Tom Coffee worked as a farmer and a sheriff. His obituary from "The Daily Ardmoreite" newspaper in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma published Sunday, Jan. 20, 1929, reads:
"Tom J. Coffee, 65, pioneer Marshall County citizen, died Jan. 15. Funeral services were held at the Woodville Church of Christ with Rev. Webb, pastor of the Church of Christ in Madill, conducting service. Interment was at Woodville cemetery. Beside his widow, he is survived by four children, John Coffee of Woodville, Mrs. Cora Mason of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Ed Shaw of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Jerome Shaw of Madill, and a brother John Coffee at Lindsay."
PARENTS: He was born to Harriett (Pierce) and Civil War veteran Samuel Coffee, whose marriage record appears in the Morgan County, Missouri Marriage Book I, for July 30, 1857.
In Pickens County (now Marshall), in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, at the home of her parents on July 4, 1888, Tom married Louella Christian. She was a member by blood of the Chickasaw Nation with Enrollment Card No. 3046, and was the daughter of Ellen Nora (Willis) and John E. Christian. Tom was granted citizenship in the Chickasaw Tribe by his marriage to Louella.
The 1870 U.S. Census has Tom's parents and siblings living in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. It lists their names and ages as: Samuel C. (father), age 33; Harriett (mother), age 31; James R. age 11; Joseph M., age 10; Thomas J., age 7, and Matilda Ann, age 1.
Tom descends from Irish immigrant, Ambrose Coffee, who fought with Daniel Boone at Fort Boonesborough in what is now Kentucky, where he raised a family of eight children. Ambrose's youngest child Rolly left Kentucky for Morgan County, Missouri. He was Tom's grandfather.
"Tom J. Coffee, 65, pioneer Marshall County citizen, died Jan. 15. Funeral services were held at the Woodville Church of Christ with Rev. Webb, pastor of the Church of Christ in Madill, conducting service. Interment was at Woodville cemetery. Beside his widow, he is survived by four children, John Coffee of Woodville, Mrs. Cora Mason of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Ed Shaw of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Jerome Shaw of Madill, and a brother John Coffee at Lindsay."
PARENTS: He was born to Harriett (Pierce) and Civil War veteran Samuel Coffee, whose marriage record appears in the Morgan County, Missouri Marriage Book I, for July 30, 1857.
In Pickens County (now Marshall), in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, at the home of her parents on July 4, 1888, Tom married Louella Christian. She was a member by blood of the Chickasaw Nation with Enrollment Card No. 3046, and was the daughter of Ellen Nora (Willis) and John E. Christian. Tom was granted citizenship in the Chickasaw Tribe by his marriage to Louella.
The 1870 U.S. Census has Tom's parents and siblings living in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. It lists their names and ages as: Samuel C. (father), age 33; Harriett (mother), age 31; James R. age 11; Joseph M., age 10; Thomas J., age 7, and Matilda Ann, age 1.
Tom descends from Irish immigrant, Ambrose Coffee, who fought with Daniel Boone at Fort Boonesborough in what is now Kentucky, where he raised a family of eight children. Ambrose's youngest child Rolly left Kentucky for Morgan County, Missouri. He was Tom's grandfather.
Tom Coffee worked as a farmer and a sheriff. His obituary from "The Daily Ardmoreite" newspaper in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma published Sunday, Jan. 20, 1929, reads:
"Tom J. Coffee, 65, pioneer Marshall County citizen, died Jan. 15. Funeral services were held at the Woodville Church of Christ with Rev. Webb, pastor of the Church of Christ in Madill, conducting service. Interment was at Woodville cemetery. Beside his widow, he is survived by four children, John Coffee of Woodville, Mrs. Cora Mason of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Ed Shaw of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Jerome Shaw of Madill, and a brother John Coffee at Lindsay."
PARENTS: He was born to Harriett (Pierce) and Civil War veteran Samuel Coffee, whose marriage record appears in the Morgan County, Missouri Marriage Book I, for July 30, 1857.
In Pickens County (now Marshall), in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, at the home of her parents on July 4, 1888, Tom married Louella Christian. She was a member by blood of the Chickasaw Nation with Enrollment Card No. 3046, and was the daughter of Ellen Nora (Willis) and John E. Christian. Tom was granted citizenship in the Chickasaw Tribe by his marriage to Louella.
The 1870 U.S. Census has Tom's parents and siblings living in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. It lists their names and ages as: Samuel C. (father), age 33; Harriett (mother), age 31; James R. age 11; Joseph M., age 10; Thomas J., age 7, and Matilda Ann, age 1.
Tom descends from Irish immigrant, Ambrose Coffee, who fought with Daniel Boone at Fort Boonesborough in what is now Kentucky, where he raised a family of eight children. Ambrose's youngest child Rolly left Kentucky for Morgan County, Missouri. He was Tom's grandfather.
"Tom J. Coffee, 65, pioneer Marshall County citizen, died Jan. 15. Funeral services were held at the Woodville Church of Christ with Rev. Webb, pastor of the Church of Christ in Madill, conducting service. Interment was at Woodville cemetery. Beside his widow, he is survived by four children, John Coffee of Woodville, Mrs. Cora Mason of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Ed Shaw of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Jerome Shaw of Madill, and a brother John Coffee at Lindsay."
PARENTS: He was born to Harriett (Pierce) and Civil War veteran Samuel Coffee, whose marriage record appears in the Morgan County, Missouri Marriage Book I, for July 30, 1857.
In Pickens County (now Marshall), in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, at the home of her parents on July 4, 1888, Tom married Louella Christian. She was a member by blood of the Chickasaw Nation with Enrollment Card No. 3046, and was the daughter of Ellen Nora (Willis) and John E. Christian. Tom was granted citizenship in the Chickasaw Tribe by his marriage to Louella.
The 1870 U.S. Census has Tom's parents and siblings living in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. It lists their names and ages as: Samuel C. (father), age 33; Harriett (mother), age 31; James R. age 11; Joseph M., age 10; Thomas J., age 7, and Matilda Ann, age 1.
Tom descends from Irish immigrant, Ambrose Coffee, who fought with Daniel Boone at Fort Boonesborough in what is now Kentucky, where he raised a family of eight children. Ambrose's youngest child Rolly left Kentucky for Morgan County, Missouri. He was Tom's grandfather.
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