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Elijah Coffey (1819 - 1890)

Elijah Coffey
Born in Grainger, Tennessee, USAmap
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Husband of — married 11 Jan 1840 in Grainger County Tennessee USAmap
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Died at age 71 in Grainger, Tennessee, USAmap
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Contents

Biography

Born: 23 February 1819[1] in Grainger County, Tennessee
Died: 13 July 1890[1] in Grainger County, Tennessee
Burial: Coffey Cemetery, Thorn Hill, Grainger County, Tennessee [1]

Parents

Spouse

Rebecca Shockley - married 11 January 1840 in Grainger County Tennessee [2]

Children

  1. Austin Coffey [3]
  2. Milly Coffey [4]
  3. Myra Coffey [5]
  4. George Coffey (1847 - 1946) [6]
  5. Ambrose M Coffey (1851 - 1915) [7]
  6. Samuel Coffey (1855 - 1910) [8]
  7. Martha Coffey [9]
  8. Lacy Coffey (1861 - 1888) [10]
  9. Elijah Coffey (1864 - 1923) [11]

Census Records

1840 Federal Census - Grainger County, Tennessee[12]
1 white male age 20-30 - Elijah Coffey
1 white female age 15-20 - Rebecca Coffey
1 white male under 5 - Austin Coffey

1850 Federal Census - Grainger County, Tennessee [13]

1860 Federal Census - Grainger County, Tennessee [14]

1870 Federal Census - Grainger County, Tennessee [15]

Not located in 1880 Federal Census


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Obituary text at: Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #69136063 : accessed 23 March 2019), memorial page for Elijah Coffey (23 Feb 1819–13 Jul 1890), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69136063, citing Coffey Cemetery, Thorn Hill, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Rick Miller (contributor 46935552) .
  2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YC-B6L : 21 December 2016), Elijah Coffee and Rebecca Shockley, 11 Jan 1840; citing Grainger, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 968,583.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-BX7 : 12 April 2016), Austin Coffee in household of Elijah Coffee, Grainger county, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1193, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-BXW : 12 April 2016), Nelly Coffee in household of Elijah Coffee, Grainger county, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1193, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-BX4 : 12 April 2016), Mira Coffee in household of Elijah Coffee, Grainger county, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1193, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-BXH : 12 April 2016), George Coffee in household of Elijah Coffee, Grainger county, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1193, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T8-DPF : 12 December 2017), Ambrose Coffee in entry for Elijah Coffee, 1860.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T8-DPN : 12 December 2017), Samuel Coffee in entry for Elijah Coffee, 1860.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T8-DPJ : 12 December 2017), Martha E Coffee in entry for Elijah Coffee, 1860.
  10. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDM-ZBQ : 12 April 2016), Lacy Coffey in household of Elijah Coffey, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 7, family 49, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,029.
  11. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSG4-NZS : 11 October 2018), E. Coffey in entry for E. Coffey, 14 May 1923; Death, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
  12. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-GNM : 18 August 2017), Elijah Coffy, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 95, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 525; FHL microfilm 24,546.
  13. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-BX3 : 12 April 2016), Elijah Coffee, Grainger county, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1193, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  14. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T8-8TL : 12 December 2017), Elijah Coffee, 1860.
  15. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDM-ZY1 : 12 April 2016), Elijah Coffey, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 7, family 49, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,029.




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