 7, 1977, Pauline Parsons Berry and Warren Harden Parsons and wife Ruth Isabel Whitley Parsons signed a quit claim deed because of the will of Charley Benjamin Parsons of land to his son Charley Benjamin Parsons.[11] He was willed land but it was not clear what land it was.[12]

[1] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 62, page 190.

[2] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 247, page 64.

[3] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 361, page 218.

[4] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 361, page 220.

[5] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 759, page 497.

[6] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 850 page 556.

[7] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 871, page 550.

[8] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 917, page 444.

[9] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 1014, page 551.

[10] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 1077, page 452.

[11] Randolph County Register of Deeds Book 1088, page 371.

[12] Record of Wills, 1773-1964, With Index; Author: North Carolina. County Court (Randolph County); Probate Place: Randolph, North Carolina.

Matthew Alvis Woodell passed away in August, 1913. He is buried at Oaklawn Cemetery in Asheboro, North Carolina.[1]

[1] Find A Grave at Matthew A Woodell (1849-1913) – Find a Grave Memorial accessed February 18, 2024.

Delilah Ganietta “Dillie” Coble Breedlove Kinney Henry Woodell passed away in October 1913 at the home of her daughter, Esther Burke, outliving four husbands. She had six children and all six were alive when she died.[1]

[1] Newspapers.com – The Alamance Gleaner – 30 Oct 1913 – Page 2.