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John Coffey

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John Coffey

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
23 Feb 1853 (aged 80–81)
Highland County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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War of 1812 Veteran - wife, Ruth.

Aged 81 years

Wills, Administrations, Guardianships and Adoptions of Highland County, Ohio (1805-1880) by David and Jane McBride (1957), is a compilation of abstracts for records of the proabte court. Page 50 has this on John Coffey's will:
Date: 25 Oct 1849. Children: Thomas, Adison, Polly Adams, Nancy Adams,
"heirs and children of Isabella Douglass, deceased", and "to my daughter-in-law Eliza Coffey, the widow of my son, John Coffey, deceased" and Patterson. Executor was John Eckman. Will proven 1 Apr 1853.

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"Mr. Coffey was the first tavern keeper, and the first justice of the peace in Greenfield, and a little child of his was the first white person buried in the place." Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio: Odell & Mayer, 1881)

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This John Coffey is also the father of Isabella Coffey Douglass (memorial #100802341).
War of 1812 Veteran - wife, Ruth.

Aged 81 years

Wills, Administrations, Guardianships and Adoptions of Highland County, Ohio (1805-1880) by David and Jane McBride (1957), is a compilation of abstracts for records of the proabte court. Page 50 has this on John Coffey's will:
Date: 25 Oct 1849. Children: Thomas, Adison, Polly Adams, Nancy Adams,
"heirs and children of Isabella Douglass, deceased", and "to my daughter-in-law Eliza Coffey, the widow of my son, John Coffey, deceased" and Patterson. Executor was John Eckman. Will proven 1 Apr 1853.

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"Mr. Coffey was the first tavern keeper, and the first justice of the peace in Greenfield, and a little child of his was the first white person buried in the place." Source: History of Fayette Co.., Ohio - Dayton, Ohio: Odell & Mayer, 1881)

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This John Coffey is also the father of Isabella Coffey Douglass (memorial #100802341).


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