I have a mixed up death certificate of my great uncle Wm. H. Coomes.
Here is what it says.
Male White Widowed
Wm. H. Coomes
Born March 3, 1844
Died Jan 19, 1924
Birthplace, Virginia
Name of father, James Coomes
Birthplace of Father, Baltimore, Maryland
Maiden Name of Mother, Margaret Moore
Birthplace of mother: North Carolina
Informant Mrs. James Coomes
Place of Burial, Edmonds NC 1-27-1924
Here is the confusion:
He was widowed, His wife was Margaret Murphy Moore Coomes. Maiden name
Murphy.
His mother was, Elizabeth Dunford Coomes, born either Carroll Co., Va.
or North Carolina. (I have not connected NC with the Dunford family.
Could be.) Elizabeth Dunford Coomes died 1855/56.
Step-mother was Amanda Davis Coomes and could have been the informant,
Mrs. James Coomes.
James Coomes would have died possibly around 1900 as he was born 1917
and not on the 1900 census or later.
It is possible that Amanda Davis Coomes moved to Maryland as she had a
daughter living in or near Bel Aire. James T. Coomes could have died
there too. James and Amanda sold their property in Grayson Co., Va. in
1896. We haven't found anything about them after that.
We have not been able to find out when or where either James T or his
2nd wife Amanda Davis Coomes died. They lived the most of their lives
in Grayson Co., Va. I wonder if they are buried nearby?
Patience