Taylor Earl Coffindaffer (1916 - 1983)

Born 22 Oct 1916 in Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, United States

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Died 6 Sep 1983 at age 66 in Preston, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Taylor Coffindaffer was an Appalachian.

Taylor Earl Coffindaffer was born in Shinnston, West Virginia on October 22, 1916 to Dorsey Coffindaffer and Mary Cole. He was the youngest of three children born to the couple.

Taylor was raised in Shinnston, West Virginia. His father died in 1920, when he was four years old. His widowed mother kept the children in Shinnston until some time between 1930 and 1935 when they moved to Morgantown, West Virginia.

Taylor studied at West Virginia University. He lived with his mother in Morgantown while attending university. He became an X-ray technician. Taylor attended the Franklin School of Science and Art in Philadelphia, where he met his future wife, Virginia Betz, who he married in 1944.

On August 24, 1943, Taylor enlisted in the United States Army to serve during WWII. He earned the rank of Technician fourth grade, which was created to recognize enlisted soldiers with special technical skills, but who were not trained as combat leaders.

After his military service, Taylor returned to West Virginia with Virginia. The couple lived in Terra Alta, West Virginia. They both worked in the state hospital. Taylor was an X-ray technician there.

The couple then moved to Oakland, Maryland and then Hopemont, West Virginia, where both worked at the Hopemont Hospital for many years.

Taylor died in Preston County, West Virginia on September 6, 1983. He was 66 years old. He is buried under a military marker in Shinnston Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum in Shinnston, West Virginia.

Sources

• "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVKW-X46Z : 30 January 2020), Taylor Earl Coffindaffer, 1916.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2N-SW1 : Thu Aug 31 06:09:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Dorse C Coffindoffer and Mary H Coffindoffer, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM4P-V6V : Wed Aug 02 20:54:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary H Coffindaffer and Mary Lee Coffindaffer, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZD-2TN : Thu Jul 27 08:25:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Coffindaffer and Taylor Coffindaffer, 1940.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8T6-41R : 5 December 2014), Taylor E Coffindaffer, enlisted 24 Aug 1943, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQW-B45B : Sun Jul 23 01:41:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Taylor E Coffindaffer and Virginia B Coffindaffer, 25 April 1950.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMTD-F36 : 8 January 2021), Taylor Coffindaffer, Sep 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR9-MBT6 : 1 August 2020), Taylor E. Coffindaffer, ; Burial, Shinnston, Harrison, West Virginia, United States of America, Shinnston Memorial Cemetery and Mausoleum; citing record ID 190764678, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.