Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Riley Ritter
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Jefferson Coffey
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Beulah O Coffey, Elmer Dewey Coffey, George Clayton Coffey, Robert E Coffey and Jesse John Coffey
Died about
at about age 65
in Knox, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Oct 2019
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Biography
She is referred to variously as America Mintis, Samantha A, and America Rits in the census records of 1910 and 1940 and her husband's death record.
She was born in 1879 in Tennessee and was the daughter of Riley Ritter and Mary Ann West.
She married Samuel Jefferson Coffey.
Coffey family records name her as America Saminthia Ritte.
She passsed away in 1944.
Sources
- United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGF5-WK9 : accessed 15 October 2019), Samuel J Coffee, Civil District 5, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 63, sheet 2A, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1501; FHL microfilm 1,375,514.
- United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CY-9QN : 29 July 2019), Samuel J Coffee, Civil District 13, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-35, sheet 7B, line 54, family 134, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3910.
- Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9PF-JXK : 26 August 2019), Samuel J. Coffee in entry for Beulah O. Coffee, 20 Jun 1915; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSFT-6HG : 26 August 2019), Samuel J. Coffey in entry for Mintie Coffey, 25 May 1944; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP45-W6T : accessed 15 October 2019), Mintie Coffey in household of Jefferson Coffey, District 09, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 11A, line 27, family 244, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2260; FHL microfilm 2,341,994.
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