J. Harvey and Anna had a second child in August 1896. Her name was Anna Mae, although she was known as Mae. In 1900, J. Harvey, Anna, Frank and Mae (Anna M. on the census) lived in Frelinghuysen. J. Harvey was a farmer. Anna and Jacob's son Frank was 20. He was away at school. Mae was not quite four when the census was enumerated. She was a home with her mother. The Coursens owned their farm free and clear of all mortgages (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 184, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey, sheet 5A, 12 June 1900—J. Harvey's name on the census is given as "Jacob H. Coursen").

Five and half years after the 1900 census, J. Harvey and Anna's son Frank married Bessie Griffith on the 6th of March 1906. Bessie was expecting the couple's first child (a daughter named Jane who was born in August 1908) when J. Harvey Coursen died. His death occurred on 11 February 1908, about a month and a half after his 62nd birthday. Anna and her 13 year old daughter Mae were still living in Frelinghuysen Township when the 1910 census was enumerated. According to the census Anna was a widow who lived off her own income. She owned the family farm free and clear of all mortgages (1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 125, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 6B, 23 April 1910). Four years later, Mae married Charles Swinson. The wedding took place on 5 August 1914, about two weeks before Mae's 18th birthday.

Anna Coursen continued to live with her daughter after Mae married Charles Swinson. In 1920, Anna lived with the Swinsons in their home at 53 Greendell Road in Green Township, Sussex County, just over the line from Frelinghuysen Township. Charles and Mae's first son, Wilfred was born about a month after the census was enumerated (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 184, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, page 3A, 16 January 1920; Murcko 1996-98). By 1930, Anna had three more grandchildren, in addition to Frank's daughter Jane Coursen and Mae's son Wilfred Swinson. Frank and his wife Bessie had two children in the early 1920s: Anna (1920) and Frank, Jr. (1922). Mae had another son named Harold in 1922 (Murcko 1996-98; Social Security Death Index).

Anna remained with her daughter Mae Swinson in Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey until her death in 1932 (1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 19-11, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, sheet 1A, 2 April 1930). She was buried with J. Harvey in Marksboro Presbyterian Church Cemetery, which is located behind the old Presbyterian church on New Jersey Route 94 in the village of Marksboro in Frelinghuysen Township. The monument on their grave is inscribed with their names and the names of their children Frank and Mae. Frank and Mae's birth dates are given, but no death dates are included. Frank died in 1957 in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Mae died in 1998. She was a resident of Greendell in Sussex County, New Jersey when she died. It is probable that neither Frank nor Mae are buried in Marksboro. The Coursen grave was visited on 14 April 2005. Use link below to Photo Album to access pictures of the family monument.

Frank and Anna Coursen had 2 children who were born between 1880 and 1896. They had 5 grandchildren who were born between 1908 and 1922. Total identified descendants equals 7.

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