Samuel (Harper) Coffelt (1845 - 1863)

Born 1845 in Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Apr 1863 at about age 18 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1845. He was raised by Samuel Coffelt and Rebecca Wyatt. Born a Harper, his birth family has not been researched. He died during the American Civil War in 1863.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV3-9BB : 12 April 2016), Rebecca Coffelt in household of Samuel Coffelt, Washington, Putnam, Indiana, United States; citing family 350, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Samuel Harper 5 living with them.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LQ-T4Y : 13 December 2017), Rebecca Coffelt in entry for Samuel Coffelt, 1860. Rockford, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Samuel Harper had become Samuel Coffelt.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch, Samuel Coffelt, 1863; Burial, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States of America, Memphis National Cemetery; citing record ID  Find A Grave: Memorial #73613388
• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD5Q-LM5 : 13 March 2018), Samuel Coffelt, 1874. Rebecca and Samuel Coffelt, parents. A, 29, Iowa Infantry.