| Name |
Joseph Richard Coffey |
| Birth |
27 Feb 1868, Blaine, Morgan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
25 Aug 1954, Clearfield, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Burial |
Caudill Cem., Fultz Ridge, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Father |
William A. Coffey (1835-) |
| Mother |
Servilla Lerue Fyffe (1841-) |
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| Marriage |
5 May 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
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| Spouse |
Susannah ("Susie") Caudill, 1C2R |
| Birth |
30 Apr 1873, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
6 Feb 1947, Craney Creek, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Burial |
Caudill Cemetery, Fultz Ridge, Rowan Co., Ky |
| Father |
Samuel C. Caudill Jr. (1844-1927) |
| Mother |
Cynthia Ann Hall (1850-1911) |
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| Children |
| 1 M |
Noah C. Coffey, 2C1R |
| Birth |
Mar 1891, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
1959 |
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| 4 M |
Samuel J. Coffey, 2C1R |
| Birth |
1 Jan 1899, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
9 Nov 1939 |
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| 6 F |
Pearl A. Coffey, 2C1R |
| Birth |
21 Oct 1907, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
19 Jan 1990, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
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| 8 F |
Jeanie D. Coffey, 2C1R |
| Birth |
23 Feb 1915, Clearfield, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
| Death |
10 Jan 1965, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky |
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| Notes for Joseph Richard Coffey |
Most information on this family, including the quote below and most personal notes on their descendants, are from a GEDCOM file created by Brian D. Lewis (a descendant of Jeanie D. Coffey and Talmadge Lewis) which I imported in 1991.
"Ran a sawmill. Joe liked his moonshine. He had a bad eye caused by a sawmill accident. Frank Fultz tells the story about his brother, Harlan Fultz and his toothache. He didn't want to go all the way to town and Joe Coffey had a pair of tooth puller pliers. Said "Uncle Joe" had a hard time pulling that tooth. Frank Fultz also told about stealing a watermelon out of Uncle Joe's patch and paying for it years later when he got saved and wanted to right the wrong he had done. Uncle Joe would come to hear him preach and would tell everyone he knew for sure that Frank Fultz had religion." |
| Census |
1910 Census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown prec., E.D. 156, page 14B, lists as family #235:
Coffee, Joseph, 42; Susanah, 37; married 19 years, 6 children, all living. Noah C., 19; Henry F., 15; Bessie L., 13; Samuel J., 11; William H., 5; Pearl, 2. All born in Kentucky. |
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