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Rev Reuben A. Coffey

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Rev Reuben A. Coffey

Birth
Patterson, Caldwell County, North Carolina, USA
Death
22 Feb 1854 (aged 68)
Owen County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Ellettsville, Monroe County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Reverend Reuben Coffey was a Baptist minister in North Carolina at the Yadkin Baptist Church, Globe Mountain Church and other churches in Wilkes and Burke Counties. In 1832 he moved by covered wagon to Indiana with his wife and ten children. They settled in Owen County where he was pastor of the Bethel Church and had a missionary appointment to the White River Valley. He was among a group of Baptists who founded Franklin College in Franklin Indiana. Originally called The Baptist Manual Labor Institute it was the first college in the state of Indiana to admit women.

Reuben Coffey died the day before his brother Lewis.

Reverend Reuben Coffey was a Baptist minister in North Carolina at the Yadkin Baptist Church, Globe Mountain Church and other churches in Wilkes and Burke Counties. In 1832 he moved by covered wagon to Indiana with his wife and ten children. They settled in Owen County where he was pastor of the Bethel Church and had a missionary appointment to the White River Valley. He was among a group of Baptists who founded Franklin College in Franklin Indiana. Originally called The Baptist Manual Labor Institute it was the first college in the state of Indiana to admit women.

Reuben Coffey died the day before his brother Lewis.

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"A pioneer Baptist preacher
Emigrated from North Carolina
Was one of the founders of Franklin College. Sept. 15, 1785 - Feb. 22, 1854"

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