Clinton Eugene Coffman (1915 - 1983)

Born 22 Feb 1915 in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Maria (Baggy) Coffman — married 2 Jan 1940 (to before 1959) in Winchester, Virginia

Husband of Cecilia (Cortez) Coffman — married 1959 in New Mexico

Died 23 Jan 1983 at age 67 in Ratan, New Mexico, USA

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Biography

Clinton Coffman was born at Fishers Hill, Shenandoah County, Virginia, in 1915, son of George and Lucy Bly Coffman, was age 14 when his parents died and lived with relatives until he joined the United States Army in 1936. He served for a year, part of that time he was in the Panama Canal Zone. After leaving the army he went to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, with his brother, Raymond, where their uncle, Lloyd Coffman, lived and they found work with the Frick Coke and Coal company.

Sources

• Virginia Birth Certificate #7341-1915-Shenandoah County, digital image at Ancestry.com:https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9277/42967_162028006071_1152-00336?pid=27484&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EVG26032&_phstart=successSource
• United States Census, 1920, Virginia, Shenandoah County, Davis Dist. p. 4A, family #73.
• Virginia Marriage Certificate #1062-Winchester, digital image at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9279/43067_172028008879_0431-00257?pid=11723608&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EVG26033&_phstart=successSource
• United States Census, 1940, Pennyslvania, Fayette County, German Township (Uniontown), p. 16A, household #220.
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death Files, 1940-2010 at Ancestry.com.
• Daniel W. Bly, A History of the Bly Family, Baltimore, MD (1992), p. 165.